Abstract
A soluble fraction was extracted from a chemically deafferentiated striatum of adult Wistar rats after unilateral lesioning of the nigrostriatal pathway by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) injection. The soluble extract from the lesioned side enhanced the survival of cultured mesencephalic dopamine (DA) neurons of 14-day-old rat embryos as evidenced by quantitative counting of tyrosine hydroxylase-like immunoreactive cells. The neurotrophic activity of this striatal extract for DA neurons was highest 14 days after 6-OHDA injection and became negligible in 28 days. The extract showed no promoting effects on cultured γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-containing mesencephalic neurons. These observations indicate that the striatum of adult rats may initiate de novo synthesis of trophic substance(s) for DA neurons but not for GABA neurons when subjected to nigral dopaminergic deafferentiation.
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