PUBLICATION
Migration of neuronal precursors from the telencephalic ventricular zone into the olfactory bulb in adult zebrafish
- Authors
- Kishimoto, N., Alfaro-Cervello, C., Shimizu, K., Asakawa, K., Urasaki, A., Nonaka, S., Kawakami, K., Garcia-Verdugo, J.M., and Sawamoto, K.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-110803-35
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- The Journal of comparative neurology 519(17): 3549-65 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Kawakami, Koichi, Kishimoto, Norihito
- Keywords
- neuronal migration, rostral migratory stream, ventricular zone, blood vessel, adult neurogenesis, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Age Factors
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Movement*/genetics
- Female
- Lateral Ventricles/cytology*
- Lateral Ventricles/physiology
- Male
- Neurogenesis/genetics
- Neurons/cytology*
- Neurons/physiology
- Olfactory Bulb/cytology*
- Olfactory Bulb/physiology
- Stem Cells/cytology*
- Stem Cells/physiology
- Telencephalon/cytology*
- Telencephalon/physiology
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 21800305 Full text @ J. Comp. Neurol.
Citation
Kishimoto, N., Alfaro-Cervello, C., Shimizu, K., Asakawa, K., Urasaki, A., Nonaka, S., Kawakami, K., Garcia-Verdugo, J.M., and Sawamoto, K. (2011) Migration of neuronal precursors from the telencephalic ventricular zone into the olfactory bulb in adult zebrafish. The Journal of comparative neurology. 519(17):3549-65.
Abstract
In the brain of adult mammals, neuronal precursors are generated in the subventricular zone, in the lateral wall of the lateral ventricles, and migrate into the olfactory bulbs (OBs) through a well-studied route called the rostral migratory stream (RMS). Recent studies have revealed that a comparable neural stem cell niche is widely conserved at the ventricular wall of adult vertebrates. However, little is known about the migration route of neuronal precursors in non-mammalian adult brains. Here, we show that in the adult zebrafish, a cluster of neuronal precursors generated in the telencephalic ventricular zone migrates into the OB via a route equivalent to the mammalian RMS. Unlike the mammalian RMS, these neuronal precursors are not surrounded by glial tubes, although radial glial cells with a single cilium lined the telencephalic ventricular wall, much as in embryonic and neonatal mammals. To observe the migrating neuronal precursors in living brain tissue, we established a brain hemisphere culture using a zebrafish line carrying a GFP transgene driven by the neurogenin1 (ngn1) promoter. In these fish, GFP was observed in the neuronal precursors migrating in the RMS, some of which were aligned with blood vessels. Numerous ngn1:gfp-positive cells were observed migrating tangentially in the RMS-like route medial to the OB. Taken together, our results suggest that the RMS in the adult zebrafish telencephalon is a functional migratory pathway. This is the first evidence for the tangential migration of neuronal precursors in a non-mammalian adult telencephalon.
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