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Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Development of the Floor Plate‐ and Notochord‐Deprived Neural Tube
Author(s) -
Hirano Shigeki,
Tanaka Hideaki
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1994.00481.x
Subject(s) - notochord , neural tube , floor plate , immunohistochemistry , tube (container) , anatomy , neural plate , pathology , biology , medicine , materials science , embryogenesis , microbiology and biotechnology , composite material , neuroscience , embryo
To analyze the characteristics of neurons and the ectopic fibers that occur in the floor plate‐deprived neural tube, the neural tube was separated ipsilaterally from the floor plate and notochord in chick embryos at H‐H stage 12. After fixation, operated embryos were labeled with several monoclonal antibodies for detecting cell types and defining the regional characteristics of the neural tube. On the operated side, the basement membrane of the neural tube showed characteristics similar to that of the alar plates. Many neurons had axons that extended outside of the neural tube but which lacked the antigen normally associated with motoneurons. Fibers from the dorsal root ganglia also displayed an atypical distribution within the neural tube. These observations suggest that the neurons in the alar plate can develop independently from the influence(s) of the floor plate and/or notochord and send their axons outside of the neural tube despite the fact that neurons developed in the alar plate do not send axons into the periphery during normal development. It is likely that inhibitory mechanisms, which normally function to restrict axonal growth to within the neural tube, either do not develop or are prevented from functioning in the basal plate lacking environment.