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The Journal of Neuroscience, March 1, 1998, 18(5):1774-1785
Axonal Versus Dendritic Outgrowth Is Differentially Affected by Radial Glia in Discrete Layers of the Retina
Hubert Bauch, Heike Stier, and Burkhard Schlosshauer Naturwissenschaftliches und Medizinisches Institut, D-72770 Reutlingen, Germany
Formation of neural cell polarity defined by oriented extension of axons and dendrites is a crucial event during the development of the nervous system. Ganglion cells of the chicken retina extend axons exclusively into the inner retina, whereas their dendrites grow into the outer retina. To analyze guidance cues for specific neurite extension, novel in vitro systems were established. Ganglion cells were purified by enzymatically facilitated detachment of the ganglion cell layer. A newly developed retrograde labeling technique and the expression analysis of the cell type-specific 2A1 antigen were used to monitor ganglion cell purification. In highly purified ganglion cells explanted onto retinal cryosections (cryoculture), axon formation was induced when the cells were positioned on the inner retina. In contrast, on outer layers of the developing retina dendritic outgrowth was prevalent. Because radial glia have been demonstrated to be instructive in neuritogenesis, distinct glial cell compartments located in inner and outer retina, respectively, were isolated for functional assays. Glial end feet were purified by a physical detachment technique. Glial somata were purified by complement mediated cytolysis of all nonglial cells. When ganglion cells were cultured on different glial compartments, axon formation occurred on end feet but not on glial somata. In striking contrast, on glial somata dendrites were formed. The data support the notion that ganglion cell polarity is affected by the retinal microenvironment, which in turn is possibly influenced by radial glia, being themselves polarized.
Key words: axon; cell polarity; chicken retina; cryoculture; dendrite; end feet; enzymatic delayering; ganglion cell purification; radial Müller glia
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/1851774-12$05.00/0
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