Nestin-like immunoreactivity of corpora amylacea in aged human brain

Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2001 Oct 19;94(1-2):204-8. doi: 10.1016/s0169-328x(01)00166-8.

Abstract

Corpora amylacea (CA) are spherical bodies routinely observed throughout the aged human brain, normally found at high frequencies under the ependymal lining of the ventricles. We identified clusters of CA under the ependyma of the lateral and fourth ventricles in post-mortem brain material from Parkinson patients as well as age-matched controls. Using a monoclonal antibody we found CA to be immunoreactive for nestin, a marker of neural stem cells, while no other structures in the investigated brain areas were labeled by this antibody. Nestin filaments are therefore possible structural components of CA, a finding which may trigger new hypotheses regarding their biogenesis and function.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aging / pathology*
  • Antibodies
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Inclusion Bodies / chemistry
  • Inclusion Bodies / pathology*
  • Intermediate Filament Proteins / analysis*
  • Intermediate Filament Proteins / immunology
  • Male
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins*
  • Nestin
  • Parkinson Disease / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Intermediate Filament Proteins
  • NES protein, human
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Nestin