Prospective isolation of late development multipotent precursors whose migration is promoted by EGFR

A simple procedure to isolate neural stem cells would greatly facilitate direct studies of their properties. Here, we exploited the increase in EGF receptor (EGFR) levels, that occurs in late development stem cells or in younger precursors upon exposure to FGF-2, to isolate cells expressing high lev...

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Veröffentlicht in:Developmental biology 2005-08, Vol.284 (1), p.112-125
Hauptverfasser: Ciccolini, Francesca, Mandl, Claudia, Hölzl-Wenig, Gabriele, Kehlenbach, Angelika, Hellwig, Andrea
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Zusammenfassung:A simple procedure to isolate neural stem cells would greatly facilitate direct studies of their properties. Here, we exploited the increase in EGF receptor (EGFR) levels, that occurs in late development stem cells or in younger precursors upon exposure to FGF-2, to isolate cells expressing high levels of EGFR (EGFR high) from the developing and the adult brain. Independently of age and region of isolation, EGFR high cells were highly enriched in multipotent precursors and displayed similar antigenic characteristics, with the exception of GFAP and Lex/SSEA-1 that were mainly expressed in adult EGFR high cells. EGFR levels did not correlate with neurogenic potential, indicating that the increase in EGFR expression does not directly affect differentiation. Instead, in the brain, many EGFR high precursors showed tangential orientation and, whether isolated from the cortex or striatum, EGFR high precursors displayed characteristics of cells originating from the ventral GZ such as expression Dlx and Mash-1 and the ability to generate GABAergic neurons and oligodendrocytes. Moreover, migration of EGFR high cells on telencephalic slices required EGFR activity. Thus, the developmentally regulated increase in EGFR levels may affect tangential migration of multipotent precursors. In addition, it can be used as a marker to effectively isolate telencephalic multipotent precursors from embryonic and adult tissue.
ISSN:0012-1606
1095-564X
DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.05.007