Developmental pattern of plasminogen activator activity in chick brain hemispheres.
Plasminogen activators play key roles in several developmental events. In previous works we demonstrated the existence of typical developmental patterns of protease activity in the chick optic lobe and cerebellum. The aim of this work is to study the temporal pattern of development of plasminogen activator activity in the brain hemispheres. Plasminogen activator activity was assayed in soluble fractions derived by ultracentrifugation from Triton X-100 treated membrane fractions by using a radial fibrinolytic assay. Employing different inhibitors and anti-plasminogen activators antibodies we showed that developing brain hemispheres express only one type of enzyme which corresponds to the urokinase-type. Other results indicate that the protease activity displays a temporal pattern which completely differs from those of general parameters of development. This suggests that the plasminogen activator activity is developmentally regulated and could display specific functions during particular stages of development.
Institute of Cell Biology and Neurosciences Prof. Eduardo De Robertis, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentine. gscicolo@mail.retina.ar
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D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000196:embryology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D004627:Embryonic Induction; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D003336:Tectum Mesencephali / Q000196:embryology* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator