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Autotaxin In Central Nervous System Development And Disease, Natalie A. Wheeler
Autotaxin In Central Nervous System Development And Disease, Natalie A. Wheeler
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During development, oligodendrocytes (OLGs), the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS), undergo a stepwise progression during which OLG progenitors, specified from neural stem/progenitor cells, differentiate into fully mature myelinating OLGs. This progression along the OLG lineage is characterized by well-synchronized changes in morphology and gene expression patterns. The studies presented in this dissertation identified the extracellular factor Autotaxin (ATX) as a novel upstream signal modulating HDAC1/2 activity and gene expression in cells of the OLG lineage. Using the zebrafish as an in vivo model system, as well as rodent primary OLG cultures, this functional property of ATX was …
Effects Of Hiv-1 Viral Protein Tat On The Viability And Function Of Oligodendroglial Cells, Shiping Zou
Effects Of Hiv-1 Viral Protein Tat On The Viability And Function Of Oligodendroglial Cells, Shiping Zou
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Myelin pallor is frequently reported in HIV patients, and can occur in the CNS prior to other evidence of disease process. Our exploratory studies showed that oligodendrocytes (OLs) are direct targets of HIV-1 Tat (transactivator of transcription). Tat induces a dose-dependent increase of intracellular Ca2+ level ([Ca2+]i) in cultured murine OLs, which can be attenuated by ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) antagonists MK801 and CNQX. The Tat-induced [Ca2+]i increase leads to increased death in immature (O4+, MBP-), but not mature (O4+, MBP+) OLs, over 96 …