Wise Young
05-04-2002, 10:36 AM
The Journal of Neuroscience, June 15, 2001, 21(12):4326-4335
Sonic Hedgehog Facilitates Dopamine Differentiation in the Presence of a Mesencephalic Glial Cell Line
Nobuki Matsuura1, D. Chichung Lie2, Minoru Hoshimaru1, Minoru Asahi1, Masato Hojo1, Ryuji Ishizaki1, Nobuo Hashimoto1, Sumihare Noji3, Hideyo Ohuchi3, Hidefumi Yoshioka3, and Fred H. Gage2
1Â*Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 606-8507Â*Kyoto, Japan, 2Â*Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037,Â*and 3Â*Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokushima, 770-0042Â*Tokushima, Japan
The aim of this study was to establish a cellular system to investigate the requirement for cell surface and diffusible molecules in the differentiation of fetal mesencephalic cells toward the dopamine lineage. Toward this end, we immortalized rat embryonic day 14Â*(E14) mesencephalon with a regulatable retroviral vector encoding v-myc. The stably transduced cells were pooled and designated as VME14 cells. VME14 cells proliferated rapidly, stopped proliferating, extended processes, and expressed GFAP after suppression of the v-myc expression with tetracycline, suggesting that VME14 cells differentiated into glial cells. Dissociated cells derived from the E11 rat mesencephalon gave rise to only a small number of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive neurons. However, when grown on a monolayer of the differentiated VME14 cells, a significantly higher number of cells differentiated into TH-positive neurons. VME14 cells were transduced with the secreted N-terminal cleavage product of the Sonic hedgehog gene (SHH-N), an inducer of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. This monoclonal, SHH-N-overexpressing cell line further enhanced dopaminergic differentiation of E11 rat mesencephalon cells. Thus, SHH-N and signals derived from fetal mesencephalic glia act cooperatively to facilitate dopaminergic differentiation. These fetal mesencephalon-derived cell lines will provide tools for the study of signals involved in dopaminergic differentiation.
Key words: differentiation; dopaminergic neuron; immortalization; mesencephalon; Parkinson's disease; tyrosine hydroxylase
[This message was edited by Wise Young on May 04, 2002 at 12:48 PM.]
Sonic Hedgehog Facilitates Dopamine Differentiation in the Presence of a Mesencephalic Glial Cell Line
Nobuki Matsuura1, D. Chichung Lie2, Minoru Hoshimaru1, Minoru Asahi1, Masato Hojo1, Ryuji Ishizaki1, Nobuo Hashimoto1, Sumihare Noji3, Hideyo Ohuchi3, Hidefumi Yoshioka3, and Fred H. Gage2
1Â*Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 606-8507Â*Kyoto, Japan, 2Â*Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037,Â*and 3Â*Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokushima, 770-0042Â*Tokushima, Japan
The aim of this study was to establish a cellular system to investigate the requirement for cell surface and diffusible molecules in the differentiation of fetal mesencephalic cells toward the dopamine lineage. Toward this end, we immortalized rat embryonic day 14Â*(E14) mesencephalon with a regulatable retroviral vector encoding v-myc. The stably transduced cells were pooled and designated as VME14 cells. VME14 cells proliferated rapidly, stopped proliferating, extended processes, and expressed GFAP after suppression of the v-myc expression with tetracycline, suggesting that VME14 cells differentiated into glial cells. Dissociated cells derived from the E11 rat mesencephalon gave rise to only a small number of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive neurons. However, when grown on a monolayer of the differentiated VME14 cells, a significantly higher number of cells differentiated into TH-positive neurons. VME14 cells were transduced with the secreted N-terminal cleavage product of the Sonic hedgehog gene (SHH-N), an inducer of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. This monoclonal, SHH-N-overexpressing cell line further enhanced dopaminergic differentiation of E11 rat mesencephalon cells. Thus, SHH-N and signals derived from fetal mesencephalic glia act cooperatively to facilitate dopaminergic differentiation. These fetal mesencephalon-derived cell lines will provide tools for the study of signals involved in dopaminergic differentiation.
Key words: differentiation; dopaminergic neuron; immortalization; mesencephalon; Parkinson's disease; tyrosine hydroxylase
[This message was edited by Wise Young on May 04, 2002 at 12:48 PM.]