title: Differential expression of ARIA isoforms in the rat brain.
abstract: ARIA, heregulin, neu differentiation factor, and glial growth factor are members of a new family of growth and differentiation factors whose effects have been assayed on Schwann cells, skeletal muscle cells, and mammary tumor cell lines. To gain insight into their roles in the CNS, we studied the expression of ARIA in the rat brain. We found ARIA mRNA in all cholinergic neurons throughout the CNS, including motor neurons and cells of the medial septal nucleus and the nucleus basalis of Meynert. We also found that ARIA induces tyrosine phosphorylation of a 185 kDa protein in central and peripheral targets of these cholinergic neurons. ARIA mRNA, however, is not restricted to cholinergic neurons, suggesting that it may also play a role at other types of synapses. Its distribution in germinal layers of the telencephalon and cerebellum suggests that it may also play a role in the proliferation and/or migration of neuronal and glial precursor cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corfas
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aratake
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krauss
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Fischbach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000737:chemistry; D002794:Choline / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000737:chemistry; D015870:Gene Expression; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000737:chemistry; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D020890:Neuregulin-1; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000378:metabolism; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000737:chemistry; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000737:chemistry; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020890:Neuregulin-1; C490580:Nrg1 protein, rat; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D002794:Choline