SSEA-1 is a specific marker for the spinal sensory neuron lineage in the quail embryo and in neural crest cell cultures.
SSEA-1 is a specific marker for the spinal sensory neuron lineage in the quail embryo and in neural crest cell cultures.
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SSEA-1 是鹌鹑胚胎和神经嵴细胞培养物中脊髓感觉神经元谱系的特异性标记。
DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(89)90108-5
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Sieber-Blum,M
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作者:
Sieber-Blum,M
Investigation of the early phases of the development of primary sensory neurons has been limited to cells obtained from sensory ganglia. Due to the lack of an early, lineage-specific marker for sensory neuroblasts, it has not been possible to use the neural crest, which gives rise to all spinal and some cranial primary sensory neurons, as a source of precursor cells. In the present study, we show that in neural crest derivatives of the quail embryo, the stage-specific embryonic antigen-1 (SSEA-1) is expressed specifically by developing sensory neuroblasts. The monoclonal antibodies anti-SSEA-1 and AC4 were used to characterize sensory neuron developmentin vivoand in neural crest cell cultures. In the rat and mouse, both antibodies recognize the same carbohydrate sequence [galactose β1–4(fucose α1–3)N-acetylglucosamine] which characterizes SSEA-1. In the quail embryo, this epitope is a marker with several attractive characteristics. Among neural crest derivatives, it is specific for the sensory lineage and is expressed by all detectable sensory neuroblasts at all spinal axial levels. In addition, the carbohydrate sequence appears early and persists throughout development. Expression of SSEA-1 was also studied in neural crest cell cultures, in which two populations of sensory neuroblasts were observed. One population differentiated before or shortly after explantation into culture; these cells did not emigrate from the neural tube. A second population appeared in older cultures. Forming the leading edge of the emigrating neural crest cells, they became SSEA-1+3 days after the nonmigrating SSEA-1+cells. Double staining experiments revealed no obvious differences between the two populations with regard to morphology, neurofilament expression, and neurotransmitter content.