title: Enriched Environment Increases PCNA and PARP1 Levels in Octopus vulgaris Central Nervous System: First Evidence of Adult Neurogenesis in Lophotrochozoa.
abstract: Organisms showing a complex and centralized nervous system, such as teleosts, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, and among invertebrates, crustaceans and insects, can adjust their behavior according to the environmental challenges. Proliferation, differentiation, migration, and axonal and dendritic development of newborn neurons take place in brain areas where structural plasticity, involved in learning, memory, and sensory stimuli integration, occurs. Octopus vulgaris has a complex and centralized nervous system, located between the eyes, with a hierarchical organization. It is considered the most "intelligent" invertebrate for its advanced cognitive capabilities, as learning and memory, and its sophisticated behaviors. The experimental data obtained by immunohistochemistry and western blot assay using proliferating cell nuclear antigen and poli (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 as marker of cell proliferation and synaptogenesis, respectively, reviled cell proliferation in areas of brain involved in learning, memory, and sensory stimuli integration. Furthermore, we showed how enriched environmental conditions affect adult neurogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, NA, Italy.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bertapelle
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, NA, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Polese
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, NA, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Cosmo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D055495:Neurogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D049831:Octopodiformes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071137:Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D000071137:Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1