title: NGF-response of EGF-dependent progenitor cells obtained from human sympathetic ganglia.
abstract: Signalling molecules are thought to play a significant role in determining the fate of neural crest progenitor cells. The human sympathetic chain was identified at 6.5, 7.5, 8.2, 10.2 and 11.4 postconception (PC) weeks demonstrating low affinity nerve growth factor (NGF) receptors, and was processed for tissue culture. In the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), floating spheres of proliferating progenitor cells were developed in vitro. In the absence of EGF progenitor cells differentiated into tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactive neuronal and TH-negative flat cells. NGF treatment significantly increased neurite outgrowth and survival of TH-immunoreactive cells. The multipotent cells we isolated differ from previously reported sympathoadrenal progenitors in that they give rise to TH immunoreactive neurones precociously sensitive to NGF.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology, Dino Ferrari Centre, University of Milan Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Silani
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Borasio
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernasconi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pizzuti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sampietro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scarlato
mesh_terms: D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D016501:Neurites / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase