Abstract:
:We have examined the morphology of fetal rat sympathetic neurons grown in serum-free medium in the absence of nonneuronal cells. Because cell density can affect phenotypic expression in vitro, the morphological analysis was subdivided into the study of isolated neurons (neurons whose somata were at least 150 micron from their nearest neighbor) and of more highly aggregated neurons. When isolated neurons were injected with intracellular markers, it was found that most (79%) had a single process emanating from their somata and that this unipolar state persisted for at least 8 weeks in vitro. The processes of unipolar sympathetic neurons had the appearance of axons in that they were thin and long, had a constant diameter, and were relatively unbranched. Cytochemical methods revealed that such processes had other axonal characteristics: (1) they were more reactive with a monoclonal antibody against phosphorylated forms of the M and H neurofilament subunits than with an antibody to nonphosphorylated forms of these proteins; (2) they also reacted with antibodies to the tau microtubule-associated protein and to the phosphorylated forms of the H neurofilament subunit; and (3) they contained only small amounts of RNA as determined by [3H]uridine autoradiography. These data indicate that neurons which normally form dendrites in vivo need not express this capacity in vitro and that axonal and dendritic growth can be dissociated under some conditions in culture. While most isolated neurons were unipolar, neurons in regions of high neuronal cell density were usually multipolar. In addition to axons, multipolar neurons had processes with some of the characteristics expected of rudimentary dendrites: they ended locally (usually within 100 micron), were often highly branched, and reacted with an antibody to nonphosphorylated forms of the M and H neurofilament subunits. The effects of density were most prominent when neurons were within aggregates in which the somata were in close apposition. Density-dependent changes in morphology were less frequently observed when neuronal somata were separated by greater distances (30-100 micron). These data indicate that the morphology of sympathetic neurons is subject to environmental regulation and that neuron-neuron interactions can promote the extension of rudimentary dendrites in vitro.
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Dev Bioljournal_title
Developmental biologyauthors
Bruckenstein DA,Higgins Ddoi
10.1016/0012-1606(88)90295-3subject
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1988-08-01 00:00:00pages
324-36issue
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0012-1606issn
1095-564Xpii
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128pub_type
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