Growth Cone Collapse and Neurite Retractions: An Approach to Examine X-irradiation Affects on Neuron Cells
Growth Cone Collapse and Neurite Retractions: An Approach to Examine X-irradiation Affects on Neuron Cells
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DOI:
10.1269/jrr.08013
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发表时间:
2008-09-01
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2
通讯作者:
Nakano, Takashi
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作者:
Al-Jahdari, Wael S.;Suzuki, Yoshiyuki;Nakano, Takashi
The growth cone is a structure at the terminal of a neurite that plays an important role in the growth of the neurite. The growth cone collapse assay is considered to be a useful method to quantify the effects of various factors on nerve tissue. Here, we investigated the effect of x-irradiation on growth cones and neurites and also the comparative radiosensitivity of different neurons. Dorsal root ganglia and sympathetic chain ganglion were isolated from day-8 and -16 chick embryos and cultured for 20 h. Neurons were then exposed to x-irradiation and morphological changes were quantitatively evaluated by growth cone collapse assay. Cell viability was examined using TUNEL and WST-1 assays. The results showed that radiation induced growth cone collapse and neurite retraction in a time- and exposure-responsive manner. Growth cone collapse, apoptosis and WST-1 assays showed that no significant difference between the neurons throughout the study period (p >= 0.5) after irradiation. Both types of day-8 neurons were more radiosensitive than day-16 neurons (p