Synaptogenesis of cultured striatal neurons in serum-free medium: a morphological and biochemical study.
AUTOR(ES)
Weiss, S
RESUMO
Striatal neurons were cultured from the fetal mouse brain and maintained in serum-free medium for 14-21 days in vitro (DIV). Pretreatment of the culture dishes successively with a polycation followed by fetal calf serum resulted in rapid neuron attachment and neurite proliferation. After 9-10 DIV, electron microscope observations revealed the presence of vesicles in axon terminals forming mature synapses with axons and perikarya of adjacent neurons and in varicosities along extended axons. Synapsin I, a synaptic vesicle-specific protein, was present only in neuronal perikarya after 3 DIV, in perikarya and in varicosities along extended axons after 6 DIV, and in varicosities and contact points between axon terminals and adjacent axons or perikarya after 11-14 DIV. Neurotransmitter-stimulated intracellular formation of cAMP decreased markedly during neuronal differentiation. Inositol phosphate formation in response to neurotransmitters, however, increased significantly throughout the period of striatal neuronal development. K+ (56 mM) depolarization resulted in a 2-fold increase in endogenous gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release from striatal neurons, 50% of which was Ca2+-dependent, between 3 and 11 DIV. Between 11 and 14 DIV, subsequent to synapse formation (as revealed by electron microscope observations), GABA release evoked by 56 mM K+ increased up to 5-fold, 75% of which was Ca2+-dependent. It appears that the complete differentiation of striatal neurons in serum-free medium may provide a suitable model for the study of the physiological and regulatory mechanisms involved in nerve cell development.
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