The secretory ependymal cells of the subcommissural organ: Which role in hydrocephalus?
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Vol. 39 (3), 463-468
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2006.10.021
Abstract
Ependyma in the central nervous system gives rise to several specialized cell types, including the secretory ependymal cells located in the subcommissural organ. These elongated cells show large cisternae in their cytoplasm, which are filled with material secreted into the cerebrospinal fluid and toward the leptomeningeal spaces. A specific secretion of the subcommissural organ was named SCO-spondin, regarding its marked homology with developmental proteins of the thrombospondin superfamily (presence of thrombospondin type 1 repeats). The ependymal cells of the subcommissural organ and SCO-spondin secretion are suspected to play a crucial role in cerebrospinal fluid flow and/or homeostasis. There is a close correlation between absence of the subcommissural organ and hydrocephalus in rat and mouse strains exhibiting congenital hydrocephalus, and in a number of mice transgenic for developmental genes. The ependymal cells of the subcommissural organ are under research as a key factor in several developmental processes of the central nervous system.Keywords
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