Mild myelin disruption elicits early alteration in behavior and proliferation in the subventricular zone
Abstract
Myelin, the insulating sheath around axons, supports axon function. An important question is the impact of mild myelin disruption. In the absence of the myelin protein proteolipid protein (PLP1), myelin is generated but with age, axonal function/ maintenance is disrupted. Axon disruption occurs in Plp1-null mice as early as 2 months in cortical projection neurons. High-volume cellular quantification techniques revealed a region-specific increase in oligodendrocyte density in the olfactory bulb and rostral corpus callosum that increased during adulthood. A distinct proliferative response of progenitor cells was observed in the subventricular zone (SVZ), while the number and proliferation of parenchymal oligodendrocyte progenitor cells was unchanged. This SVZ proliferative response occurred prior to evidence of axonal disruption. Thus, a novel SVZ response contributes to the region-specific increase in oligodendrocytes in Plp1-null mice. Young adult Plp1-null mice exhibited subtle but substantial behavioral alterations, indicative of an early impact of mild myelin disruption.
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National Institutes of Health (NS25304)
- Wendy B Macklin
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Wendy B Macklin
National Institutes of Health (DC00566)
- Diego Restrepo
National Institutes of Health (DC014253)
- Diego Restrepo
National Institutes of Health (AG053690)
- Douglas Shepherd
National Institutes of Health (DC012280)
- Elizabeth A Gould
National Institutes of Health (NS099042)
- Elizabeth A Gould
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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- Beth Stevens, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States
Ethics
Animal experimentation: All animals used in this study were treated in accordance with the University of Colorado Animal Care and Use Committee guidelines. The University of Colorado Animal Care and Use Committee approved this study under protocol numbers B-39615(05)1E and 00134.
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- Received: January 4, 2018
- Accepted: February 1, 2018
- Accepted Manuscript published: February 13, 2018 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: February 27, 2018 (version 2)
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© 2018, Gould et al.
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