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BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 69, Issue 5, Pages 546-559Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.02.017
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neuregulin-1; ErbB-4; immunohistochemistry; developing human brain; adult human brain
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Using immunohistochemistry, Western blot analysis, and RT-polymerase chain reaction, we studied the distribution of neuregulin-1 splice variant alpha (NRG-1 alpha) and one of its putative receptors, ErbB-4 tyrosine kinase, in human brain. In the pre- and perinatal human brain immunoreactivity was confined to numerous neurons, with the highest cell density found in cortical gray matter, hypothalamus and cerebellum. In the adult brain, single cortical gray and white matter neurons showed NRG-1 alpha immunoreactivity. Occasionally, immunoreactive oligodendrocytes were observed. NRG-1 alpha-expressing neurons were also found in the hypothalamus, hippocampus, basal ganglia and brain stem. Application of two antibodies recognizing alpha and beta isoforms revealed a different distribution pattern in that many cortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurons were labeled. ErbB-4 immunoreactivity was expressed in both neurons and oligodendrocytes. Our data show that NRG-1 alpha expression is lower in the adult human brain than in the developing brain, and, therefore, support a role for NRG-1 alpha in brain development. alpha 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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