期刊
HIPPOCAMPUS
卷 18, 期 2, 页码 135-147出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20376
关键词
Tat; gp120; astrocytes; neurons; oligodendrocytes
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [HD043680, R01 HD043680] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDA NIH HHS [DA013137, DA014401, K02 DA014401, R01 DA013137-08, R01 DA013137] Funding Source: Medline
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R01HD043680] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [K02DA014401, R01DA013137] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proteins, gp120 and Tat, are believed to play a role in mediating central nervous system (CNS) pathology in HIV-1 infected patients. Using design-based stereology, we examined the role of neonatal intrahippocampal injections of gp120 and Tat on the adult hippocampus (similar to 71/2 month). Postnatal day (P)l-treated Sprague-Dawley rats were bilaterally injected with vehicle (VEH, 0.5 mu l sterile buffer), gp120 (100 ng), Tat (25 mu g) or combined gp120 + Tat (100 ng + 25 mu g). Using Nissi-stained tissue sections, we quantified total neurons in five subregions of the rat hippocampus [granual layer (GL), hilus of the dentate gyrus (DGH), cornu ammonis fields (CA)2/3, CA1, and subiculum (SUB)], and total glial cells (astrocytes and oligodendrocytes) in two subregions (DGH and SUB). Estimates of cell area and cell volume were taken in the DGH. There was a significant reduction of neuron number in the CA2/3 subfield by Tat and gp120, and a significant reduction in the DGH by Tat only. For glial cells, numbers of astrocytes in the DGH and SUB were increased by the Tat protein, whereas no effects were noted for gp120. Finally, for oligodendrocytes Tat increased cell number in the DGH but not in any other region; gp120 had no detectable effect in any brain region. Estimates of cell area and cell volume of the three different cell types revealed no significant differences between treatments. Collectively, these results suggest differential effects of gp120 and Tat on the estimated total number of neurons, as well as on the number of glial cells. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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