title: Neuronal differentiation and developmental characteristics in the dentate gyrus of staggerer mutant mice.
abstract: Homozygous staggerer (RORa(sg/sg)) mice showed a severe ataxia caused by cerebellum degeneration. Decreased and dysfunctional Rora is a main cause of this neurologic phenotype. The phenotype of staggerer mice has been well known in cerebellum. However, there has been rarely reported about cerebrum even though of staggerer is expressed in merely cerebellum but hippocampus, thalamus, cortex, and olfactory bulb. The expressions of Ki67, doublecortin (DCX), and NeuN, which are cell proliferation, neuronal differentiation and mature neuron markers, respectively, were measured with immunohistochemistry in dentate gyrus in staggerer mice in order to uncover whether staggerer can affect the change in dentate gyrus. The immunoreactivities of DCX and NeuN were significantly reduced in the dentate gyrus of staggerer mice than normal control, while Ki67 were rarely unchanged in staggerer mice. These results suggest that staggerer mutation has an influence on the neuronal differentiation and development not only in cerebellum but also in dentate gyrus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Shin
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: In Koo
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Jae Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Sung Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Yeo Sung
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Je Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Seong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology*; D000089622:Doublecortin Domain Proteins; D000089662:Doublecortin Protein; D005838:Genotype; D006720:Homozygote; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C000714847:Dcx protein, mouse; D000089622:Doublecortin Domain Proteins; D000089662:Doublecortin Protein; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C492380:NeuN protein, mouse; D009479:Neuropeptides; D009687:Nuclear Proteins