• Applied Microscopy
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.61-77
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• 1994

The calcium-binding proteins (CaBP), parvalbumin (PV) and calbindin-D 28K (calbindin) are particularly abundant and specific in their distribution, and present in different subsets of neurons in many brain regions. Although their physiological roles in the neurons have not been elucidated, they are valuable markers of neuronal subpopulations for anatomical and developmental studies. This study is designed to characterize dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) neurons and axon terminals in terms of differential expression of immunoreactivity (IR) for two well-known CaBPs, PV and calbindin. The experiments were carried out on 6 adult monkeys. Monkeys were perfused under deep Nembutal anesthesia with 2% paraformaldehyde and 0.2% glutaraldehyde in 0.1M phosphate buffer. After removal, the brains were postfixed for 6-8 hr in 2% paraformaldehyde at $4^{\circ}C$ and infiltrated with 30% sucrose at $4^{\circ}C$. Thereafter, they were frozen in dry ice. Serial sections of the thalamus, at $20{\mu}m$, were made in the frontal plane with a sliding microtome. The sections were stained for PV and calbindin with indirect immunocytochemical methods. For electron microscopy, after infiltration with 30% sucrose the blocks of thalamus were serially sectioned at $50{\mu}m$ with a Vibratome in the coronal plane and stained immediately by indirect ABC methods without Triton X-100 in incubation medium. Stained sections were postfixed in 0.2% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated and flat-embedded in Spurr resin. The block was then trimmed to contain only a selected lamina or interlaminar space. The dLGN proper showed strong PV IR in fibers in all laminae and interlaminar zones. Particularly dense staining was noted in layers 1 and 2 that contain many stained fibers from optic tract. Neuronal cell body stained with PV was concentrated only in the laminae. In these laminae staining was moderate in cell bodies of all large and medium-sized neurons, and was strong in cell bodies of some small neurons together with their processes. Calbindin IR was marked in the neuronal cell body and neuropil in the S layers and interlaminar zones whereas moderate in the neuropil throughout the nucleus. Regional difference in distribution of PV and calbindin IR cell is distinct; the former is only in the laminae and the latter in both the S layer and interlaminar space. The CaBP-IR elements were confined to about $10{\mu}m$ in depth of Vibratome section. The IR product for CaBP was mainly associated with synaptic vesicle, pre- and post-synaptic membrane, and outer mitochondrial membrane and along microtubule. PV-IR was noted in various neuronal elements such as neuronal soma, dendrite, RLP, F, PSD and some myelinated or unmyelinated axons, and was not seen in the RSD and glial cells. Only a few neuronal components in dLGN was IR for calbindin and its reaction product was less dense than that of PV, and scattered throughout cytoplasm of soma of some relay neurons, and was also persent in some dendrite, myelinated axons and RLP. The RSD, F, PSD and glial elements were always non-IR for calbindin. Calbindin labelled RLP were presynaptic to unlabeled dendrite or dendritic spine and PSD. Calbindin-labeled dendrite of various sizes were always postsynaptic to unlabeled RSD, RLP or F. From this study it is suggested that dLGN cells of different functional systems and their differential projection to the visual cortex can be distinguished by differential expression of PV and calbindin.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2015

자가밀착연접 단백질들은 세포, 특히 수초화된 신경교세포막의 층상구조 사이에 존재하는 밀착연접에 존재한다. 그들 중 일부는 다른 단백질의 C-말단의 PDZ 결합 모티프에 붙는 postsynaptic density-95/Disks large/Zonula occludens-1 (PDZ) 도메인을 가진다. PDZ domain은 박테리아, 식물, 세균, 후생동물, Drosophila에 존재하여 거대한 단백복합체를 형성할 수 있게 해준다. 이러한 단백복합체들은 세포 내 신호전달, 단백질 표적화, 그리고 세포막 극화 작용을 한다. ZO-1, ZO-2, AF-6, PATJ, MUPP1, PAR-3는 자가밀착연접에 존재한다고 확인되었다. PAR-3는 atypical protein kinase C와 PAR-6와 반응하여 세포의 극성 형성에 중요한 역할을 하는 3차원 단백질복합체를 형성하는데 이는 Caenorhabditis elegans와 Drosophila 종에서 척추동물에까지 보존되었다. MAGI2는 흥분성 시냅스에서 ${\alpha}$-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) 수용체와 반응한다. PATJ는 claudin-1과 함께 마디곁 루프에서 발견되는 반면, MUPP1은 claudin-5와 함께 축삭사이막과 Schmidt-Lanterman 절흔에서 찾을 수 있다. ZO-1, ZO-2 그리고 PAR-3의 경우에는 세 장소 모두에서 발견된다. PDZ 도메인을 보유한 단백질들의 서로 다른 분포는 자가밀착연접의 발생에 영향을 준다. 이 총설에서는 수초화된 슈반 세포의 자가밀착연접에 존재하는 PDZ 도메인을 가진 단백질들과 그들의 기능을 알아볼 것이다.