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Developmental Expression of Neurofilament 3 (NF-M) in the Cultured Rat Cortical Neurons

배양한 흰쥐 대뇌신경세포에서 신경미세섬유 3(NF-M)의 발생학적 표현

  • Jung Jae-Seob (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
  • Cho Sun-Jung (Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Jin IngNyol (Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Jung Seung Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
  • Moon Il Soo (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dongguk University)
  • 정재섭 (동국의대 해부학교실) ;
  • 조선정 (경북대학교 자연과학대학 미생물학과) ;
  • 진익렬 (경북대학교 자연과학대학 미생물학과) ;
  • 정승현 (동국한의대 내과) ;
  • 문일수 (동국의대 해부학교실)
  • Published : 2005.08.01
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Abstract

Neurofilament (NF) proteins constitute the major intermediate filament type in adult neurons. They are made up by the copolymerization of the neurofilament light (NF-L, 61 kDa), medium (NF-M, 90kDa), and heavy (NF-H, 115 kDa) proteins. Although neurofilaments play a crucial .ole in neuronal growth, organization, shape, and plasticity, their expression pattern and cellular distribution in the developing neurons remain unknown. In this study, we have produced a rabbit polyclonal antibody specific to NF-M and investigated expression of NF-M in cultured cortical neurons. Immunostaining of 12 and 24 h cultures revealed strong expression of NF-M in axonal growth cone and in the region of a soma toward the axon. Doublestaining of 4 and 14 DIV corical neurons with NF-M and PSD95 antibodies revealed that both axon and dendrites were stained intensely with NF-M antibody, and that NF-M immunostaining along dendrites is often punctate and colocalize with PSD95 puncta, indicating that the puncta represent postsynaptic spines. Presence of NF-M in the postsynaptic spine was also indicated by immunoblot analysis of the postsynaptic density fraction. Taken together, our results show intensive targeting of NF-M into axons in the early axonal development, and into spines in mature neurons, indicating its important functions in axon and spine development.

신경미세섬유(neurofilament, NF) 단백질은 신경세포의 주된 중간세사로서, NF-L (61 kDa), NF-M (90 kDa) 및 NF-H (115 kDa) 단백질의 공동중합체로 구성된다. 신경세사섬유는 신경세포의 성장, 구성, 형태 및 가소성에 중요한 역할을 하지만 발생학적 표현에 대하여는 아직 잘 알려지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 NF-M에 특이한 항체를 제조하여 배양한 대뇌신경세포에서 NF-M의 표현을 조사하였다. 배양 12 및 24시간 세포에서 NF-M은 축삭과 그 성장추 그리고 축삭에 가까운 세포체에 강하게 표현하였다. 배양 4 및 14일 신경세포를 NF-M과 PSD95 항체로 이중염색한 결과 NF-M은 축삭과 가지돌기에 공히 강하게 표현되었으며, PSD95와 같이 위치할 경우에는 점박이로 나타났다. .면역염색에서도 NF-M이 PSD 분획에서 검출되었는데, 따라서 이 점박이는 가지돌기가시임을 시사한다. 본 연구의 결과는 NF-M이 신경세포의 초기 형태발달과정에서 축삭으로 강하게 몰려가며, 성숙한 신경세포에서는 가지돌기 및 가지돌기가시에도 위치하여 특정기능을 수행함을 시사한다.

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