Comparative analysis of extra-ventricular mitoses at early stages of cortical development in rat and human.
Embryonic germinal zones of the dorsal and ventral telencephalon generate cortical neurons during the final week of gestation in rodent and during several months in human. Whereas the vast majority of cortical interneurons originate from the ventral telencephalon, excitatory neurons are locally gene...
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| author | Carney, R Bystron, I López-Bendito, G Molnár, Z |
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| description | Embryonic germinal zones of the dorsal and ventral telencephalon generate cortical neurons during the final week of gestation in rodent and during several months in human. Whereas the vast majority of cortical interneurons originate from the ventral telencephalon, excitatory neurons are locally generated within the germinal zone of the dorsal telencephalon, the future cerebral cortex, itself. However, a number of studies have described proliferating cells external to the ventricular and subventricular germinal zones in the developing dorsal telencephalon. In this study, we performed a comprehensive cell density analysis of such 'extra-ventricular proliferating cells' (EVPCs) during corticogenesis in rat and human using a mitotic marker anti-phospho-histone H3. Subsequently, we performed double-labelling studies with other mitotic and cell type specific markers to undertake phenotypic characterisation of EVPCs. Our findings show: (1) the densities of extra-ventricular H3-positive (H3+) cells were surprisingly similar in preplate stage rat and human; (2) extra-ventricular proliferation continues during mid-and late corticogenesis in rat and in early fetal human cortex; and (3) extra-ventricular cells appear to be mitotic precursors as they are not immunoreactive for a panel of early post-mitotic and cell type-specific markers, although (4) a subset of EVPCs are proliferating microglia. These data suggest that some aspects of early corticogenesis are conserved between rodent and human despite marked differences in the duration of neurogenesis and the anatomical organisation of the developing cerebral cortex. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:6ab88d07-3c48-4874-9a4e-2c0f872e14652022-03-26T18:59:18ZComparative analysis of extra-ventricular mitoses at early stages of cortical development in rat and human.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:6ab88d07-3c48-4874-9a4e-2c0f872e1465EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Carney, RBystron, ILópez-Bendito, GMolnár, ZEmbryonic germinal zones of the dorsal and ventral telencephalon generate cortical neurons during the final week of gestation in rodent and during several months in human. Whereas the vast majority of cortical interneurons originate from the ventral telencephalon, excitatory neurons are locally generated within the germinal zone of the dorsal telencephalon, the future cerebral cortex, itself. However, a number of studies have described proliferating cells external to the ventricular and subventricular germinal zones in the developing dorsal telencephalon. In this study, we performed a comprehensive cell density analysis of such 'extra-ventricular proliferating cells' (EVPCs) during corticogenesis in rat and human using a mitotic marker anti-phospho-histone H3. Subsequently, we performed double-labelling studies with other mitotic and cell type specific markers to undertake phenotypic characterisation of EVPCs. Our findings show: (1) the densities of extra-ventricular H3-positive (H3+) cells were surprisingly similar in preplate stage rat and human; (2) extra-ventricular proliferation continues during mid-and late corticogenesis in rat and in early fetal human cortex; and (3) extra-ventricular cells appear to be mitotic precursors as they are not immunoreactive for a panel of early post-mitotic and cell type-specific markers, although (4) a subset of EVPCs are proliferating microglia. These data suggest that some aspects of early corticogenesis are conserved between rodent and human despite marked differences in the duration of neurogenesis and the anatomical organisation of the developing cerebral cortex. |
| spellingShingle | Carney, R Bystron, I López-Bendito, G Molnár, Z Comparative analysis of extra-ventricular mitoses at early stages of cortical development in rat and human. |
| title | Comparative analysis of extra-ventricular mitoses at early stages of cortical development in rat and human. |
| title_full | Comparative analysis of extra-ventricular mitoses at early stages of cortical development in rat and human. |
| title_fullStr | Comparative analysis of extra-ventricular mitoses at early stages of cortical development in rat and human. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative analysis of extra-ventricular mitoses at early stages of cortical development in rat and human. |
| title_short | Comparative analysis of extra-ventricular mitoses at early stages of cortical development in rat and human. |
| title_sort | comparative analysis of extra ventricular mitoses at early stages of cortical development in rat and human |
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