title: The expression of SCDGF/PDGF-C/fallotein and SCDGF-B/PDGF-D in the rat central nervous system.
abstract: We examined the expression patterns of the two homologous genes, spinal cord-derived growth factor (SCDGF)/platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-C/fallotein and SCDGF-B/PDGF-D in the rat central nervous system. In the spinal cord, SCDGF/PDGF-C/fallotein was expressed in the floor plate at embryonic day (E) 11 and also in the ventricular zone at E16 but not in adult. However, SCDGF-B/PDGF-D was prominently expressed in the adult motoneurons, although faint expression was observed in the ventral ventricular zone at E16. Also in the brain, the expression of SCDGF/PDGF-C/fallotein was more remarkable at E16 than at adult. It was highly expressed in the cortex, pontine area and choroid plexus at E16. Contrary to SCDGF/PDGF-C/fallotein, SCDGF-B/PDGF-D expression was notable in several nuclei at adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan. t-hamada@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ui-Tei
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Imaki
authors.forename: Fumitaka
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mishima
authors.forename: Yuhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000196:embryology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D008222:Lymphokines; C498952:Pdgfd protein, rat; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; C411423:platelet-derived growth factor C