title: S100beta promotes the extension of microtubule associated protein2 (MAP2)-immunoreactive neurites retracted after colchicine treatment in rat spinal cord culture.
abstract: S100beta, a glial derived calcium-binding protein with neurotrophic activity in the central nervous system, stimulates neurite extension of fetal raphe, cortex, spinal cord, and dorsal root ganglion neurons. The effects of S100beta on neurite length and microtubule associated protein2 (MAP2) immunoreactivity (IR) after microtubule disruption with colchicine were investigated in primary rat spinal cord culture. The incubation with S100beta (20 ng/ml) for 3 h after exposure to colchicine (10(-6) M) for 30 min altered the distribution of MAP2-IR. The length of MAP2-IR neurites increased by 65% compared to that in colchicine treatment alone. MAP2-IR intensity in the cell body was reduced by 26% compared to that in colchicine treatment alone. These results indicate that neurites shrink when the microtubular cytoskeletal system is disrupted and S100beta rapidly promotes re-assembly and/or stabilization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyou-ku, Japan. nmayumi@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Azmitia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003078:Colchicine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005333:Fetus / Q000166:cytology; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D016501:Neurites / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit; D009418:S100 Proteins; D003078:Colchicine