title: Development of parvalbumin immunoreactive neurons in normal and intracranially transplanted retinas in the rat.
abstract: Retinas from embryonic day 14 Sprague-Dawley rats were transplanted to the midbrain or cerebral cortex of newborn (P0) rats of which the right eye was enucleated at the time of transplantation. Parvalbumin immunoreactive (PV-I) neurons were studied in the developing retinal transplants, and in the remaining retina of the host, as well as in normal retinas. PV-I neurons were identifiable in retinas of normal and host rats from postnatal day 5 (P5) onward, with the PV-I somata primarily in the inner half of the inner nuclear layer and in the ganglion cell layer. An adult-like distribution of PV-I neurons was attained at P35, as judged by cell packing density, intensity of immunostaining, laminar distribution and soma size of subpopulations of PV-I cells. A similar time course of development and distribution of PV-I somata was observed in the retinal transplants, except for some minor differences such as a slight delay in PV-I cells achieving their final distribution. These findings provide evidence that PV-I neurons can survive, differentiate and mature according to predetermined programmes intrinsic to the retinal tissue following transplantation to a new and foreign environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin.
authors.forename: Q X
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Garey
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Jen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D016332:Fetal Tissue Transplantation; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000637:transplantation
chemical_list: D010320:Parvalbumins