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Localization of presenilin-1 mRNA in rat brain
D Quarteronet1, L Pradier, C Czech
1Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, Biology/Neurochemistry, CRVA, Vitry sur Seine, France.
Neuroreport
|November 4, 1996
Abstract:
We examined the regional and cellular distribution of presenilin-1 gene expression in the rat brain by in situ hybridization. Microscopic analysis demonstrated that presenilin-1 mRNA is predominantly expressed in areas such as the occipital cortex, the pyramidal layer of the hippocampus, thalamic nuclei and the cerebellar granular layer. The expression of presenilin-1 is mostly neuronal: only a weak hybridization signal was found in the corpus callosum and in the astrocytoma cell lines U373MG and U138MG.