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DNA fragmentation in normal development of the human central nervous system: a morphological study during corticogenesis

Simonati, A. ; Rosso, T. ; Rizzuto, N.

Neuropathology and applied neurobiology, 1997-06, Vol.23 (3), p.203-211 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science

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  • Título:
    DNA fragmentation in normal development of the human central nervous system: a morphological study during corticogenesis
  • Autor: Simonati, A. ; Rosso, T. ; Rizzuto, N.
  • Assuntos: corticogenesis ; development ; human CNS ; programmed cell death ; TUNEL
  • É parte de: Neuropathology and applied neurobiology, 1997-06, Vol.23 (3), p.203-211
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  • Descrição: Refinement of the cell number by programmed cell death is a major morphogenetic mechanism of the developing central nervous system (CNS) in vertebrates including mammals, which determines to a significant degree its mature cytoarchitecture. We have examined the topography and the extent of cell death in different regions of the human CNS prenatally (11 fetuses), and in the early post‐natal weeks (three newborns). Attention was focused on the wall of the telencephalon during a relatively short time period (12th–23rd week of gestation), corresponding to the time of major proliferation in the ventricular zone and to the peak of neuronal migration; both these mechanisms are crucial for corticogenesis. The TUNEL method was used, allowing the recognition of cell death because of its ability to label blunt ends of double‐stranded DNA breaks. Morphological features of nuclei at different stages of apoptosis were identified, providing better evidence of the extent of the process than histological stains. Cell labelling was seen in either post‐mitotic elements in the ventricular zone, or along the migratory pathways in the intermediate zone and subplate at all prenatal ages examined. No apoptotic nuclei were seen in the cortical plate. These findings suggest that apoptotic cell death drives the selection of cells which are committed to play a role during the early stages of corticogenesis. Lack of evidence of clonally related apoptotic cells also indicates that cell death occurs randomly. Therefore, molecular signals from the surrounding microenvironment seem to be necessary for the apoptotic pathway to be turned on, thus determining the fate of post‐mitotic cells.
  • Editor: Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science
  • Idioma: Inglês
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