scholarly journals The TAM receptor TYRO3 is a critical regulator of myelin thickness in the central nervous system

Glia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 2209-2220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farrah Blades ◽  
Andrea Aprico ◽  
Rainer Akkermann ◽  
Sarah Ellis ◽  
Michele D. Binder ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin V Ineichen ◽  
Keying Zhu ◽  
Karl E Carlström

AbstractIn the central nervous system (CNS), axons and its surrounding myelin sheaths, generated by oligodendrocytes, greatly depend on each other, where oligodendrocytes provide axons with both trophic and metabolic support. Across spices, assessment of the axon-myelin ultrastructure is the key-approach to visualize de- and re-myelination of axons. However, this assessment omits to provide information on axonal homeostasis or how axon-myelin influence one another. Since mitochondria may adjust in size thus mirroring the intracellular physiological and metabolic status we applied this to myelinated axons in the CNS. We herein show that a large axonal mitochondria diameter correlates with thinner surrounding myelin sheaths across different CNS tracts and species, including human. We also show that the relation between axonal mitochondria diameter and surrounding myelin thickness is a valuable measurement to verify advanced remyelination in two commonly used experimental demyelinating models, namely the cuprizone and the lysolecithin (LPC) model. Lastly, we show that axonal mitochondria adjust in diameter in response to the thickness of the axonal surrounding myelin whereas the opposite adaption was absent. In summary, the link between axonal mitochondria diameter and surrounding myelin thickness provide insight on the axon-myelin relation both during homeostasis and pathological conditions. This link is also translational applicable and can thus contribute to a better understanding on how to study remyelination using experimental models.


Author(s):  
Gladys Harrison

With the advent of the space age and the need to determine the requirements for a space cabin atmosphere, oxygen effects came into increased importance, even though these effects have been the subject of continuous research for many years. In fact, Priestly initiated oxygen research when in 1775 he published his results of isolating oxygen and described the effects of breathing it on himself and two mice, the only creatures to have had the “privilege” of breathing this “pure air”.Early studies had demonstrated the central nervous system effects at pressures above one atmosphere. Light microscopy revealed extensive damage to the lungs at one atmosphere. These changes which included perivascular and peribronchial edema, focal hemorrhage, rupture of the alveolar septa, and widespread edema, resulted in death of the animal in less than one week. The severity of the symptoms differed between species and was age dependent, with young animals being more resistant.


Author(s):  
John L.Beggs ◽  
John D. Waggener ◽  
Wanda Miller ◽  
Jane Watkins

Studies using mesenteric and ear chamber preparations have shown that interendothelial junctions provide the route for neutrophil emigration during inflammation. The term emigration refers to the passage of white blood cells across the endothelium from the vascular lumen. Although the precise pathway of transendo- thelial emigration in the central nervous system (CNS) has not been resolved, the presence of different physiological and morphological (tight junctions) properties of CNS endothelium may dictate alternate emigration pathways.To study neutrophil emigration in the CNS, we induced meningitis in guinea pigs by intracisternal injection of E. coli bacteria.In this model, leptomeningeal inflammation is well developed by 3 hr. After 3 1/2 hr, animals were sacrificed by arterial perfusion with 3% phosphate buffered glutaraldehyde. Tissues from brain and spinal cord were post-fixed in 1% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in alcohols and propylene oxide, and embedded in Epon. Thin serial sections were cut with diamond knives and examined in a Philips 300 electron microscope.


Author(s):  
Ezzatollah Keyhani

Acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) (ACHE) has been localized at cholinergic junctions both in the central nervous system and at the periphery and it functions in neurotransmission. ACHE was also found in other tissues without involvement in neurotransmission, but exhibiting the common property of transporting water and ions. This communication describes intracellular ACHE in mammalian bone marrow and its secretion into the extracellular medium.


Author(s):  
S.S. Spicer ◽  
B.A. Schulte

Generation of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against tissue antigens has yielded several (VC1.1, HNK- 1, L2, 4F4 and anti-leu 7) which recognize the unique sugar epitope, glucuronyl 3-sulfate (Glc A3- SO4). In the central nervous system, these MAbs have demonstrated Glc A3-SO4 at the surface of neurons in the cerebral cortex, the cerebellum, the retina and other widespread regions of the brain.Here we describe the distribution of Glc A3-SO4 in the peripheral nervous system as determined by immunostaining with a MAb (VC 1.1) developed against antigen in the cat visual cortex. Outside the central nervous system, immunoreactivity was observed only in peripheral terminals of selected sensory nerves conducting transduction signals for touch, hearing, balance and taste. On the glassy membrane of the sinus hair in murine nasal skin, just deep to the ringwurt, VC 1.1 delineated an intensely stained, plaque-like area (Fig. 1). This previously unrecognized structure of the nasal vibrissae presumably serves as a tactile end organ and to our knowledge is not demonstrable by means other than its selective immunopositivity with VC1.1 and its appearance as a densely fibrillar area in H&E stained sections.


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
James B. Talmage ◽  
Jay Blaisdell

Abstract Injuries that affect the central nervous system (CNS) can be catastrophic because they involve the brain or spinal cord, and determining the underlying clinical cause of impairment is essential in using the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), in part because the AMA Guides addresses neurological impairment in several chapters. Unlike the musculoskeletal chapters, Chapter 13, The Central and Peripheral Nervous System, does not use grades, grade modifiers, and a net adjustment formula; rather the chapter uses an approach that is similar to that in prior editions of the AMA Guides. The following steps can be used to perform a CNS rating: 1) evaluate all four major categories of cerebral impairment, and choose the one that is most severe; 2) rate the single most severe cerebral impairment of the four major categories; 3) rate all other impairments that are due to neurogenic problems; and 4) combine the rating of the single most severe category of cerebral impairment with the ratings of all other impairments. Because some neurological dysfunctions are rated elsewhere in the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition, the evaluator may consult Table 13-1 to verify the appropriate chapter to use.


2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 454-454
Author(s):  
Nasim Zabihi ◽  
Daniel Silverman ◽  
Veronica Triaca ◽  
Christian O. Twiss ◽  
Cheri Geist ◽  
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