title: Postnatal changes in TASK-1 and TREK-1 expression in rat brain stem and cerebellum.
abstract: Developmental changes in expression of two-pore domain K+ channels, TASK-1 and TREK-1, were investigated in the juvenile (postnatal day 13; P13) and adult (P105) rat brain stem and cerebellum using immunohistochemistry. In the juvenile, extensive TASK-1-like immunoreactivity (TASK-1-LIR) was seen among glial cells in the white matter (e.g., radial glia), which showed marked reduction in the adult. In contrast, TASK-1-LIR in neurons including cerebellar Purkinje and granule cells, hypoglossal and facial motoneurons, and ventrolateral medulla neurons was increased in the adult. TASK-1-LIR in neuroglia surrounding peripheral axons of cranial nerves was persistent. TREK-1-LIR was similar between ages, although TREK-1-LIR was neuronal and present only in juvenile cerebellar external germinal layer. Present results suggest roles for TASK-1 and K+ homeostasis in neuro-glial interaction, neurogenesis, differentiation, migration, axon guidance, synaptogenesis and myelination.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072 QLD, Australia. r.kanjhan@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Refik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanjhan
authors.forename: Amy M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Anselme
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Noakes
authors.forename: Mark C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bellingham
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D024683:Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024683:Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain; C103742:potassium channel protein TREK-1; C420132:potassium channel subfamily K member 3