ISSN:
1432-0533
Keywords:
Key words Olivopontocerebellar atrophy
;
Granule
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cell-type cerebellar degeneration
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Purkinje cell
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P400 glycoprotein/Inositol 1
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4
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5-trisphosphate receptor
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αB-Crystallin
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract We carried out immunohistochemical studies on cerebellar Purkinje cells in sporadic olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) and in granule cell-type cerebellar degeneration (gc-CD). The cell bodies, axons and dendrites including spiny branchlets and dendritic spines of normal Purkinje cells were intensely stained by the antibody against P400 glycoprotein/inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor protein (P400/IP3R). The staining pattern of OPCA Purkinje cells was heterogeneous: some were negative, while others were stained with various intensities. Although a small number of P400/IP3R-positive Purkinje cells in OPCA were similar to the normal ones, the immunoreaction products in OPCA Purkinje cells disappeared from the dendritic spines and spiny branchlets toward the cell bodies. Some of OPCA Purkinje cells were stained by the antibodies to phosphorylated neurofilament proteins (pNFP), synaptophysin and αB-crystallin. Normal Purkinje cells did not express pNFP, synaptophysin or αB-crystallin. By contrast, the staining pattern of the Purkinje cells of gc-CD case was uniform: almost all the Purkinje cells expressed P400/IP3R in cell bodies, axons and dendrites, but not in the dendritic spines and spiny branchlets. Our data suggest that the function of OPCA Purkinje cells is impaired from the peripheral dendrites toward the cell bodies, and that the presence of aberrant phosphorylation of neurofilament proteins, synaptophysin and αB-crystallin may be related to the degeneration of Purkinje cells in OPCA. In the gc-CD, our results suggest that the lack of P400/IP3R immunoreactivity in dendritic spines and spiny branchlets of the Purkinje cells is related to the loss of inputs from the granule cells as well as the result of maldevelopment of the Purkinje cells.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004010050861
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