ENHANCED EXPRESSION OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED EXTRACELLULAR-MATRIX MOLECULE TENASCIN FOLLOWING ADULT BRAIN INJURY
ENHANCED EXPRESSION OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED EXTRACELLULAR-MATRIX MOLECULE TENASCIN FOLLOWING ADULT BRAIN INJURY
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.89.7.2634
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发表时间:
1992-04-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
STEINDLER, DA
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作者:
LAYWELL, ED;DORRIES, U;STEINDLER, DA
Tenascin is an extracellular matrix molecule synthesized and released by young astrocytes during embryonic and early postnatal development of the nervous system, and it is concentrated in boundaries around emerging functional neuronal units. In the adult nervous system, tenascin can be detected only in very low levels. Distinct spatial and temporal distributions of tenascin during developmental events suggest a role in the guidance and/or segregation of neurons and their processes within incipient functional patterns. We show here, using in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry, that stab wounds of the adult mouse cerebellar and cerebral cortices result in an enhanced expression of tenascin in a discrete region around the lesion site that is associated with a subset of glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive astrocytes. Tenascin up-regulation in the lesioned adult brain may be directly involved in failed regeneration or indirectly involved through its interactions with other glycoconjugates that either inhibit or facilitate neurite growth.