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ArticleBrain structure & function2014

Differential distribution of phospholipase C beta isoforms and diaglycerol kinase-beta in rodents cerebella corroborates the division of unipolar brush cells into two major subtypes.

Gabriella Sekerková, Masahiko Watanabe, Marco Martina, Enrico Mugnaini

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Article in Brain structure & function, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gabriella SekerkováDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 5-465 Searle bldg. 320 E. Superior str, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA, g-sekerkova@northwestern.edu.
Masahiko Watanabe
Marco Martina
Enrico Mugnaini
Northwestern University · USHokkaido University · JP

Funding

ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NERVOUS TISSUESR01NS009904 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI MARTINA, MARCO · 1985 to 2012
$4.6M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS009904PHS HHS R01 09904
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sublineage diversification of specific neural cell classes occurs in complex as well as simply organized regions of the central and peripheral nervous systems; the significance of the phenomenon, however, remains insufficiently understood. The unipolar brush cells (UBCs) are glutamatergic cerebellar interneurons that occur at high density in vestibulocerebellum. As they are classified into subsets that differ in chemical phenotypes, intrinsic properties, and lobular distribution, they represent a valuable neuronal model to study subclass diversification. In this study, we show that cerebellar UBCs of adult rats and mice form two subclasses-type I and type II UBCs-defined by somatodendritic expression of calretinin (CR), mGluR1α, phospholipases PLCβ1 and PLCβ4, and diacylglycerol kinase-beta (DGKβ). We demonstrate that PLCβ1 is associated only with the CR(+) type I UBCs, while PLCβ4 and DGKβ are exclusively present in mGluR1α(+) type II UBCs. Notably, all PLCβ4(+) UBCs, representing about 2/3 of entire UBC population, also express mGluR1α. Furthermore, our data show that the sum of CR(+) type I UBCs and mGluR1α(+) type II UBCs accounts for the entire UBC class identified with Tbr2 immunolabeling. The two UBC subtypes also show a very different albeit somehow overlapping topographical distribution as illustrated by detailed cerebellar maps in this study. Our data not only complement and extend the previous knowledge on the diversity and subclass specificity of the chemical phenotypes within the UBC population, but also provide a new angle to the understanding of the signaling networks in type I and type II UBCs.

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AnimalsCalbindin 2CerebellumDiacylglycerol KinaseGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicNeuronsPhospholipase C betaPlant ProteinsProtein IsoformsRatsReceptors, Metabotropic GlutamateSpecies SpecificityT-Box Domain ProteinsCalbindin 2Diacylglycerol Kinaseenhanced green fluorescent proteinEomes protein, mouseGreen Fluorescent ProteinsGRP protein, Lycopersicon esculentummetabotropic glutamate receptor type 1Phospholipase C betaPlant ProteinsProtein IsoformsReceptors, Metabotropic GlutamateT-Box Domain Proteins

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PMID23503970
PMCPMC3714372
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