The Role of Vesicular Zinc in Modulating Cell Proliferation and Survival in the Developing Hippocampus
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dyck, Richard H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fu, Selena | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Antle, Michael C. | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Spanswick, Simon C. | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Epp, Jonathan R. | |
| dc.date | 2022-11 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-26T23:03:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-09-26T23:03:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In the brain, vesicular zinc, which refers to a subset of zinc that is sequestered into synaptic vesicles by zinc transporter 3 (ZnT3), has extensive effects in neuronal signaling and modulation. Vesicular zinc-focused research has mainly been directed to its role in the hippocampus, particularly in adult neurogenesis. However, whether vesicular zinc is involved in modulating neurogenesis during the early postnatal period has been less studied. To assess whether vesicular zinc plays a role in early developmental hippocampal neurogenesis, we used ZnT3 knockout (KO) mice, which lack ZnT3 and thus vesicular zinc, to evaluate cell proliferation at three different developmental age points, and the survival of these cells into adulthood. Our primary finding was that male ZnT3 KO mice exhibited lower rates of cell proliferation at P14, but higher numbers of these cells were retained to P60. Additionally, male and female ZnT3 KO mice retained a greater number of cells labelled on P6. These findings suggest that loss of vesicular zinc affects normal cell proliferation and cell survival at different age points during postnatal development. Additionally, we found sex-dependent differences whereby male mice showed higher levels of cell proliferation at P28, as well as higher levels of cell retention for P14-labelled cells, compared to female mice. There were also significant effects of age on cell proliferation and survival. Collectively, our findings offer novel insights into a unique role for vesicular zinc in the modulation of neurogenesis and cell survival during early postnatal development and highlight prominent sex- and age-dependent differences. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fu, S. (2022). The role of vesicular zinc in modulating cell proliferation and survival in the developing hippocampus (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/115294 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40300 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Arts | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Zinc | en_US |
| dc.subject | ZnT3 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Neurogenesis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hippocampus | en_US |
| dc.subject | Development | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Neuroscience | en_US |
| dc.title | The Role of Vesicular Zinc in Modulating Cell Proliferation and Survival in the Developing Hippocampus | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | en_US |
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