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Synthesis of lipids in mouse brain cell cultures during development
Author(s) -
Siegrist Hans Peter,
BologaSandru Liane,
Burkart Thomas,
Wiesmann Ulrich,
Hofmann Karel,
Herschkowitz Norbert
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of neuroscience research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.72
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1097-4547
pISSN - 0360-4012
DOI - 10.1002/jnr.490060304
Subject(s) - in vivo , enzyme , biochemistry , myelin , cell culture , cerebroside , biology , enzyme assay , in vitro , biosynthesis , chemistry , central nervous system , endocrinology , genetics
Several metabolic activities in dissociated cultures of newborn mouse brain were compared to the situation in vivo. The developmental activity pattern of cerebroside‐sulfotransferase, cyclic nucleotide phosphohydrolase, and β‐hydroxy‐β‐methyl glutaryl‐coenzyme A‐reductase and the synthesis and deposition of sulfatide and cholesterol in culture were estimated. The enzyme activity patterns in vivo and in culture are the same. Since the cultures show very little myelin formation, the parallel increase of enzyme activities necessary for myelination in vivo and in culture suggest the existence of intrinsic factors regulating the biochemical differentiation. In addition, the formation of the products, determined in culture, follows the patterns of the enzyme activities. Dissociated brain cell cultures are therefore a valid model for the study of biochemical parameters related to the synthesis of brain lipids during development.