Expression of PTPRO in the interneurons of adult mouse olfactory bulb

• Published in: Journal of comparative neurology (1911) Vol. 518; no. 2; pp. 119 - 136
• Main Authors: Kotani, Takenori, Murata, Yoji, Ohnishi, Hiroshi, Mori, Munemasa, Kusakari, Shinya, Saito, Yasuyuki, Okazawa, Hideki, Bixby, John L., Matozaki, Takashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 15.01.2010; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal - chemistry; Biomarkers; Cells, Cultured; CNS; Female; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - metabolism; granule cells; Indicators and Reagents; Interneurons - metabolism; localization; Male; maturation; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Olfactory Bulb - cytology; Olfactory Bulb - metabolism; periglomerular cells; Plasmids - genetics; Pregnancy; Receptor, EphA4 - metabolism; Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 3 - biosynthesis; Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 3 - genetics; Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 3 - isolation & purification; receptor-type tyrosine phosphatase; Transfection
• DOI: 10.1002/cne.22239
• ISSN: 0021-9967

PTPRO is a receptor‐type protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) with a single catalytic domain in its cytoplasmic region and multiple fibronectin type III‐like domains in its extracellular region. In the chick, PTPRO mRNA has been shown to be particularly abundant in embryonic brain, and PTPRO is implicated in axon growth and guidance during embryonic development. However, the temporal and spatial expression of PTPRO protein in the mammalian CNS, particularly in the juvenile and adult mammalian brain, has not been evaluated in any detail. By immunohistofluorescence analysis with a monoclonal antibody to PTPRO, we show that PTPRO is widely expressed throughout the mouse brain from embryonic day 16 to postnatal day 1, while expression is largely confined to the olfactory bulb (OB) and olfactory tubercle in the adult brain. In the OB, PTPRO protein is expressed predominantly in the external plexiform layer, the granule cell layer, and the glomerular layer (GL). In these regions, expression of PTPRO is predominant in interneurons such as γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA)‐ergic or calretinin (CR)‐positive granule cells. In addition, PTPRO is expressed in GABAergic, CR‐positive, tyrosine hydroxylase‐positive, or neurocalcin‐positive periglomerular cells in the GL. Costaining of PTPRO with other neuronal markers suggests that PTPRO is likely to be localized to the dendrites or dendritic spines of these olfactory interneurons. Thus, PTPRO might participate in regulation of dendritic morphology or synapse formation of interneurons in the adult mouse OB. J. Comp. Neurol. 518:119–136, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.