期刊
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
卷 421, 期 3, 页码 234-238出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.05.040
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transthyretin; brain; thyroid hormones; neural stem cells; hypothyroidism
Thyroid hormones (THs) are fundamental in regulation of growth and development, particularly of the brain. THs are required for full proliferative activity of neural stem cells in the subventricular zone (SVZ) of adult mouse brains, and also affect the normal fate of progenitor cells: apoptosis. Transthyretin (TTR) is a TH distributor protein in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid. TTR secretion by the choroid plexus is involved in transport of THs from blood into cerebrospinal fluid. We investigated the regulation of neural stem cell cycle in the SVZ of adult TTR null mice. Markers for neural stem cell mitosis that are reduced during hypothyroidism, did not differ between genotypes. However, in TTR null mice the level of apoptosis, the fate of most progenitor cells, was as low as that in brains of hypothyroid wildtype mice. Thus, lack of TTR results in reduced availability of TH to progenitor cells in the SVZ. We show that proliferation and apoptosis in the SVZ neural stem cell niche are differentially affected by the lack of TTR synthesis. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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