Jeffrey D Rothstein

Publications (2)5.17 Total impact

• Article: Quantitative analysis of EAAT4 promoter activity in neurons and astrocytes of mouse somatic sensory cortex.

  Luisa de Vivo, Marcello Melone, Giovanna Bucci, Jeffrey D Rothstein, Fiorenzo Conti
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  ABSTRACT: EAAT4-eGFP BAC reporter transgenic adult mice were used to detect EAAT4 gene expression in individual cells of cerebral cortex, and eGFP fluorescence was measured to compare EAAT4 promoter activity in different cells. Most eGFP+ cells were neurons; only rare GFAP+ profiles were eGFP+. About 10% of NeuN+ cells was eGFP+, and the percentage of NeuN/eGFP co-localization varied from 2 to 20% of NeuN+ cells throughout cortical layers: layers I and II-III showed the highest values of co-localization, layer IV the lowest. The intensity of eGFP fluorescence did not exhibit laminar variations. Finally, we observed that EAAT4 promoter activity in cortical neurons was 10% of that measured in cerebellar Purkinje cells, i.e., the cells displaying the highest intensity in the CNS. These results extend our knowledge on EAAT4 expression in the cerebral cortex of adult mice, and suggest that the role of EAAT4 in cortical glutamatergic transmission may be more important than previously thought.
  Neuroscience Letters 03/2010; 474(1):42-5. · 2.11 Impact Factor
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  Article: GLT-1 Promoter Activity in Astrocytes and Neurons of Mouse Hippocampus and Somatic Sensory Cortex.

  Luisa de Vivo, Marcello Melone, Jeffrey D Rothstein, Fiorenzo Conti
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  ABSTRACT: GLT-1 eGFP BAC reporter transgenic adult mice were used to detect GLT-1 gene expression in individual cells of CA1, CA3 and SI, and eGFP fluorescence was measured to analyze quantitatively GLT-1 promoter activity in different cells of neocortex and hippocampus. Virtually all GFAP+ astrocytes were eGFP+; we also found that about 80% of neurons in CA3 pyramidal layer, 10-70% of neurons in I-VI layers of SI and rare neurons in all strata of CA1 and in strata oriens and radiatum of CA3 were eGFP+. Analysis of eGFP intensity showed that astrocytes had a higher GLT-1 promoter activity in SI than in CA1 and CA3, and that neurons had the highest levels of GLT-1 promoter activity in CA3 stratum pyramidale and in layer VI of SI. Finally, we observed that the intensity of GLT-1 promoter activity in neurons is 1-20% of that measured in astrocytes. These results showed that in the hippocampus and neocortex GLT-1 promoter activity is observed in astrocytes and neurons, detailed the distribution of GLT-1 expressing neurons, and indicated that GLT-1 promoter activity in both astrocytes and neurons varies in different brain regions.
  Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 01/2010; 3:31. · 3.07 Impact Factor