Microglial reactivity correlates to the density and the myelination of the anterogradely degenerating axons and terminals following perforant path denervation of the mouse fascia dentata

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• 作者：Jensen ; M.B. ; Hegelund ; I.V. ; Poulsen ; F.R. ; Owens ; T. ; Zimmer ; J. ; Finsen ; B.
• 关键词：anterograde axonal degeneration ; hippocampus ; glial cells ; myelin ; mouse ; AP ; alkaline phosphatase ; BCIP ; 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate ; CA ; commissural associational ; LPP ; lateral perforant path ; MBP ; myelin basic protein ; MOG ; myelin-oligodendroc
• 刊名：Neuroscience
• 出版年：1999
• 出版时间：July, 1999
• 年：1999
• 卷：93
• 期：2
• 页码：507-518
• 全文大小：2.09 M

文摘

Transection of the entorhino-dentate perforant path is a well known model for lesion-induced axonal sprouting and glial reactions in the rat. In this study, we have characterized the microglial reaction in the dentate molecular layer of the SJL/J and C57Bl/6 mouse. The morphological transformation of the microglial cells and their densitometrically measured Mac-1 immunoreactivity were correlated with the density of silver-impregnated axonal and terminal degeneration and the myelination of the degenerating medial and lateral perforant pathways. Anterograde axonal and terminal degeneration leads to: (i) altered myelin basic protein immunoreactivity with the appearance of discrete myelin deposits preferentially in the denervated medial and significantly less so in the lateral perforant path zone from day 2 after lesioning; (ii) an increase in number and Mac-1 immunoreactivity of morphologically-changed microglial cells in the denervated perforant path zones with more pronounced morphological transformation of microglia in the medial than in the lateral perforant path zones at day 2 but not day 5 after lesioning; and (iii) a linear correlation between the density of microglial Mac-1 reactivity and axonal degeneration in the medial but not in the lateral perforant path zone at two days postlesion, and a linear correlation in both zones at five days postlesion.

We propose that the differentiated microglial response is due to the different densities of axonal and terminal degeneration, as observed in the individual cases. The finding of a potentiated or accelerated microglial activation in the medial as compared to the lateral perforant path zone suggests different kinetics of microglial activation in areas with degenerating myelinated and unmyelinated fibers.