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Dissociated brain cell cultures of 14-day-old mouse embryos (E 14) were used for studying, during development, the proliferative activity of oligodendrocytes which express myelin basic protein (MBP) and galactocerebroside (GC). This was done using a combination of 3H-Thymidine autoradiography and immunoperoxidase or immunofluorescence. Quantitative estimates of labeled cells were made using a Leitz Texture Analysis System (T.A.S.) coupled to a P.D.P. 11–34 minicomputer. Results showed that differentiated oligodendrocytes, which express both MBP and GC, are able to proliferate. According to the intensity of the immunostaining, strong MBP positive and weak MBP positive oligodendrocytes were observed. Only the weak MBP positive cells incorporated 3H-Thymidine. The highest percentage (22.5%) of 3H-Thymidine labeled oligodendrocytes was observed at day 6 in vitro, and was reduced by half at day 9 to 13. Oligodendrocytes which have undergone a first division are still able to proliferate.
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Supported by grant 3.717.80 from the Swiss National Research Foundation, a grant from the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society and a grant from the Swiss Foundation of Encouragement of Research in Mental Retardation. L. B. was supported by INSERM (No. 81/007) during her stay in Paris
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Bologa, L., Bisconte, J.C., Joubert, R. et al. Proliferative activity and characteristics of immunocytochemically identified oligodendrocytes in embryonic mouse brain cell cultures. Exp Brain Res 50, 84–90 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238234
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