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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 4, 2823-2829, Copyright © 1984 by Society for Neuroscience

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The spatial control of ganglionic neurite growth by the substrate- associated material from conditioned medium: an experimental model of haptotaxis

F Collins and MR Lee

Techniques are described for forming on the culture substrate a narrow pathway of material derived from medium conditioned by embryonic non- neuronal cells. There is a precise correlation between the known location of the pathway and the spatial distribution of neurites extended from whole ciliary ganglia or dissociated neurons grown on the patterned substrate. When individual growth cones moving on the pathway contact one of its edges, they turn sharply so as to remain on the pathway. This turning response is not simply due to a physical barrier to movement across the edge, since growth cones can cross onto the pathway when entering from the adjacent untreated substrate. The strong preference for neurites to maintain contact with the pathway also is not simply a result of their inability to survive or elongate outside of the pathway, since neurites from whole ganglia elongate readily on other regions of the substrate, although their growth is then undirected. Direct contact with the pathway is required for these directive effects, and there is no indication that the material bound to the substrate diffuses off and exerts its effects at a distance. The neurite-guiding activity is found in partially purified fractions of conditioned medium which also contain a substrate-bound inducer of neurite outgrowth. It is possible that both activities may be due to the same components of conditioned medium. These results suggest that ciliary ganglion growth cones are able to detect specific components of conditioned medium on the substrate and respond to their presence by changing their direction of movement so as to remain in contact with these components.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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