title: Brain filament proteins in primary cultures derived from chick embryos early in development.
abstract: Brain filament expression and neurofilament post-translational modifications (phosphorylations) were studied in primary cultures derived from whole 3-4 day chick embryos. After 2-3 days in culture, neurofilament-positive cells formed neuronal aggregates connected by bundles of neurites in a distinctive pattern similar to that observed in cultures derived from embryonal rat brain and neonatal rat cerebellum. Aggregates and neuritic bundles were stained with several monoclonal antibodies reacting with phosphorylated neurofilament epitopes. With two monoclonal antibodies reacting with phosphorylated forms of the high molecular weight neurofilament subunit, staining was only observed after 8 and 10 days in vitro. There was a major difference between rat and chicken with respect to astrocyte differentiation in culture. In chicken, the flat cells surrounding the neuronal aggregates remained constantly GFAP-negative throughout the whole experimental period (10 days). GFAP-positive cells were first observed within the neuronal aggregates on day 8 in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Spinal Cord Injury Research Laboratory, Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center, West Roxbury, MA 02132.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maggini
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Gilad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000502:physiology; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D016501:Neurites / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins