title: Expression of acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors in the substantia nigra of rat, monkey, and human.
abstract: The distribution of acidic (aFGF) and basic (bFGF) fibroblast growth factor mRNA and protein were examined in mesencephalon by immunohistochemistry, immunoblot analysis, in situ hybridization histochemistry, and RNA analysis. Coexistence of aFGF or bFGF with tyrosine hydroxylase protein in nigral cells was observed with immunohistochemistry. Both aFGF and bFGF mRNAs were found in the substantia nigra. Unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of nigrostriatal neurons resulted in a loss of aFGF and tyrosine hydroxylase [L-tyrosine, tetrahydropteridine: oxygen oxidoreductase (3-hydroxylating), EC 1.14.16.2] mRNA-positive neurons on the lesioned side. The distribution of aFGF mRNA in monkey brain was similar to that seen in the rat. RNA and immunoblot analysis confirmed the presence of both aFGF and bFGF mRNAs and proteins in the substantia nigra of rat, monkey, and human.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bean
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elde
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oellig
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tamminga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hökfelt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003078:Colchicine / Q000494:pharmacology; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; C027802:5-hydroxydopamine; D003078:Colchicine