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  • Title: Phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated neurofilament epitopes are co-distributed in the fish Mauthner axon.
    Author: Alfei L, Onali A, Caronti B, Valente AM, Medolago Albani L, Pasqualini C, Denizot JP.
    Journal: Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand); 1998 Jun; 44(4):605-14. PubMed ID: 9678896.
    Abstract:
    The neurofilament (NF) polypeptides of the fish giant Mauthner cell axons (MAs) and their degree of phosphorylation were investigated in the adult by means of immunoblot and immunohistochemical staining. Fasciculus longitudinalis medialis (FLM) axons of much smaller caliber, among which MAs run in the ventral spinal cord, were also analyzed in two teleost fish belonging to continuously growing species. To detect NF polypeptide subunits, commercially available monoclonal antibodies against mammalian NF-L (68 kDa), NF-M (160 kDa), phosphorylated (P) and non-phosphorylated (nP) NF-H (200 kDa) epitopes were used. These antibodies labelled bands of the identical molecular weight in fish cervical spinal cord total protein immunoblots. A peculiar NF composition of the MAs was observed, following immunohistochemical staining i.e. a low NF-M expression and a codistribution of P and (nP)-NF-H epitopes. Moreover, on the basis of immunoperoxidase staining in ultrathin longitudinal MA sections, we suggest that P NF-H are arranged in bundles, whilst (nP)-NF-H are likely to be free in the axoplasm. By contrast, FLM axons were found reactive with antibodies only against P NF-H. These results confirm that in carp and trout, NF have epitopes cross-reacting with monoclonal antibodies directed against the mammalian NF subunits. Furthermore, as regards the co-distribution of phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated NF-H epitopes in the M-cell axons, these might be considered as not yet completely mature axons taking into account that carp and trout belong to continuously growing species.
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