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Developmental expression of EphA4-tyrosine kinase receptor in the mouse brain and spinal cord
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Greferath, U and Canty, A and Messenger, J and Murphy, M, Developmental expression of EphA4-tyrosine kinase receptor in the mouse brain and spinal cord, Mechanisms of Development, 119, (Supplement 1) pp. S231-238. ISSN 0925-4773 (2002) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/S0925-4773(03)00122-9
Abstract
Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their ephrin ligands are involved in some of the most important steps during the development of the central nervous system, including cell migration, axon guidance, topographic mapping and synapse formation. Moreover, in the adult, they have been implicated in plasticity and regulation of neural stem cell function. One member of the Eph family, EphA4, can bind to both classes of ephrins and may have multiple functions in nervous system development. In order to look for potential sites of EphA4 action during central nervous system development, we conducted a spatio-temporal analysis of EphA4 protein expression. We used immunohistochemistry in preference to in situ hybridization because of the high likelihood that EphA4 protein is expressed on axon tracts, long distances from EphA4 mRNA. In the telencephalon, EphA4 was expressed in the developing cortex from embryonic day 11 (E11) and, later, on major cortical tracts including the corpus callosum and cortico-spinal tract. Robust EphA4 expression was also found in the hippocampus and fornix, and cells and tracts in the striatum. In the diencephalon, the thalamus, the hypothalamus and thalamo-cortical projection were strongly positive. In the mesencephalon, a number of different nuclei were weakly positive, most prominently the red nucleus. In the rhombencephalon, many nuclei were strongly positive including the cerebellum and one of its afferent paths, the inferior cerebellar peduncle, as well as the olivary region. In the spinal cord, there was a dynamic pattern of expression through development, with persistent expression in the dorsal funiculus and ventral grey matter.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Neurosciences |
Research Field: | Central nervous system |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Canty, A (Associate Professor Alison Canty) |
ID Code: | 69933 |
Year Published: | 2002 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 22 |
Deposited By: | Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2011-05-25 |
Last Modified: | 2011-11-21 |
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