Astrócitos imunorreativos à proteína glial fibrilar ácida (GFAP) em sistema nervoso central de equinos normais e de equinos com leucoencefalomalácia

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira

Karen Regina Lemos²  Antonio Carlos Alessi¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista

关键词: Astrocytes;    GFAP;    horse;    leukoencephalomalacia;    Astrócito;    GFAP;    equino;    leucoencefalomalácia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-736X1999000300003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), subunit of the intermediary filaments of the cellular cytoskeleton, exists in the cytoplasm of astrocytes. Immunohistochemistry utilizing primary antibodies anti-GFAP is generally chosen to identify astrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS), allowing also to verify their hypertrophy. Several studies show the distribution, morphology and cytoarchitecture of the astrocytes in several areas of the CNS of humans and laboratory animals. However, in domestic animals, especially in horses, little information is available. In the present study the density and morphology of GFAP-immunoreactive astrocytes in the white matter of the cerebral cortex of horses with leukoencephalomalacia (LEM) has been compared with such aspects in normal horses. In animals with LEM hypertrophic astrocytes in areas close to the lesions were observed. There was enlargement of the perikarion, nucleus and the cytoplasmic extension. The astrocytes were reduced in number and the immunoreactivity was increased. In the normal animals constant distribution of immunoreactive cells characteristic of fibrous astrocytes was seen. Vascular changes in the animals with LEM, as for example degeneration of vascular endothelium, were also observed and could be correlated with the astrocytic alterations.

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