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Cat-301 antibody selectively labels neurons in the Y-innervated laminae of the cat superior colliculus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

R. Ranney Mine  and
Susan Hockfield
R. Ranney Mine
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
Susan Hockfield
Affiliation:
Section on Neuroanatomy, Yale University, New Haven
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Abstract

Cat-301 is a monoclonal antibody which recognizes a cell surface associated antigen of selected neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). In the visual system, cat-301 selectively labels Y-like cells in several visual structures, including portions of the lateral geniculate nucleus complex and visual cortex. The cat superior colliculus (SC) also receives Y input and contains cells driven by Y input which are selectively distributed in the deep superficial gray and deeper laminae. If cat-301 is selective to the Y-cell system in SC, labeled cells should be restricted to those laminae. To test this hypothesis, we have examined quantitatively the laminar distribution, percentage, size, and morphology of cells in SC labeled by the cat-301 antibody. Cat-301 labeled a variety of cells in the cat SC. Labeled cells were found within the deep portion of the superficial gray layer (6.6%), optic layer (27.6%), intermediate gray layer (26.9%), and the deep gray and white layers (38.5%). By contrast, only 2 of 667 labeled cells (0.3%) were found within that part of the upper superficial gray layer innervated exclusively by W input and thought to contain only W-driven cells. When considered as a percentage of the total cell population, cat-301 labeled cells represented less than 3% of cells in the superficial gray layer and approximately 15% in the deeper layers. Neurons labeled by cat-301 were all of medium to large size (mean average diameter = 33.3μm; range = 15–84μm) and included vertical fusiform and stellate cells in the upper layers and the very large neurons found in the intermediate gray and deeper layers. These results provide further evidence that the cat-301 antibody selectively recognizes the Y channel of the cat visual system.

Keywords

Brain monoclonal antibodiesW cellsX cellsY cellsImmunocytochemistryGlutamateGABA cell populations
Type
Research Articles
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 3 , Issue 5 , November 1989 , pp. 433 - 443
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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