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Contribution of transplantations to the understanding of the role of the PLP gene

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We present an overview of the results obtained in a cross-transplantation system using respectively controls,jimpy (jp), andshiverer mutant mice as donors and recipients. Homochronic transplantations (O days into O days) demonstrated that jp environment is non-toxic for non-jp cells and that, contrary to in vitro, jp oligodendrocytes phenotype cannot be modified by environmental factors at this age. Transplantations of embryonic fragments into the newborn brain demonstrated that in contrast to oligodendrocyte precursors contained in fragments of newborn tissue, jimpy embryonic stem cells are sensitive to environmental factors able to modulate the proportion of surviving oligodendrocytes. In addition, these series evidenced a disjunction between the surviving and the myelinating capacity of jp cells demonstrating a pleiotropic effect of the jp mutation on oligodendrocyte biology. Results are discussed with regards to the recent molecular biological finding on the role of the DM20/PLP gene.

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Lachapelle, F., Gumpel, M. & Baumann, N. Contribution of transplantations to the understanding of the role of the PLP gene. Neurochem Res 19, 1083–1090 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00968720

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