星形胶质细胞的生物学功能及其与疾病的关系研究进展

星形胶质细胞As为中枢神经系统内多种胶质细胞中的一种.在正常中枢神经组织中,胶质细胞与神经元的比例是10:1~50:1,而星形胶质细胞在脑内数目最多,是中枢神经系统中最主要的大胶质细胞,并具有复杂多样的结构与功能.神经元-星形胶质细胞作为神经系统功能单位,它们之间的相互作用在中枢神经系统中非常重要,参与了中枢神经系统从胚胎发生到老化的各个活动,贯穿了神经元的整个发育过程.随着对中枢神经系统疾病病理机制和治疗手段的深入研究,人们认识到在神经系统发育、突触传递、神经组织修复与再生、神经免疫及多种神经疾病的病理方面都与星形胶质细胞密不可分.对星形胶质细胞的生物学功能及其与疾病的关系进行了较为系统的阐述,以期为相关疾病的临床治疗提供参考.     

Colloidal gold as a permanent marker of cells

Summary We have demonstrated that colloidal gold-labelled serum proteins are taken up by a number of cells in cultures established from the postnatal rodent neopallium. The colloidal gold enters and remains within secondary lysosomes over extended periods of time and, as well, persists after the subculture of these cells. The cell types that readily take up the label in our culture system are type-1 astrocytes, glial precursor cells and macrophages, whereas, only a small number of oligodendrocytes take up the label. The use of serum proteins to introduce colloidal gold into cells therefore seems to be a convenient and easy way to permanently mark cells.