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Study of some enzyme activities in cultured chick embryo brain nerve cells treated by chick embryo brain extracts

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Brain extracts from 8-day-old chick embryos have been shown to influence morphological development of dissociated brain cells from 7-day-old chick embryos in culture. Stimulatory, effects on size of the neuronal somas and on growth of long processes were observed by adding the cytosol of the brain extract or the dialysate of the cytosol. These morphological changes parallel modifications of various enzyme activities according to the age of the cultures. Adenyl cyclase, (Na+, K+)- and Mg2+-ATPase, 5′-nucleotidase, choline acetyltransferase, and acetylcholinesterase activities were studied between 5 and 14 days of culture. Adenyl cyclase activity was strongly stimulated at 8 days by both extracts. (Na+, K+)-and Mg2+-ATPase activities were stimulated in 8-day-old cultures only by the dialysate. 5′-Nucleotidase activity was stimulated in 8-day-old cultures by the dialysate and in 11-day-old cultures by both extracts. Choline acetyltransferase activity was stimulated by the cytosol in 8-day-old cultures and by the dialysate in 11-day-old cultures. The total acetylcholinesterase activity was higher in 8-, 11-, and 14-day-old cultures treated with the cytosol. When the cells were treated with the dialysate, the activity was only higher in 14-day-old cultures. We also found that following the addition of brain extracts, the specific activity of the enzymes we studied was enhanced and became close to the values found in vivo during embryogenesis. Thus in parallel to the morphological modifications observed in nerve cell cultures treated by embryo brain extracts, biochemical variations especially involved in synaptogenesis and membrane development could be measured.

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Cam, Y., Ledig, M., Ebel, A. et al. Study of some enzyme activities in cultured chick embryo brain nerve cells treated by chick embryo brain extracts. Neurochem Res 5, 831–845 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00965783

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