TY - JOUR
T1 - Abnormal maturation of cerebral cortex and behavioral deficit in adult rats after neonatal administration of antibodies to ganglioside
AU - Kasarskis, Edward J.
AU - Karpiak, Stephen E.
AU - Rapport, Maurice M.
AU - Yu, Robert K.
AU - Bass, Norman H.
PY - 1981/1
Y1 - 1981/1
N2 - Five-day-old rats received a single injection (50 μl) of antiserum to ganglioside into the cisterna magna and were compared to control animals injected with the antiserum which had been absorbed with pure GM1 ganglioside to remove the specific antibodies. Both groups showed normal rates of body growth. However, animals receiving antiganglioside serum had, at 60 days of age, impaired performance when tested on a complex learning task (DRL) as well as chemical and morphological alterations in the somatosensory cerebral cortex. Gross morphology and wet weight of whole brain were normal in both groups. Microchemical analysis of somatosensory isocortex revealed a normal content of total solids, protein, and DNA. However, ganglioside sialic acid, galactocerebroside, and RNA were decreased by 31%, 32% and 25% of control values, respectively (P < 0.01). Quantitative measurements of oblique dendrites of Golgi-stained cortical pyramidal neurons revealed a 31% decrease in the number of spines. Additionally, the majority of spines were of the stubby configuration, whereas dendrites from controls were populated predominately by thin spines.
AB - Five-day-old rats received a single injection (50 μl) of antiserum to ganglioside into the cisterna magna and were compared to control animals injected with the antiserum which had been absorbed with pure GM1 ganglioside to remove the specific antibodies. Both groups showed normal rates of body growth. However, animals receiving antiganglioside serum had, at 60 days of age, impaired performance when tested on a complex learning task (DRL) as well as chemical and morphological alterations in the somatosensory cerebral cortex. Gross morphology and wet weight of whole brain were normal in both groups. Microchemical analysis of somatosensory isocortex revealed a normal content of total solids, protein, and DNA. However, ganglioside sialic acid, galactocerebroside, and RNA were decreased by 31%, 32% and 25% of control values, respectively (P < 0.01). Quantitative measurements of oblique dendrites of Golgi-stained cortical pyramidal neurons revealed a 31% decrease in the number of spines. Additionally, the majority of spines were of the stubby configuration, whereas dendrites from controls were populated predominately by thin spines.
KW - cortical development
KW - dendritic spines
KW - differential reinforcement at low rates (DRL) performance
KW - G ganglioside
KW - ganglioside antiserum
KW - Golgi
KW - myelin
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U2 - 10.1016/0165-3806(81)90091-2
DO - 10.1016/0165-3806(81)90091-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0019831372
SN - 0165-3806
VL - 1
SP - 25
EP - 35
JO - Developmental Brain Research
JF - Developmental Brain Research
IS - 1
ER -