PMID- 17767487 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071128 LR - 20211203 IS - 0953-816X (Print) IS - 0953-816X (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 5 DP - 2007 Sep TI - Laser capture microdissection and microarray analysis of dividing neural progenitor cells from the adult rat hippocampus. PG - 1079-90 AB - Neural progenitor cells reside in the hippocampus of adult rodents and humans and generate granule neurons throughout life. Knowledge about the molecular processes regulating these neurogenic cells is fragmentary. In order to identify genes with a role in the proliferation of adult neural progenitor cells, a protocol was elaborated to enable the staining and isolation of such cells under RNA-preserving conditions with a combination of immunohistochemistry and laser capture microdissection. We increased proliferation of neural progenitor cells by electroconvulsive treatment, one of the most effective antidepressant treatments, and isolated Ki-67-positive cells using this new protocol. RNA amplification via in vitro transcription and subsequent microarray analysis revealed over 100 genes that were differentially expressed in neural progenitor cells due to electroconvulsive treatment compared to untreated control animals. Some of these genes have already been implicated in the functioning of neural progenitor cells or have been induced by electroconvulsive treatment; these include brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf), PDZ-binding kinase (Pbk) and abnormal spindle-like microcephaly-associated (Aspm). In addition, genes were identified for which no role in the proliferation of neurogenic progenitors has been described so far, such as enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (Ezh2). FAU - Gurok, Ulf AU - Gurok U AD - Neuroscience Discovery Research, Abbott, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany. ulf.gurok@abbott.com FAU - Loebbert, Ralf W AU - Loebbert RW FAU - Meyer, Axel H AU - Meyer AH FAU - Mueller, Reinhold AU - Mueller R FAU - Schoemaker, Hans AU - Schoemaker H FAU - Gross, Gerhard AU - Gross G FAU - Behl, Berthold AU - Behl B LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - France TA - Eur J Neurosci JT - The European journal of neuroscience JID - 8918110 RN - 0 (Ki-67 Antigen) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (PDZ-binding kinase) SB - IM MH - Adult Stem Cells/*physiology/radiation effects MH - Animals MH - Cell Count MH - *Cell Proliferation/radiation effects MH - Electroshock/methods MH - Gene Expression Regulation/radiation effects MH - Hippocampus/*cytology MH - Ki-67 Antigen/metabolism MH - Lasers MH - Microarray Analysis/methods MH - Microdissection/methods MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Neurons/*physiology/radiation effects MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods EDAT- 2007/09/05 09:00 MHDA- 2007/12/06 09:00 CRDT- 2007/09/05 09:00 PHST- 2007/09/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/12/06 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/09/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - EJN5734 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05734.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Neurosci. 2007 Sep;26(5):1079-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05734.x.