Nitric oxide synthase protein levels, not the mRNA, are downregulated in olfactory bulb interneurons of reeler mice

Herrmann, Gudrun; Hlushchuk, Ruslan; Baum, Oliver; Scotti, Alessandra L (2007). Nitric oxide synthase protein levels, not the mRNA, are downregulated in olfactory bulb interneurons of reeler mice. Journal of chemical neuroanatomy, 33(2), pp. 87-96. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2007.01.004

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Homozygous mutations in the Reelin gene result in severe disruption of brain development. The histogenesis of layered regions, like the neocortex, hippocampus and the cerebellum, is most notably affected in mouse reeler mutants and similar traits are also present in mice lacking molecular components of the Reelin signalling pathway. Moreover, there is evidence for an additional role of Reelin in sustaining synaptic plasticity in adult networks. Nitric oxide is an important gaseous messenger that can modulate neuronal plasticity both in developing and mature synaptic networks and has been shown to facilitate synaptic changes in the hippocampus, cerebellum and olfactory bulb. We studied the distribution and content of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the olfactory bulbs of reeler and wildtype mice. Immunocytochemistry reveals that Reelin and neuronal nitric oxide synthase containing interneurons are two distinct, non overlapping cell populations of the olfactory bulb. We show by in situ hybridization that both nitrergic and Reelin expressing cells represent only a subset of olfactory bulb GABAergic neurons. Immunoblots show that neuronal nitric oxide synthase protein content is decreased by two thirds in reeler mice causing a detectable loss of immunolabelled cells throughout the olfactory bulb of this strain. However, neuronal nitric oxide synthase mRNA levels, essayed by quantitative real-time RT-PCR, are unaffected in the reeler olfactory bulb. Thus, disruption of the Reelin signalling pathway may modify the turnover of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the olfactory bulb and possibly affects nitric oxide functions in reeler mice.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy > Functional Anatomy
UniBE Contributor:	Herrmann, Gudrun, Hlushchuk, Ruslan, Baum, Oliver, Scotti, Alessandra
ISSN:	0891-0618
ISBN:	17307331
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:55
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:17
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.jchemneu.2007.01.004
PubMed ID:	17307331
Web of Science ID:	000245603700003
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23524 (FactScience: 42202)