BACKGROUND & AIMS:
:Our objective was to follow the course of a dysmyelinating disease followed by partial recovery in transgenic mice using non-invasive high-resolution (117 x 117 x 70 microm) magnetic resonance (microMRI) and evoked potential of the visual system (VEP) techniques. We used JOE (for J37 golli overexpressing) transgenic mice engineered to overexpress golli J37, a product of the Golli-mbp gene complex, specifically in oligodendrocytes. Individual JOE transgenics and their unaffected siblings were followed from 21 until 75-days-old using non-invasive in vivo VEPs and 3D T2-weighted microMRI on an 11.7 T scanner, performing what we believe is the first longitudinal study of its kind. The microMRI data indicated clear, global hypomyelination during the period of peak myelination (21-42 days), which was partially corrected at later ages (>60 days) in the JOE mice compared to controls. These microMRI data correlated well with [Campagnoni AT (1995) "Molecular biology of myelination". In: Ransom B, Kettenmann H (eds) Neuroglia--a Treatise. Oxford University Press, London, pp 555-570] myelin staining, [Campagnoni AT, Macklin WB (1988) Cellular and molecular aspects of myelin protein gene-expression. Mol Neurobiol 2:41-89] a transient intention tremor during the peak period of myelination, which abated at later ages, and [Lees MB, Brostoff SW (1984) Proteins in myelin. In: Morell (ed) Myelin. Plenum Press, New York and London, pp 197-224] VEPs which all indicated a significant delay of CNS myelin development and persistent hypomyelination in JOE mice. Overall these non-invasive techniques are capable of spatially resolving the increase in myelination in the normally developing and developmentally delayed mouse brain.
背景与目标:
: 我们的目标是使用非侵入性高分辨率 (117x70 microm) 磁共振 (microMRI) 和视觉系统诱发电位 (VEP) 技术,跟踪畸形疾病的过程,然后在转基因小鼠中进行部分恢复。我们使用了JOE (用于J37 golli过表达) 转基因小鼠,该小鼠经过工程改造以过表达golli J37,Golli-mbp基因复合物的产物,特别是在少突胶质细胞中。从21天到75天大,在11.7 T扫描仪上使用非侵入性体内vep和3D T2-weighted显微mri跟踪了JOE transgenics及其未受影响的兄弟姐妹,我们认为这是同类研究中的首次纵向研究。microMRI数据表明,在髓鞘形成峰值期间 (21-42天),明显的整体髓鞘减少,与对照组相比,JOE小鼠在以后的年龄 (>60天) 得到了部分纠正。这些显微mri数据与 [Campagnoni在 (1995) “髓鞘形成的分子生物学” 处有很好的相关性。见: Ransom B,Kettenmann H (eds) 神经胶质-一篇论文。牛津大学出版社,伦敦,第555-570页] 髓磷脂染色,[Campagnoni AT,macklin WB (1988) 髓鞘蛋白基因表达的细胞和分子方面。Mol Neurobiol 2:41-89] 在髓鞘形成的高峰期短暂的意图震颤,在以后的年龄减弱,并且 [Lees MB,Brostoff SW (1984) 蛋白在髓鞘中: 莫雷尔 (ed) 髓鞘。纽约和伦敦的万普宁出版社,第197-224页] VEPs,所有这些都表明乔小鼠中枢神经系统髓鞘发育和持续的低髓鞘作用显著延迟。总体而言,这些非侵入性技术能够在空间上解决正常发育和发育延迟的小鼠大脑中髓鞘形成的增加。