title: Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) expression in embryonic mouse cerebral cortex starts in the intermediate zone close to the pallial-subpallial boundary and extends progressively towards the cortical hem.
abstract: We describe the onset and the expansion of stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1) expression in the intermediate zone of embryonic mouse cerebral cortex between embryonic days (E)11.5 and 18.5, and on postnatal day 1. Using in situ hybridisation with a digoxigenin-labeled probe, SDF-1 mRNA was detectable by E 12.5 in a small area of the intermediate zone just dorsal to the pallial-subpallial boundary. During the following days, SDF-1 expression extended towards the dorso-lateral pallium, and then the hippocampus and cortical hem. The position of the SDF-1 positive cells within the intermediate zone was closely correlated with the stream of tangentially migrating cells carrying the polysialylated form of neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM). However, whereas these cells form a ventro-dorsal stream passing from the subpallium into the pallium, SDF-1 was not detectable on the ventral side of the pallial-subpallial boundary at any of the developmental stages studied. By E 16.5, the intensity of SDF-1 hybridisation signal in the intermediate zone decreased, to become undetectable by E 18.5.
authors.affiliation: EPHE, Biologie Cellulaire Quantitative, Montpellier F-34095, France.
authors.forename: Dorothée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossel
authors.forename: Tatsunori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: König
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12; D019743:Chemokines, CXC / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007395:Interneurons / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D039842:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011247:Pregnancy; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D054377:Chemokine CXCL12; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; C515256:Cxcl12 protein, mouse; D039842:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1; D012794:Sialic Acids; C103469:polysialyl neural cell adhesion molecule