Age-Related Changes of the Argyrophilic Nucleolar Organizer Regions in Mouse Neocortical Neurons

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 533-538

  Fushiki, Shinji ^a   Kinoshita, Chikako ^a   Tsutsumi, Yoko ^a   Nishizawa, Yoshio ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region; Cerebral cortex; Development; Mouse; Neuron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342595750     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: 13475800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.28.533     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Alberts, B., Bray, D., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K. and Watson, J.D.: Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed., Garland Publishing, New York, 1989, pp.539-546.
2. Arden, K.C., Pathak, S., Frankel, L.S. and Zander, A.: AgNOR staining in human chromosomes: differential staining in normal and leukemic bone-marrow samples. Int. J. Cancer 36; 647-649, 1985.
3. Boldy, D., Crocker, J. and Ayres, J.G.: Application of the AgNOR method to cell imprints of lymphoid tissue. J. Pathol. 157; 75-79, 1989.
4. Brustmann, H., Riss, P. and Naude, S.: Nucleolar organizer regions as markers of endometrial proliferation: A study of normal, hyperplastic, and neoplastic tissue. Hum. Pathol. 26; 664-667, 1995.
5. Buys, C.H.C.M. and Osinga, J.: Abundance of protein bound sulphydryl and disulphide groups at chromosomal nucleolus organising regions. Chromosoma 77; 1-11, 1980.
6. Crocker, J. and Silverbeck, N.: Nucleolar organizer regions associated proteins in cutaneous melanotic lesions: A quantitative study. J. Clin. Pathol. 40; 885-889, 1987.
7. Das, B.C., Rani, R., Mitra, A.B. and Luthra, U.K.: The number of silver-staining NORs (rDNA) in lymphocytes of newborns and its relationship to human development. Mech. Ageing Dev. 36; 117-123, 1986.
8. De Capoa, A., Baldini, A., Marleka, P.: Hormone-modulated rRNA gene activity is visualized by selective staining of the NOs. Cell Biol. Int. Rep. 9; 791-796, 1985.
9. De Capoa, A., Marleka, P., Baldini, A.: The transcriptional activity of individual ribosomal DNA gene clusters is modulated by serum concentration. J. Cell Sci. 74; 21-35, 1985.
10. Derenzini, M., Pession, A. and Trere, D.: Quantity of nucleolar silver-stained proteins is related to proliferating activity in cancer cells. Lab. Invest. 63; 137-140, 1990.
11. Dervan, P.A., Gilmartin, L.G., Loftus, B.M. and Carney, D.N.: Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region counts correlate with Ki67 scores. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 92; 401-407, 1989.
12. Fushiki, S., Matsumoto, K. and Nagata, A.: Neurite outgrowth of murine cerebellar granule cells can be enhanced by aniracetam with or without α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methy1-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA). Neurosci. Lett. 199; 171-174, 1995.
13. Fushiki, S., Maki, K., Kawase, M. and Fujita, S.: Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) in young neurons in the human brain as revealed by silver technique — a quantitative study. J. Kyoto Pref. Univ. Med., 100; 131-135, 1991.
14. Jacobson, M. Developmental Neurobiology, 3rd ed., Plenum Press, New York, 1991.
15. Jingami, H., Matsukura, S., Numa, S. and Imura, H.: Effects of adrenalectomy and dexamethasone administration on the level of prepro-corticotropin-releasing factor messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in the hypothalamus and adrenocor-ticotrophin/-lipoprotein precursor mRNA in the pituitary in rats. Endocrinology 117; 1314-1320, 1985.
16. Jozsa, L., Kannus, P., Jaervinen, M., Isola, J., Kvist, M. and Lehto, M.: Atrophy and regeneration of rat calf muscles cause reversible changes in the number of nucleolar organizer regions. Lab. Invest. 69; 231-237, 1993.
17. Kubba, M.A. and McNicol, A.M.: Stimulation of pituitary corticotrophs in the rat-ultrastructural studies. Virchows Arch. [B] 54; 119-126, 1987.
18. Méhes, G., Kálmán, E. and Pajor, L.: In situ fluorescent visualization of nucleolar organizer region-associated proteins with a thiol reagent. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 41; 1413-1417, 1993.
19. Morton, C.C., Brown, J.A., Holmes, W.M., Nance, W.E. and Wolf, B.: Stain intensity of human nucleolus organiser region reflects incorporation of uridine into mature ribosomal RNA. Exp. Cell Res. 145; 405-413, 1983.
20. Ochs, R.L. and Busch, H.: Further evidence that phosphoprotein C23 (110 KDa/pI 5.1) is the nucleolar silver staining protein. Exp. Cell Res. 152; 260-265, 1984.
21. Oefner, D., Riedmann, B., Maier, H., Hittmair, A., Rumer, A., Toetsch, M., Spechtenhauser, B., Boecker, W. and Schmid, K.W.: Standardized staining and analysis of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region associated proteins (AgNORs) in radically resected colorectal adenocarcinoma — correlation with tumour stage and long-term survival. J. Pathol. 175; 441-448, 1995.
22. Oppenheim, R.W.: Cell death during development of the nervous system. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 14; 453-501, 1991.
23. Peebles, S.E. and McNicol, A.M.: AgNOR numbers in rat pituitary corticotrophs following adrenalectomy or corticotropin releasing factor administration. Virchows Arch. [B] 57; 209-212, 1989.
24. Pfeifle, J., Boller, K. and Andere, F.A.: Phosphoprotein pp 135 is an essential component of the nucleolus organizer region (NOR). Exp. Cell Res. 162; 11-22, 1986.
25. Ploton, D., Menager, M., Jeannesson, P., Himber, G., Pigeon, F. and Adnet, J.J.: Improvement in the staining and in the visualization of the argyrophilic proteins of the nucleolar organizer region at the optical level. Histochem. J. 18; 5-14, 1986.
26. Roussel, P., Belenguer, P., Amalric, F. and Hernandez-Verdun, D.: Nucleolin is an AgNOR protein — this property is determined by its amino-terminal domain independently of its phosphorylation state. Exp. Cell Res. 203; 259-269, 1992.
27. Rueschoff, J., Plate, K., Bittinger, A. and Thomas, C.: Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs). Basic concepts and practical application in tumor pathology. Pathol. Res. Pract. 185; 878-885, 1989.
28. Scheer, U. and Rose, K.M.: Localization of RNA polymerase I in interphase cells and mitotic chromosomes by light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81; 1431-1435, 1984.
29. Shimotake, T., Iwai, N., Tokiwa, K., Deguchi, E., Sawada, T. and Fushiki, S.: Increased numbers of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions between primary and metastatic sites predict tumor progression in stage IV and IV-S neuroblastoma. Cancer 73; 3103-3107, 1994.
30. Smetana, K. and Likovsky, Z.: Nucleolar silver-stained granules in maturing erythroid and granulocytic cells. Cell Tissue Res. 237; 367-370, 1984.
31. Spector, D.L., Ochs, R. L. and Busch, H.: Silver staining, immunofluorescence, and immunoelectron microscopic localization of nucleolar phosphoproteins B23 and C23. Chromosoma 90; 139-148, 1984.