title: Sox10 Expression in Goldfish Retina and Optic Nerve Head in Controls and after the Application of Two Different Lesion Paradigms.
abstract: The mammalian central nervous system (CNS) is unable to regenerate. In contrast, the CNS of fish, including the visual system, is able to regenerate after damage. Moreover, the fish visual system grows continuously throughout the life of the animal, and it is therefore an excellent model to analyze processes of myelination and re-myelination after an injury. Here we analyze Sox10+ oligodendrocytes in the goldfish retina and optic nerve in controls and after two kinds of injuries: cryolesion of the peripheral growing zone and crushing of the optic nerve. We also analyze changes in a major component of myelin, myelin basic protein (MBP), as a marker for myelinated axons. Our results show that Sox10+ oligodendrocytes are located in the retinal nerve fiber layer and along the whole length of the optic nerve. MBP was found to occupy a similar location, although its loose appearance in the retina differed from the highly organized MBP+ axon bundles in the optic nerve. After optic nerve crushing, the number of Sox10+ cells decreased in the crushed area and in the optic nerve head. Consistent with this, myelination was highly reduced in both areas. In contrast, after cryolesion we did not find changes in the Sox10+ population, although we did detect some MBP- degenerating areas. We show that these modifications in Sox10+ oligodendrocytes are consistent with their role in oligodendrocyte identity, maintenance and survival, and we propose the optic nerve head as an excellent area for research aimed at better understanding of de- and remyelination processes.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parrilla
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.|IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: León-Lobera
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.|IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lillo
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.|IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arévalo
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.|IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aijón
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.|IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lara
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.|IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Velasco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D006054:Goldfish; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000378:metabolism; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012160:Retina / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D055757:SOXE Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D055757:SOXE Transcription Factors