Migration of early olfactory neuronal progenitors

早期嗅觉神经元祖细胞的迁移

基本信息

批准号：
7303441
负责人：
GERALD A SCHWARTING
金额：
$ 30.31万
依托单位：
UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2007-07-09 至 2010-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7303441
关键词：
AMD3100 Axon Biology Brain CXCR4 Receptors CXCR4 gene Cell Death Induction Chemotactic Factors Collaborations Competence Complex Condition Cues Destinations Development Diagnosis Embryo Ensure Equilibrium Failure Gene Mutation General Hospitals Generations Genes Gills Gonadotropin Hormone Releasing Hormone Gonadotropins Green Fluorescent Proteins Growth Human Hypothalamic structure Immigration In Vitro Individual KISS1R gene Kallmann Syndrome Klinefelter&apos s Syndrome Lead Left Massachusetts Mesenchyme Modeling Molecular Movement Mus Mutant Strains Mice Mutation Neurons Nose Numbers Organ Culture Techniques Pathway interactions Patients Play Positioning Attribute Property Prosencephalon Recombinants Role Signal Transduction Slice Stromal Cell-Derived Factor 1 System Testing Transgenic Animals Vertebrates Video Microscopy Vomeronasal Nerves basal forebrain base cell motility chemokine cribriform plate hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis in vivo inhibitor/antagonist migration mouse model nerve stem cell olfactory bulb pituitary gonadal axis postnatal receptor reproductive research study selective expression vomeronasal organ

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The secretion of Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH, also called LHRH) is critical for regulating the pituitary-gonadal axis and ensuring reproductive competence for virtually all vertebrates. GnRH neurons migrate from the olfactory placode across the cribriform plate and olfactory bulb, into the forebrain and hypothalamus during embryonic and early postnatal development. The migratory pathway for these neurons consists of axons that originate in the vomeronasal organ (VNO), and project beyond the olfactory bulb directly into the rostral forebrain. Preliminary studies show that SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling plays a critical role in GnRH neuron migration. Virtually no GnRH neurons reach the ventral forbrain in CXCR4-/- mice. These mice may represent an ideal model for Kallmann Syndrome (KS) or Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism (IHH). We will analyze the role of SDF-1/CXCR4 in vivo and in vitro studies in mouse and will seek to determine whether individuals with KS or IHH may have SDF-1 or CXCR4 gene mutations. We will also analyze the role of kisspeptin/GPR54 signaling for their ability to influence the mobility and direction of movement of subsets of GnRH neurons. These experiments are proposed to balance studies in vivo using normal and mutant mice with studies in vitro that test particular pathways or mechanisms. The complementary approach is important for ensuring that our results will be relevant to the basic biology of the GnRH neuronal system. In vivo, we will use several lines of mutant mice to analyze their roles in migration of GnRH neurons. In vitro, we will test whether different cues signal through the same or similar mechanisms to drive GnRH neuron movement/migration. We will test mechanisms in individual GnRH neurons by video microscopy using in vitro slice cultures derived from transgenic animals in which green fluorescent protein (GFP) is selectively expressed in GnRH neurons. These studies will lead to an understanding of the complex factors that guide GnRH neurons to their proper destinations in the hypothalamus to control the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.

描述（由申请人提供）：促性腺激素释放激素（GnRH，也称为 LHRH）的分泌对于调节垂体-性腺轴和确保几乎所有脊椎动物的生殖能力至关重要。在胚胎和出生后早期发育过程中，GnRH 神经元从嗅板穿过筛板和嗅球迁移到前脑和下丘脑。这些神经元的迁移途径由起源于犁鼻器 (VNO) 的轴突组成，并从嗅球直接投射到前脑前脑。初步研究表明SDF-1/CXCR4信号在GnRH神经元迁移中发挥关键作用。事实上，CXCR4-/- 小鼠中没有 GnRH 神经元到达腹侧前脑。这些小鼠可能代表卡尔曼综合症（KS）或特发性低促性腺激素性性腺功能减退症（IHH）的理想模型。我们将分析 SDF-1/CXCR4 在小鼠体内和体外研究中的作用，并寻求确定患有 KS 或 IHH 的个体是否可能具有 SDF-1 或 CXCR4 基因突变。我们还将分析 Kisspeptin/GPR54 信号传导的作用，因为它们影响 GnRH 神经元亚群的移动性和运动方向的能力。这些实验旨在平衡使用正常和突变小鼠的体内研究与测试特定途径或机制的体外研究。补充方法对于确保我们的结果与 GnRH 神经元系统的基础生物学相关非常重要。在体内，我们将使用多个突变小鼠品系来分析它们在 GnRH 神经元迁移中的作用。在体外，我们将测试不同的信号是否通过相同或相似的机制发出信号来驱动 GnRH 神经元运动/迁移。我们将使用源自转基因动物的体外切片培养物，通过视频显微镜测试单个 GnRH 神经元的机制，其中绿色荧光蛋白 (GFP) 在 GnRH 神经元中选择性表达。这些研究将有助于了解引导 GnRH 神经元到达下丘脑中正确目的地以控制下丘脑-垂体-性腺轴的复杂因素。