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Anosmin-1 immunoreactivity during embryogenesis in a primitive eutherian mammal.

Abstract
Kallmann syndrome is hypogonadotropic hypogonadism coupled with anosmia. A morphological study found that the endocrine disorder in X-linked Kallmann syndrome is due to failed migration of gonadotropin releasing-hormone (GnRH) neurons from the olfactory placode to the brain during development. Anosmia results from agenesis of the olfactory bulbs and tracts. The gene responsible for the X-linked form of Kallmann syndrome, KAL-1, has been characterized. The orthologues of KAL-1 have been isolated in the chick and the zebrafish, but still await identification in rodents. In the present study, we used polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to the human KAL-1 encoded protein, anosmin-1, in a primitive mammal, the Asian musk shrew. Musk shrews are insectivores and are therefore evolutionarily closer to primates than rodents. By immunoblot analysis of musk shrew tissues, a band of the expected apparent molecular mass (95 kDa) was detected in several structures of the central nervous system, but not in liver or muscle, which is consistent with the gene expression pattern previously reported in the chick. By immunohistochemical analysis, anosmin-1 was detected in the developing olfactory epithelium, the olfactory, vomeronasal and terminalis nerves, the olfactory bulbs, the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex and in several other regions of the brain, during musk shrew embryogenesis. Furthermore, migrating gonadotropin releasing-hormone (GnRH)-immunoreactive neurons were seen in close association with anosmin-1-immunoreactive fibers. Assuming that the protein is present at the surface of these fibers, we suggest a possible direct role of anosmin-1 in the migration of GnRH neurons in this species.
AuthorsTammy L Dellovade, Jean-Pierre Hardelin, Nadia Soussi-Yanicostas, Donald W Pfaff, Marlene Schwanzel-Fukuda, Christine Petit
JournalBrain research. Developmental brain research (Brain Res Dev Brain Res) Vol. 140 Issue 2 Pg. 157-67 (Feb 16 2003) ISSN: 0165-3806 [Print] Netherlands
PMID12586422 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • ANOS1 protein, human
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
Topics
  • Animals
  • Brain (embryology)
  • Embryo, Mammalian (metabolism)
  • Embryonic and Fetal Development
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins
  • Female
  • Immunoblotting
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins (metabolism)
  • Olfactory Bulb (embryology)
  • Olfactory Mucosa (embryology)
  • Olfactory Pathways (embryology)
  • Shrews (embryology)

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