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Zhang G, Jin LQ, Rodemer W, Hu J, Root ZD, Medeiros DM, Selzer ME. The Composition and Cellular Sources of CSPGs in the Glial Scar After Spinal Cord Injury in the Lamprey. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:918871. [PMID: 35832392 PMCID: PMC9271930 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.918871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Axon regrowth after spinal cord injury (SCI) is inhibited by several types of inhibitory extracellular molecules in the central nervous system (CNS), including chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), which also are components of perineuronal nets (PNNs). The axons of lampreys regenerate following SCI, even though their spinal cords contain CSPGs, and their neurons are enwrapped by PNNs. Previously, we showed that by 2 weeks after spinal cord transection in the lamprey, expression of CSPGs increased in the lesion site, and thereafter, decreased to pre-injury levels by 10 weeks. Enzymatic digestion of CSPGs in the lesion site with chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) enhanced axonal regeneration after SCI and reduced retrograde neuronal death. Lecticans (aggrecan, versican, neurocan, and brevican) are the major CSPG family in the CNS. Previously, we cloned a cDNA fragment that lies in the most conserved link-domain of the lamprey lecticans and found that lectican mRNAs are expressed widely in lamprey glia and neurons. Because of the lack of strict one-to-one orthology with the jawed vertebrate lecticans, the four lamprey lecticans were named simply A, B, C, and D. Using probes that distinguish these four lecticans, we now show that they all are expressed in glia and neurons but at different levels. Expression levels are relatively high in embryonic and early larval stages, gradually decrease, and are upregulated again in adults. Reductions of lecticans B and D are greater than those of A and C. Levels of mRNAs for lecticans B and D increased dramatically after SCI. Lectican D remained upregulated for at least 10 weeks. Multiple cells, including glia, neurons, ependymal cells and microglia/macrophages, expressed lectican mRNAs in the peripheral zone and lesion center after SCI. Thus, as in mammals, lamprey lecticans may be involved in axon guidance and neuroplasticity early in development. Moreover, neurons, glia, ependymal cells, and microglia/macrophages, are responsible for the increase in CSPGs during the formation of the glial scar after SCI.
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- Guixin Zhang
- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center (Center for Neural Repair and Rehabilitation), Department of Neural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center (Center for Neural Repair and Rehabilitation), Department of Neural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center (Center for Neural Repair and Rehabilitation), Department of Neural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center (Center for Neural Repair and Rehabilitation), Department of Neural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center (Center for Neural Repair and Rehabilitation), Department of Neural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Department of Neurology, The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- *Correspondence: Michael E. Selzer
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Paramasivam A, Mickymaray S, Jayakumar S, Jeraud M, Perumal P, Alassaf A, Aljabr AA, Dasarathy S, Rangasamy SB. Locomotor Behavior Analysis in Spinal Cord Injured Macaca radiata after Predegenerated Peripheral Nerve Grafting-A Preliminary Evidence. Vet Sci 2021; 8:vetsci8120288. [PMID: 34941815 PMCID: PMC8707676 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci8120288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Primate animal models are being utilized to explore novel therapies for spinal cord injuries. This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of the transplantation of predegenerated nerve segments in unilateral spinal cord-hemisected bonnet monkeys' (Macaca radiata) locomotor functions using the complex runways. MATERIALS AND METHODS The bonnet monkeys were initially trained to walk in a bipedal motion on grid and staircase runways. In one group of trained monkeys, surgical hemisection was made in the spinal cord at the T12-L1 level. In the other group, hemisection was induced in the spinal cord, and the ulnar nerve was also transected at the same time (transplant group). After one week, the hemisected cavity was reopened and implanted with predegenerated ulnar nerve segments obtained from the same animal of the transplant group. RESULTS All the operated monkeys showed significant deficits in locomotion on runways at the early postoperative period. The walking ability of operated monkeys was found to be gradually improved, and they recovered nearer to preoperative level at the fourth postoperative month, and there were no marked differences. CONCLUSION The results demonstrate that there were no significant improvements in the locomotion of monkeys on runways after the delayed grafting of nerve segments until one year later. The failure of the predegenerated nerve graft as a possible therapeutic strategy to improve the locomotion of monkeys may be due to a number of factors set in motion by trauma, which could possibly prevent the qualities of regeneration. The exact reason for this ineffectiveness of predegenerated nerve segments and their underlying mechanism is not known.
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- Anand Paramasivam
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Physiology, Dr. ALM PGIBMS, University of Madras, Chennai 600113, India; (M.J.); (P.P.); (S.B.R.)
- Department of Medical Education, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Medical Education, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Physiology, Dr. ALM PGIBMS, University of Madras, Chennai 600113, India; (M.J.); (P.P.); (S.B.R.)
- Department of Physiology, Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Jeddah 22421, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physiology, Dr. ALM PGIBMS, University of Madras, Chennai 600113, India; (M.J.); (P.P.); (S.B.R.)
- Department of Physiology, Vellore Medical College, Vellore 632002, India
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- Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Centre, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;
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- Department of Physiology, Dr. ALM PGIBMS, University of Madras, Chennai 600113, India; (M.J.); (P.P.); (S.B.R.)
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Centre, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;
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Unal DB, Caliari SR, Lampe KJ. Engineering biomaterial microenvironments to promote myelination in the central nervous system. Brain Res Bull 2019; 152:159-174. [PMID: 31306690 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2019.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Revised: 06/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Promoting remyelination and/or minimizing demyelination are key therapeutic strategies under investigation for diseases and injuries like multiple sclerosis (MS), spinal cord injury, stroke, and virus-induced encephalopathy. Myelination is essential for efficacious neuronal signaling. This myelination process is originated by oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) in the central nervous system (CNS). Resident OPCs are capable of both proliferation and differentiation, and also migration to demyelinated injury sites. OPCs can then engage with these unmyelinated or demyelinated axons and differentiate into myelin-forming oligodendrocytes (OLs). However this process is frequently incomplete and often does not occur at all. Biomaterial strategies can now be used to guide OPC and OL development with the goal of regenerating healthy myelin sheaths in formerly damaged CNS tissue. Growth and neurotrophic factors delivered from such materials can promote proliferation of OPCs or differentiation into OLs. While cell transplantation techniques have been used to replace damaged cells in wound sites, they have also resulted in poor transplant cell viability, uncontrollable differentiation, and poor integration into the host. Biomaterial scaffolds made from extracellular matrix (ECM) mimics that are naturally or synthetically derived can improve transplanted cell survival, support both transplanted and endogenous cell populations, and direct their fate. In particular, stiffness and degradability of these scaffolds are two parameters that can influence the fate of OPCs and OLs. The future outlook for biomaterials research includes 3D in vitro models of myelination / remyelination / demyelination to better mimic and study these processes. These models should provide simple relationships of myelination to microenvironmental biophysical and biochemical properties to inform improved therapeutic approaches.
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- Deniz B Unal
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, United States.
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Im JH, Lee JY, Lee S, Lee MG, Chung YG, Kim KW. Comparison of the regeneration induced by acellular nerve allografts processed with or without chondroitinase in a rat model. Cell Tissue Bank 2019; 20:307-319. [PMID: 31030290 DOI: 10.1007/s10561-019-09770-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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There have been various studies about the acellular nerve allograft (ANA) as the alternative of autologous nerve graft in the treatment of peripheral nerve defects. As well as the decellularization process methods of ANA, the various enhancement methods of regeneration of the grafted ANA were investigated. The chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) inhibit the action of laminin which is important for nerve regeneration in the extracellular matrix of nerve. Chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) has been reported that it enhances the nerve regeneration by degradation of CSPGs. The present study compared the regeneration of ANA between the processed without ChABC group and the processed with ChABC group in a rat sciatic nerve 15 mm gap model. At 12 weeks postoperatively, there was not a significant difference in the histomorphometric analysis. In the functional analysis, there were no significant differences in maximum isometric tetanic force, wet muscle weight of tibialis anterior. The processed without ChABC group had better result in ankle contracture angle significantly. In conclusion, there were no significant differences in the regeneration of ANA between the processed without ChABC group and the processed with ChABC group.
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- Jin-Hyung Im
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Regulation of Myelination by Exosome Associated Retinoic Acid Release from NG2-Positive Cells. J Neurosci 2019; 39:3013-3027. [PMID: 30760627 PMCID: PMC6468108 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2922-18.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In the CNS, oligodendrocytes are responsible for myelin formation and maintenance. Following spinal cord injury, oligodendrocyte loss and an inhibitory milieu compromise remyelination and recovery. Here, we explored the role of retinoic acid receptor-beta (RARβ) signaling in remyelination. Using a male Sprague Dawley rat model of PNS-CNS injury, we show that oral treatment with a novel drug like RARβ agonist, C286, induces neuronal expression of the proteoglycan decorin and promotes myelination and differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (NG2+ cells) in a decorin-mediated neuron–glia cross talk. Decorin promoted the activation of RARα in NG2+ cells by increasing the availability of the endogenous ligand RA. NG2+ cells synthesize RA, which is released in association with exosomes. We found that decorin prevents this secretion through regulation of the EGFR–calcium pathway. Using functional and pharmacological studies, we further show that RARα signaling is both required and sufficient for oligodendrocyte differentiation. These findings illustrate that RARβ and RARα are important regulators of oligodendrocyte differentiation, providing new targets for myelination. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT This study identifies novel therapeutic targets for remyelination after PNS-CNS injury. Pharmacological and knock-down experiments show that the retinoic acid (RA) signaling promotes differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) and remyelination in a cross talk between neuronal RA receptor-beta (RARβ) and RARα in NG2+ cells. We show that stimulation of RARα is required for the differentiation of OPCs and we describe for the first time how oral treatment with a RARβ agonist (C286, currently being tested in a Phase 1 trial, ISRCTN12424734) leads to the endogenous synthesis of RA through retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (Raldh2) in NG2 cells and controls exosome-associated-RA intracellular levels through a decorin–Ca2+ pathway. Although RARβ has been implicated in distinct aspects of CNS regeneration, this study identifies a novel function for both RARβ and RARα in remyelination.
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Sugawara T, Himes B, Kowada M, Murray M, Tessler A, Battisti WP. Putative Inhibitory Extracellular Matrix Molecules Do Not Prevent Dorsal Root Regeneration into Fetal Spinal Cord Transplants. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/154596839901300206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We examined the distribution of several extracellular matrix molecules (ECM) and their relationship to regenerating axons in embryonic day 14 spinal cord transplants 1 to 12 weeks after transplantation into adult rats. We used immunocytochemical tech niques to label chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) and tenascin-C in adjacent sections. Synthesis of these molecules by astrocytes is thought to be one mechanism by which astrocytes inhibit regeneration in the central nervous system (CNS); glial fibrillary acidic protein antibody was used to label astrocytes and examine their rela tionship to both the ECM molecules and regenerating calcitonin gene-related pep tide (CORP)-contammg dorsal roots. We also compared the expression and distribu tion of these five markers in transplants with normal spinal cord development.
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Liu Y, Kelamangalath L, Kim H, Han SB, Tang X, Zhai J, Hong JW, Lin S, Son YJ, Smith GM. NT-3 promotes proprioceptive axon regeneration when combined with activation of the mTor intrinsic growth pathway but not with reduction of myelin extrinsic inhibitors. Exp Neurol 2016; 283:73-84. [PMID: 27264357 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Although previous studies have identified several strategies to stimulate regeneration of CNS axons, extensive regeneration and functional recovery have remained a major challenge, particularly for large diameter myelinated axons. Within the CNS, myelin is thought to inhibit axon regeneration, while modulating activity of the mTOR pathway promotes regeneration of injured axons. In this study, we examined NT-3 mediated regeneration of sensory axons through the dorsal root entry zone in a triple knockout of myelin inhibitory proteins or after activation of mTOR using a constitutively active (ca) Rheb in DRG neurons to determine the influence of environmental inhibitory or activation of intrinsic growth pathways could enhance NT-3-mediate regeneration. Loss of myelin inhibitory proteins showed modest enhancement of sensory axon regeneration. In mTOR studies, we found a dramatic age related decrease in the mTOR activation as determined by phosphorylation of the downstream marker S6 ribosomal subunit. Expression of caRheb within adult DRG neurons in vitro increased S6 phosphorylation and doubled the overall length of neurite outgrowth, which was reversed in the presence of rapamycin. In adult female rats, combined expression of caRheb in DRG neurons and NT-3 within the spinal cord increased regeneration of sensory axons almost 3 fold when compared to NT-3 alone. Proprioceptive assessment using a grid runway indicates functionally significant regeneration of large-diameter myelinated sensory afferents. Our results indicate that caRheb-induced increase in mTOR activation enhances neurotrophin-3 induced regeneration of large-diameter myelinated axons.
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- Yingpeng Liu
- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Seyedhassantehrani N, Li Y, Yao L. Dynamic behaviors of astrocytes in chemically modified fibrin and collagen hydrogels. Integr Biol (Camb) 2016; 8:624-34. [PMID: 27079938 PMCID: PMC4868780 DOI: 10.1039/c6ib00003g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Astrocytes play a critical role in supporting the normal physiological function of neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). Astrocyte transplantation can potentially promote axonal regeneration and functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI). Fibrin and collagen hydrogels provide growth-permissive substrates and serve as carriers for therapeutic cell transplantation into an injured spinal cord. However, the application of fibrin and collagen hydrogels may be limited due to their relatively rapid degradation rate in vivo. In this study, immature astrocytes isolated from neonatal rats were grown in fibrin hydrogels containing aprotinin and collagen hydrogels crosslinked with poly(ethylene glycol) ether tetrasuccinimidyl glutarate (4S-StarPEG), and the cell behavior in these hydrogels was studied. The cell viability of astrocytes in the hydrogels was tested using the LIVE/DEAD® assay and the AlamarBlue® assay, and this study showed that astrocytes maintained good viability in these hydrogels. The cell migration study showed that astrocytes migrated in the fibrin and collagen hydrogels, and the migration speed is similar in these hydrogels. The crosslinking of collagen hydrogels with 4S-StarPEG did not change the astrocyte migration speed. However, the addition of aprotinin in the fibrin hydrogel inhibited astrocyte migration. The expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG), including NG2, neurocan, and versican, by astrocytes grown in the hydrogels was analyzed by quantitative RT-PCR. The expression of NG2, neurocan, and versican by the cells in these hydrogels was not significantly different.
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- Negar Seyedhassantehrani
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, Fairmount 1845, Wichita, KS 67260, USA.
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Dyck SM, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans: Key modulators in the developing and pathologic central nervous system. Exp Neurol 2015; 269:169-87. [PMID: 25900055 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2015.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans (CSPGs) are a major component of the extracellular matrix in the central nervous system (CNS) and play critical role in the development and pathophysiology of the brain and spinal cord. Developmentally, CSPGs provide guidance cues for growth cones and contribute to the formation of neuronal boundaries in the developing CNS. Their presence in perineuronal nets plays a crucial role in the maturation of synapses and closure of critical periods by limiting synaptic plasticity. Following injury to the CNS, CSPGs are dramatically upregulated by reactive glia which form a glial scar around the lesion site. Increased level of CSPGs is a hallmark of all CNS injuries and has been shown to limit axonal plasticity, regeneration, remyelination, and conduction after injury. Additionally, CSPGs create a non-permissive milieu for cell replacement activities by limiting cell migration, survival and differentiation. Mounting evidence is currently shedding light on the potential benefits of manipulating CSPGs in combination with other therapeutic strategies to promote spinal cord repair and regeneration. Moreover, the recent discovery of multiple receptors for CSPGs provides new therapeutic targets for targeted interventions in blocking the inhibitory properties of CSPGs following injury. Here, we will provide an in depth discussion on the impact of CSPGs in normal and pathological CNS. We will also review the recent preclinical therapies that have been developed to target CSPGs in the injured CNS.
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- Scott M Dyck
- Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and the Spinal Cord Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and the Spinal Cord Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Lang BT, Wang J, Filous AR, Au NPB, Ma CHE, Shen Y. Pleiotropic molecules in axon regeneration and neuroinflammation. Exp Neurol 2014; 258:17-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Revised: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Moxon KA, Oliviero A, Aguilar J, Foffani G. Cortical reorganization after spinal cord injury: always for good? Neuroscience 2014; 283:78-94. [PMID: 24997269 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.06.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Plasticity constitutes the basis of behavioral changes as a result of experience. It refers to neural network shaping and re-shaping at the global level and to synaptic contacts remodeling at the local level, either during learning or memory encoding, or as a result of acute or chronic pathological conditions. 'Plastic' brain reorganization after central nervous system lesions has a pivotal role in the recovery and rehabilitation of sensory and motor dysfunction, but can also be "maladaptive". Moreover, it is clear that brain reorganization is not a "static" phenomenon but rather a very dynamic process. Spinal cord injury immediately initiates a change in brain state and starts cortical reorganization. In the long term, the impact of injury - with or without accompanying therapy - on the brain is a complex balance between supraspinal reorganization and spinal recovery. The degree of cortical reorganization after spinal cord injury is highly variable, and can range from no reorganization (i.e. "silencing") to massive cortical remapping. This variability critically depends on the species, the age of the animal when the injury occurs, the time after the injury has occurred, and the behavioral activity and possible therapy regimes after the injury. We will briefly discuss these dependencies, trying to highlight their translational value. Overall, it is not only necessary to better understand how the brain can reorganize after injury with or without therapy, it is also necessary to clarify when and why brain reorganization can be either "good" or "bad" in terms of its clinical consequences. This information is critical in order to develop and optimize cost-effective therapies to maximize functional recovery while minimizing maladaptive states after spinal cord injury.
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- K A Moxon
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Finca la Peraleda s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Finca la Peraleda s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Finca la Peraleda s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain.
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Shen Y. Traffic lights for axon growth: proteoglycans and their neuronal receptors. Neural Regen Res 2014; 9:356-61. [PMID: 25206823 PMCID: PMC4146200 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.128236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Axon growth is a central event in the development and post-injury plasticity of the nervous system. Growing axons encounter a wide variety of environmental instructions. Much like traffic lights in controlling the migrating axons, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) and heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) often lead to "stop" and "go" growth responses in the axons, respectively. Recently, the LAR family and NgR family molecules were identified as neuronal receptors for CSPGs and HSPGs. These discoveries provided molecular tools for further study of mechanisms underlying axon growth regulation. More importantly, the identification of these proteoglycan receptors offered potential therapeutic targets for promoting post-injury axon regeneration.
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- Yingjie Shen
- Department of Neuroscience and Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, 460 w 12 Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Functional regeneration beyond the glial scar. Exp Neurol 2014; 253:197-207. [PMID: 24424280 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 477] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Revised: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Astrocytes react to CNS injury by building a dense wall of filamentous processes around the lesion. Stromal cells quickly take up residence in the lesion core and synthesize connective tissue elements that contribute to fibrosis. Oligodendrocyte precursor cells proliferate within the lesion and entrap dystrophic axon tips. Here we review evidence that this aggregate scar acts as the major barrier to regeneration of axons after injury. We also consider several exciting new interventions that allow axons to regenerate beyond the glial scar, and discuss the implications of this work for the future of regeneration biology.
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Warren PM, Alilain WJ. The challenges of respiratory motor system recovery following cervical spinal cord injury. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2014; 212:173-220. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63488-7.00010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Romão LF, Mendes FA, Feitosa NM, Faria JCO, Coelho-Aguiar JM, de Souza JM, Neto VM, Abreu JG. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) is negatively regulated during neuron-glioblastoma interaction. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55605. [PMID: 23383241 PMCID: PMC3561339 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Connective-tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) is a matricellular-secreted protein involved in complex processes such as wound healing, angiogenesis, fibrosis and metastasis, in the regulation of cell proliferation, migration and extracellular matrix remodeling. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the major malignant primary brain tumor and its adaptation to the central nervous system microenvironment requires the production and remodeling of the extracellular matrix. Previously, we published an in vitro approach to test if neurons can influence the expression of the GBM extracellular matrix. We demonstrated that neurons remodeled glioma cell laminin. The present study shows that neurons are also able to modulate CTGF expression in GBM. CTGF immnoreactivity and mRNA levels in GBM cells are dramatically decreased when these cells are co-cultured with neonatal neurons. As proof of particular neuron effects, neonatal neurons co-cultured onto GBM cells also inhibit the reporter luciferase activity under control of the CTGF promoter, suggesting inhibition at the transcription level. This inhibition seems to be contact-mediated, since conditioned media from embryonic or neonatal neurons do not affect CTGF expression in GBM cells. Furthermore, the inhibition of CTGF expression in GBM/neuronal co-cultures seems to affect the two main signaling pathways related to CTGF. We observed inhibition of TGFβ luciferase reporter assay; however phopho-SMAD2 levels did not change in these co-cultures. In addition levels of phospho-p44/42 MAPK were decreased in co-cultured GBM cells. Finally, in transwell migration assay, CTGF siRNA transfected GBM cells or GBM cells co-cultured with neurons showed a decrease in the migration rate compared to controls. Previous data regarding laminin and these results demonstrating that CTGF is down-regulated in GBM cells co-cultured with neonatal neurons points out an interesting view in the understanding of the tumor and cerebral microenvironment interactions and could open up new strategies as well as suggest a new target in GBM control.
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- Luciana F. Romão
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Anatomia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Anatomia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Anatomia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Anatomia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Serviço de Neurocirurgia do Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Anatomia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Anatomia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Han SB, Kim H, Skuba A, Tessler A, Ferguson T, Son YJ. Sensory Axon Regeneration: A Review from an in vivo Imaging Perspective. Exp Neurobiol 2012; 21:83-93. [PMID: 23055786 PMCID: PMC3454810 DOI: 10.5607/en.2012.21.3.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Injured primary sensory axons fail to regenerate into the spinal cord, leading to chronic pain and permanent sensory loss. Re-entry is prevented at the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ), the CNS-PNS interface. Why axons stop or turn around at the DREZ has generally been attributed to growth-repellent molecules associated with astrocytes and oligodendrocytes/myelin. The available evidence challenges the contention that these inhibitory molecules are the critical determinant of regeneration failure. Recent imaging studies that directly monitored axons arriving at the DREZ in living animals raise the intriguing possibility that axons stop primarily because they are stabilized by forming presynaptic terminals on non-neuronal cells that are neither astrocytes nor oligodendrocytes. These observations revitalized the idea raised many years ago but virtually forgotten, that axons stop by forming synapses at the DREZ.
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- Seung Baek Han
- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center and Center for Neural Repair and Rehabilitation, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. ; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Smith GM, Falone AE, Frank E. Sensory axon regeneration: rebuilding functional connections in the spinal cord. Trends Neurosci 2011; 35:156-63. [PMID: 22137336 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2011.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2011] [Revised: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Functional regeneration within the adult spinal cord remains a formidable task. A major barrier to regeneration of sensory axons into the spinal cord is the dorsal root entry zone. This region displays many of the inhibitory features characteristic of other central nervous system injuries. Several experimental treatments, including inactivation of inhibitory molecules (such as Nogo and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans) or administration of neurotrophic factors (such as nerve growth factor, neurotrophin3, glial-derived neurotrophic factor and artemin), have been found to promote anatomical and functional regeneration across this barrier. However, there have been relatively few experiments to determine whether regenerating axons project back to their appropriate target areas within the spinal cord. This review focuses on recent advances in sensory axon regeneration, including studies assessing the ability of sensory axons to reconnect with their original synaptic targets.
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- George M Smith
- Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, USA
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Jin Y, Ketschek A, Jiang Z, Smith G, Fischer I. Chondroitinase activity can be transduced by a lentiviral vector in vitro and in vivo. J Neurosci Methods 2011; 199:208-13. [PMID: 21600922 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 04/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The bacterial enzyme chondroitinase ABC (ChABC), which cleaves chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan chains, can degrade inhibitory scar tissue formed following spinal cord injury, thereby promoting axonal growth and regeneration. However, delivering the active enzyme for prolonged periods presents practical limitations. To overcome these problems, we prepared a lentiviral vector (LV) encoding chondroitinase AC (Chase) together with the green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter (Chase/LV) and demonstrated its expression and enzymatic activity in vitro and in vivo. Neural precursor cells infected with Chase/LV expressed the GFP reporter at levels that increased dramatically with time in culture. Enzymatic activity from the supernatant of the infected cells was demonstrated by dot blot assay using an antibody that recognizes the digested form of CSPG and was compared with the bacterial ChABC enzyme. Chick DRG cultures plated adjacent to the CSPG border and incubated with supernatant from Chase/LV-infected cells showed neurites growing into the CSPG area, a response similar to that after treatment with ChABC. In contrast, in control cultures, the neurites turned to avoid the inhibitory CSPG interface. Degradation of CSPG in these cultures was confirmed by specific CSPG antibodies. A single injection of Chase/LV into the spinal cord resulted in sustained secretion of the enzyme, whose activity was detected for 8 weeks by expression of GFP and evidence of the digested form of CSPG. This study demonstrates the efficacy of the Chase/LV vector and its potential as a therapeutic tool to reduce scar inhibition and promote axonal growth and repair following central nervous system injury.
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- Ying Jin
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129, United States.
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García-Marqués J, De Carlos JA, Greer CA, López-Mascaraque L. Different astroglia permissivity controls the migration of olfactory bulb interneuron precursors. Glia 2010; 58:218-30. [PMID: 19610095 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The rostral migratory stream (RMS) is a well defined migratory pathway for precursors of olfactory bulb (OB) interneurons. Throughout the RMS an intense astroglial matrix surrounds the migratory cells. However, it is not clear to what extent the astroglial matrix participates in migration. Here, we have analyzed the migratory behavior of neuroblasts cultured on monolayers of astrocytes isolated from areas that are permissive (RMS and OB) and nonpermissive (cortex and adjacent cortical areas) to migration. Our results demonstrate robust neuroblast migration when RMS-explants are cultured on OB or RMS-astrocytes, in contrast to their behavior on astroglia derived from nonpermissive areas. These differences, mediated by astrocyte-derived nonsoluble factors, are related to the overexpression of extracellular matrix and cell adhesion molecules, as revealed by real-time qRT-PCR. Our results show that astroglia heterogeneity could play a significant role in migration within the RMS and in cell detachment in the OB.
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Alpha9 integrin promotes neurite outgrowth on tenascin-C and enhances sensory axon regeneration. J Neurosci 2009; 29:5546-57. [PMID: 19403822 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0759-09.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Damaged CNS axons are prevented from regenerating by an environment containing many inhibitory factors. They also lack an integrin that interacts with tenascin-C, the main extracellular matrix glycoprotein of the CNS, which is upregulated after injury. The alpha9beta1 integrin heterodimer is a receptor for the nonalternatively spliced region of tenascin-C, but the alpha9 subunit is absent in adult neurons. In this study, we show that PC12 cells and adult rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons do not extend neurites on tenascin-C. However, after forced expression of alpha9 integrin, extensive neurite outgrowth from PC12 cells and adult rat DRG neurons occurs. Moreover, both DRG neurons and PC12 cells secrete tenascin-C, enabling alpha9-transfected cells to grow axons on tissue culture plastic. Using adeno-associated viruses to express alpha9 integrin in vivo in DRGs, we examined axonal regeneration after cervical dorsal rhizotomy or dorsal column crush in the adult rat. After rhizotomy, significantly more dorsal root axons regrew into the dorsal root entry zone at 6 weeks after injury in alpha9 integrin-expressing animals than in green fluorescent protein (GFP) controls. Similarly, after a dorsal column crush injury, there was significantly more axonal growth into the lesion site compared with GFP controls at 6 weeks after injury. Behavioral analysis after spinal cord injury revealed that both experimental and control groups had an increased withdrawal latency in response to mechanical stimulation when compared with sham controls; however, in response to heat stimulation, normal withdrawal latencies returned after alpha9 integrin treatment but remained elevated in control groups.
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Experimental therapeutics designed to enhance recovery from spinal cord injury (SCI) primarily focus on augmenting the growth of damaged axons by elevating their intrinsic growth potential and/or by nullifying the influence of inhibitory proteins present in the mature CNS. However, these strategies may also influence the wiring of intact pathways. The direct contribution of such effects to functional restoration after injury has been mooted, but as yet not been described. Here, we provide evidence to support the hypothesis that reorganization of intact spinal circuitry enhances function after SCI. Adult rats that underwent unilateral cervical spared-root lesion (rhizotomy of C5, C6, C8, and T1, sparing C7) exhibited profound sensory deficits for 4 weeks after injury. Delivery of a focal intraspinal injection of the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan-degrading enzyme chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) was sufficient to restore sensory function after lesion. In vivo electrophysiological recordings confirm that behavioral recovery observed in ChABC-treated rats was consequent on reorganization of intact C7 primary afferent terminals and not regeneration of rhizotomized afferents back into the spinal cord within adjacent segments. These data confirm that intact spinal circuits have a profound influence on functional restoration after SCI. Furthermore, comprehensive understanding of these targets may lead to therapeutic interventions that can be spatially tailored to specific circuitry, thereby reducing unwanted maladaptive axon growth of distal pathways.
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Gervasi NM, Kwok JC, Fawcett JW. Role of extracellular factors in axon regeneration in the CNS: implications for therapy. Regen Med 2009; 3:907-23. [PMID: 18947312 DOI: 10.2217/17460751.3.6.907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The glial scar that forms after an injury to the CNS contains molecules that are inhibitory to axon growth. Understanding of the mechanisms of inhibition has allowed the development of therapeutic strategies aimed at promoting axon regeneration. Promising results have been obtained in animal models, and some therapies are undergoing clinical trials. This offers great hope for achievement of functional recovery after CNS injury.
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- Noreen M Gervasi
- Cambridge University Centre for Brain Repair, ED Adrian Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB22PY, UK.
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Shay EL, Greer CA, Treloar HB. Dynamic expression patterns of ECM molecules in the developing mouse olfactory pathway. Dev Dyn 2008; 237:1837-50. [PMID: 18570250 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) axons follow stereotypic spatio-temporal paths in the establishment of the olfactory pathway. Extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules are expressed early in the developing pathway and are proposed to have a role in its initial establishment. During later embryonic development, OSNs sort out and target specific glomeruli to form precise, complex topographic projections. We hypothesized that ECM cues may help to establish this complex topography. The aim of this study was to characterize expression of ECM molecules during the period of glomerulogenesis, when synaptic contacts are forming. We examined expression of laminin-1, perlecan, tenascin-C, and CSPGs and found a coordinated pattern of expression of these cues in the pathway. These appear to restrict axons to the pathway while promoting axon outgrowth within. Thus, ECM molecules are present in dynamic spatio-temporal positions to affect OSN axons as they navigate to the olfactory bulb and establish synapses.
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- Elaine L Shay
- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8082, USA
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Extracellular matrix of the central nervous system: from neglect to challenge. Histochem Cell Biol 2008; 130:635-53. [PMID: 18696101 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0485-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 306] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The basic concept, that specialized extracellular matrices rich in hyaluronan, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (aggrecan, versican, neurocan, brevican, phosphacan), link proteins and tenascins (Tn-R, Tn-C) can regulate cellular migration and axonal growth and thus, actively participate in the development and maturation of the nervous system, has in recent years gained rapidly expanding experimental support. The swift assembly and remodeling of these matrices have been associated with axonal guidance functions in the periphery and with the structural stabilization of myelinated fiber tracts and synaptic contacts in the maturating central nervous system. Particular interest has been focused on the putative role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in suppressing central nervous system regeneration after lesions. The axon growth inhibitory properties of several of these chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in vitro, and the partial recovery of structural plasticity in lesioned animals treated with chondroitin sulfate degrading enzymes in vivo have significantly contributed to the increased awareness of this long time neglected structure.
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Beck H, Semisch M, Culmsee C, Plesnila N, Hatzopoulos AK. Egr-1 regulates expression of the glial scar component phosphacan in astrocytes after experimental stroke. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2008; 173:77-92. [PMID: 18556777 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.070648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Ischemic brain injury causes tissue damage and neuronal death. The deficits can often be permanent because adult neurons fail to regenerate. One barrier to neuronal regeneration is the formation of the glial scar, a repair mechanism that is otherwise necessary to seal off necrotic areas. The process of gliosis has been well described, but the mechanisms regulating the robust production of scar components after injury remain poorly understood. Here we show that the early growth response 1 transcriptional factor (Egr-1, also called Krox24, Zif268, and NGFI-A) is expressed in astrocytes in the ventricular wall, corpus callosum, and striatum of normal mouse brain. After experimental stroke caused by permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery, Egr-1 was expressed long term in reactive astrocytes that accumulate around the injury site. Gain- and loss-of-function studies in primary astrocytes indicated that Egr-1 regulates the transcription of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans genes, the main extracellular matrix proteins of the glial scar. Egr-1 bound to a site within the phosphacan promoter and transactivated its expression. Egr-1-deficient mice accumulated lower levels of phosphacan RNA and protein than wild-type mice after stroke, but there were no measurable differences in neurite outgrowth toward the infarct area between the two groups. Our findings suggest that Egr-1 is an important component of the transcriptional network regulating genes involved in gliosis after ischemic injury.
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- Heike Beck
- Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumor Genetics, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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Pattern of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expression after ablation of the sensorimotor cortex of the neonatal and adult rat brain. ARCH BIOL SCI 2008. [DOI: 10.2298/abs0804581d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The central nervous system has a limited capacity for self-repair after damage. However, the neonatal brain has agreater capacity for recovery than the adult brain. These differences in the regenerative capability depend on local environmental factors and the maturational stage of growing axons. Among molecules which have both growth-promoting and growth-inhibiting activities is the heterogeneous class of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). In this paper, we investigated the chondroitin-4 and chondroitin-6 sulfate proteoglycan expression profile after left sensorimotor cortex ablation of the neonatal and adult rat brain. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that compared to the normal uninjured cortex, lesion provoked up regulation of CSPGs showing a different pattern of expression in the neonatal vs. the adult brain. Punctuate and membrane-bound labeling was predominate after neonatal lesion, where as heavy deposition of staining in the extracellular matrix was observed after adult lesion. Heavy deposition of CSPG immunoreactivity around the lesionsite in adult rats, in contrast to a less CSPG-rich environment in neonatal rats, indicated that enhancement of the recovery process after neonatal injury is due to amore permissive environment.
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Tester NJ, Howland DR. Chondroitinase ABC improves basic and skilled locomotion in spinal cord injured cats. Exp Neurol 2007; 209:483-96. [PMID: 17936753 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2007] [Revised: 07/21/2007] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are upregulated in the central nervous system following injury. Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan (CS GAG) side chains substituted on this family of molecules contribute to the limited functional recovery following injury by restricting axonal growth and synaptic plasticity. In the current study, the effects of degrading CS GAGs with Chondroitinase ABC (Ch'ase ABC) in the injured spinal cords of adult cats were assessed. Three groups were evaluated for 5 months following T10 hemisections: lesion-only, lesion+control, and lesion+Ch'ase ABC. Intraspinal control and Ch'ase ABC treatments to the lesion site began immediately after injury and continued every other day, for a total of 15 treatments, using an injectable port system. Delivery and in vivo cleavage were verified anatomically in a subset of cats across the treatment period. Recovery of skilled locomotion (ladder, peg, and beam) was significantly accelerated, on average, by >3 weeks in Ch'ase ABC-treated cats compared to controls. Ch'ase ABC-treated cats also showed greater recovery of specific skilled locomotor features including intralimb movement patterns and significantly greater paw placement onto pegs. Although recovery of basic locomotion (bipedal treadmill and overground) was not accelerated, intralimb movement patterns were more normal in the Ch'ase ABC-treated cats. Qualitative assessment of serotonergic immunoreactivity also suggested that Ch'ase ABC treatment enhanced plasticity. Finally, analyses using fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE) indicate CS GAG content is similar in cat and human. These findings show, for the first time, that intraspinal cleavage of CS GAGs can enhance recovery of function following spinal cord injury in large animals with sophisticated motor behaviors and axonal growth requirements similar to those encountered in humans.
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- Nicole J Tester
- Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
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Tester NJ, Plaas AH, Howland DR. Effect of body temperature on chondroitinase ABC's ability to cleave chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans. J Neurosci Res 2007; 85:1110-8. [PMID: 17265470 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chondroitinase ABC (Ch'ase ABC) is a bacterial lyase that degrades chondroitin sulfate (CS), dermatan sulfate, and hyaluronan glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). This enzyme has received significant attention as a potential therapy for promoting central nervous system and peripheral nervous system repair based on its degradation of CS GAGs. Determination of the stability of Ch'ase ABC activity at temperatures equivalent to normal (37 degrees C) and elevated (39 degrees C) body temperatures is important for optimizing its clinical usage. We report here data obtained from examining enzymatic activity at these temperatures across nine lots of commercially available protease-free Ch'ase ABC. CS GAG degrading activity was assayed by using 1) immunohistochemical detection of unsaturated disaccharide stubs generated by digestion of proteoglycans in tissue sections and 2) fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE) and/or high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to separate and quantify unsaturated disaccharide digestion products. Our results indicate that there is a significant effect of lot and time on enzymatic thermostability. Average enzymatic activity is significantly decreased at 1 and 3 days at 39 degrees C and 37 degrees C, respectively. Furthermore, the average activity seen after 1 day was significantly different between the two temperatures. Addition of bovine serum albumin as a stabilizer significantly preserved enzymatic activity at 1 day, but not 3 days, at 39 degrees C. These results show that the CS GAG degrading activity of Ch'ase ABC is significantly decreased with incubation at body temperature over time and that all lots do not show equal thermostability. These findings are important for the design and interpretation of experimental and potential clinical studies involving Ch'ase ABC.
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- Nicole J Tester
- Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Extensive regeneration of sensory axons into the spinal cord can be achieved experimentally after dorsal root injury, but no effort has been made to target regenerating axons and restore a normal lamina-specific projection pattern. Ectopic axon growth is potentially associated with functional disorders such as chronic pain and autonomic dysreflexia. This study was designed to target regenerating axons to normal synaptic locations in the spinal cord by combining positive and negative guidance molecules. Previously, we observed that, after dorsal rhizotomy, overexpression of NGF leads to robust regeneration and sprouting of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-positive nociceptive axons throughout dorsal horn and ventral horns. To restrict these axons within superficial laminas, adenovirus expressing semaphorin 3A was injected into the ventral spinal cord 3 d after NGF virus injection. Semaphorin 3A expression was observed in deep dorsal and ventral cord regions and limited axon growth to laminas I and II, shaping axonal regeneration toward the normal distribution pattern. NGF and semaphorin 3A treatment also targeted the regeneration of substance P-positive nociceptive axons but had no effect on injured isolectin B4-binding nociceptive axons. Axon regeneration led to functional restoration of nociception in both NGF- and NGF/semaphorin 3A-treated rats. Although no significant difference in behavior was found between these two groups, confocal microscopy illustrated ectopic synaptic formations in deeper laminas in NGF/green fluorescent protein-treated rats. The results suggested that antagonistic guidance cues can be used to induce and refine regeneration within the CNS, which is important for long-term, optimal functional recovery.
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- Xiao-Qing Tang
- Department of Physiology, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298
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- Department of Physiology, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298
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- Department of Physiology, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298
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- Department of Physiology, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298
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Zhang Y, Zhang X, Wu D, Verhaagen J, Richardson PM, Yeh J, Bo X. Lentiviral-mediated expression of polysialic acid in spinal cord and conditioning lesion promote regeneration of sensory axons into spinal cord. Mol Ther 2007; 15:1796-804. [PMID: 17551503 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mt.6300220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In adult mammals, sensory axons that regenerate in the dorsal root are unable to grow across the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) into the spinal cord. In this study we examined whether, by inducing expression of polysialic acid (PSA) (a large carbohydrate attached to molecules on the cell surface), in the spinal cord by lentiviral vector (LV) delivery of polysialyltransferase (PST), DREZ could be rendered permeable to regenerating sensory axons. High-level PSA expression was observed in astrocytes and many other cell types after LV/PST injection into the spinal cord. In animals receiving LV/PST injection in combination with a conditioning lesion, many axons penetrated the DREZ following L4-5 dorsal rhizotomy. Some axons reached lamina IV-V and extended rostrally and caudally in the degenerating dorsal column. In LV/green fluorescent protein (GFP)-injected animals, most of the regenerating axons were halted before DREZ, even with a conditioning lesion. More Schwann cells migrated into the LV/PST-transduced spinal cord, many of them accompanying the regenerating axons. A Schwann cell-astrocyte-dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neuron co-culture experiment confirmed that induced PSA expression on astrocytes facilitates the crossing of DRG axons from Schwann cells to astrocytes. These data suggest that over-expression of PSA can create a favorable condition for regenerating axons, and that this approach could form part of a combinational therapeutic strategy for promoting the repair of central nervous system (CNS) injuries.
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- Yi Zhang
- Neuroscience Centre, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK.
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Fitch MT, Silver J. CNS injury, glial scars, and inflammation: Inhibitory extracellular matrices and regeneration failure. Exp Neurol 2007; 209:294-301. [PMID: 17617407 PMCID: PMC2268907 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 741] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Accepted: 05/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Spinal cord and brain injuries lead to complex cellular and molecular interactions within the central nervous system in an attempt to repair the initial tissue damage. Many studies have illustrated the importance of the glial cell response to injury, and the influences of inflammation and wound healing processes on the overall morbidity and permanent disability that result. The abortive attempts of neuronal regeneration after spinal cord injury are influenced by inflammatory cell activation, reactive astrogliosis and the production of both growth promoting and inhibitory extracellular molecules. Despite the historical perspective that the glial scar was a mechanical barrier to regeneration, inhibitory molecules in the forming scar and methods to overcome them have suggested molecular modification strategies to allow neuronal growth and functional regeneration. Unlike myelin associated inhibitory molecules, which remain at largely static levels before and after central nervous system trauma, inhibitory extracellular matrix molecules are dramatically upregulated during the inflammatory stages after injury providing a window of opportunity for the delivery of candidate therapeutic interventions. While high dose methylprednisolone steroid therapy alone has not proved to be the solution to this difficult clinical problem, other strategies for modulating inflammation and changing the make up of inhibitory molecules in the extracellular matrix are providing robust evidence that rehabilitation after spinal cord and brain injury has the potential to significantly change the outcome for what was once thought to be permanent disability.
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- Michael T Fitch
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Crespo D, Asher RA, Lin R, Rhodes KE, Fawcett JW. How does chondroitinase promote functional recovery in the damaged CNS? Exp Neurol 2007; 206:159-71. [PMID: 17572406 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2007] [Revised: 04/28/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A number of recent studies have established that the bacterial enzyme chondroitinase ABC promotes functional recovery in the injured CNS. The issue of how it works is rarely addressed, however. The effects of the enzyme are presumed to be due to the degradation of inhibitory chondroitin sulphate GAG chains. Here we review what is known about the composition, structure and distribution of the extracellular matrix in the CNS, and how it changes in response to injury. We summarize the data pertaining to the ability of chondroitinase to promote functional recovery, both in the context of axon regeneration and the reactivation of plasticity. We also present preliminary data on the persistence of the effects of the enzyme in vivo, and its hyaluronan-degrading activity in CNS homogenates in vitro. We then consider precisely how the enzyme might influence functional recovery in the CNS. The ability of chondroitinase to degrade hyaluronan is likely to result in greater matrix disruption than the degradation of chondroitin sulphate alone.
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- Dámaso Crespo
- Cambridge University Centre for Brain Repair, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 2PY, UK
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Faissner A, Heck N, Dobbertin A, Garwood J. DSD-1-Proteoglycan/Phosphacan and Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-Beta Isoforms during Development and Regeneration of Neural Tissues. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007; 557:25-53. [PMID: 16955703 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-30128-3_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Interactions between neurons and glial cells play important roles in regulating key events of development and regeneration of the CNS. Thus, migrating neurons are partly guided by radial glia to their target, and glial scaffolds direct the growth and directional choice of advancing axons, e.g., at the midline. In the adult, reactive astrocytes and myelin components play a pivotal role in the inhibition of regeneration. The past years have shown that astrocytic functions are mediated on the molecular level by extracellular matrix components, which include various glycoproteins and proteoglycans. One important, developmentally regulated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan is DSD-1-PG/phosphacan, a glial derived proteoglycan which represents a splice variant of the receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (RPTP)-beta (also known as PTP-zeta). Current evidence suggests that this proteoglycan influences axon growth in development and regeneration, displaying inhibitory or stimulatory effects dependent on the mode of presentation, and the neuronal lineage. These effects seem to be mediated by neuronal receptors of the Ig-CAM superfamily.
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- Andreas Faissner
- Department of Cell Morphology and Molecular Neurobiology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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Berglöf E, Plantman S, Johansson S, Strömberg I. Inhibition of proteoglycan synthesis affects neuronal outgrowth and astrocytic migration in organotypic cultures of fetal ventral mesencephalon. J Neurosci Res 2007; 86:84-92. [PMID: 17868150 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Grafting fetal ventral mesencephalon has been utilized to alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. One obstacle in using this approach is the limited outgrowth from the transplanted dopamine neurons. Thus, it is important to evaluate factors that promote outgrowth from fetal dopamine neurons. Proteoglycans (PGs) are extracellular matrix molecules that modulate neuritic growth. This study was performed to evaluate the role of PGs in dopamine nerve fiber formation in organotypic slice cultures of fetal ventral mesencephalon. Cultures were treated with the PG synthesis inhibitor methyl-umbelliferyl-beta-D-xyloside (beta-xyloside) and analyzed using antibodies against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) to visualize dopamine neurons, S100beta to visualize astrocytes, and neurocan to detect PGs. Two growth patterns of TH-positive outgrowth were observed: nerve fibers formed in the presence of astrocytes and nerve fibers formed in the absence of astrocytes. Treatment with beta-xyloside significantly reduced the distance of glial-associated TH-positive nerve fiber outgrowth but did not affect the length of the non-glial-associated nerve fibers. The addition of beta-xyloside shifted the nerve fiber growth pattern from being mostly glial-guided to being non-glial-associated, whereas the total amount of TH protein was not affected. Further, astrocytic migration and proliferation were impaired after beta-xyloside treatment, and levels of non-intact PG increased. beta-Xyloside treatment changed the distribution of neurocan in astrocytes, from being localized in vesicles to being diffusely immunoreactive in the processes. To conclude, inhibition of PG synthesis affects glial-associated TH-positive nerve fiber formation in ventral mesencephalic cultures, which might be an indirect effect of impaired astrocytic migration.
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- Elisabet Berglöf
- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Pizzi MA, Crowe MJ. Matrix metalloproteinases and proteoglycans in axonal regeneration. Exp Neurol 2006; 204:496-511. [PMID: 17254568 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2006] [Revised: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 12/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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After an injury to the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS), a variety of growth-inhibitory molecules are upregulated. A glial scar forms at the site of injury and is composed of numerous molecular substances, including chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). These proteoglycans inhibit axonal growth in vitro and in vivo. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) can degrade the core protein of some CSPGs as well as other growth-inhibitory molecules such as Nogo and tenascin-C. MMPs have been shown to facilitate axonal regeneration in the adult mammalian peripheral nervous system (PNS). This review will focus on the various roles of proteoglycans and MMPs within the injured nervous system. First, we will present a general background on the injured central nervous system and explore the roles that proteoglycans play in the injured PNS and CNS. Second, we will discuss the various functions of MMPs within the injured PNS and CNS. Special attention will be paid to the possibility of how MMPs might modify the growth-inhibitory extracellular environment of the injured adult mammalian spinal cord and facilitate axonal regeneration in the CNS.
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- Michael A Pizzi
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Zablocki VAMC, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53295, USA
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Faria J, Romão L, Martins S, Alves T, Mendes FA, de Faria GP, Hollanda R, Takiya C, Chimelli L, Morandi V, de Souza JM, Abreu JG, Moura Neto V. Interactive properties of human glioblastoma cells with brain neurons in culture and neuronal modulation of glial laminin organization. Differentiation 2006; 74:562-72. [PMID: 17177853 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2006.00090.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The harmonious development of the central nervous system depends on the interactions of the neuronal and glial cells. Extracellular matrix elements play important roles in these interactions, especially laminin produced by astrocytes, which has been shown to be a good substrate for neuron growth and axonal guidance. Glioblastomas are the most common subtypes of primary brain tumors and may be astrocytes in origin. As normal laminin-producing glial cells are the preferential substrate for neurons, and glial tumors have been shown to produce laminin, we questioned whether glioblastoma retained the same normal glial-neuron interactive properties with respect to neuronal growth and differentiation. Then, rat neurons were co-cultured onto rat normal astrocytes or onto three human glioblastoma cell lines obtained from neurosurgery. The co-culture confirmed that human glioblastoma cells as well as astrocytes maintained the ability to support neuritogenesis, but non-neural normal or tumoral cells failed to do so. However, glioblastoma cells did not distinguish embryonic from post-natal neurons in relation to neurite pattern in the co-cultures, as normal astrocytes did. Further, the laminin organization on both normal and tumoral glial cells was altered from a filamentous arrangement to a mixed punctuate/filamentous pattern when in co-culture with neurons. Together, these results suggest that glioblastoma cells could identify neuronal cells as partners, to support their growth and induce complex neurites, but they lost the normal glia property to distinguish neuronal age. In addition, our results show for the first time that neurons modulate the organization of astrocytes and glioblastoma laminin on the extracellular matrix.
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- Jane Faria
- Departamento de Anatomia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Bloco F sala 20, Rio de Janeiro 21949-590, Brazil
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Hsu JYC, McKeon R, Goussev S, Werb Z, Lee JU, Trivedi A, Noble-Haeusslein LJ. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 facilitates wound healing events that promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury. J Neurosci 2006; 26:9841-50. [PMID: 17005848 PMCID: PMC2659718 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1993-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes that are involved in both injury and repair mechanisms in the CNS. Pharmacological blockade of MMPs, limited to the first several days after spinal cord injury, improves locomotor recovery. This beneficial response is, however, lost when treatment is extended beyond the acutely injured cord to include wound healing and tissue remodeling. This suggests that some MMPs play a beneficial role in wound healing. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the role of MMP-2, which is actively expressed during wound healing, in white matter sparing and axonal plasticity, the formation of a glial scar, and locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury. MMP-2 increased between 7 and 14 d after injury, where it was immunolocalized in reactive astrocytes bordering the lesion epicenter. There was reduced white matter sparing and fewer serotonergic fibers, caudal to the lesion in injured MMP-2 null animals. MMP-2 deficiency also resulted in increased immunoreactivity to chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans and a more extensive astrocytic scar. Most importantly, locomotion in an open field, performance on a rotarod, and grid walking were significantly impaired in injured MMP-2 null mice. Our findings suggest that MMP-2 promotes functional recovery after injury by regulating the formation of a glial scar and white matter sparing and/or axonal plasticity. Thus, strategies exploiting MMPs as therapeutic targets must balance these beneficial effects during wound healing with their adverse interactions in the acutely injured spinal cord.
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- Jung-Yu C Hsu
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
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Damage to the adult CNS often leads to persistent deficits due to the inability of mature axons to regenerate after injury. Mounting evidence suggests that the glial environment of the adult CNS, which includes inhibitory molecules in CNS myelin as well as proteoglycans associated with astroglial scarring, might present a major hurdle for successful axon regeneration. Here, we evaluate the molecular basis of these inhibitory influences and their contributions to the limitation of long-distance axon repair and other types of structural plasticity. Greater insight into glial inhibition is crucial for developing therapies to promote functional recovery after neural injury.
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- Glenn Yiu
- Division of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Massey JM, Hubscher CH, Wagoner MR, Decker JA, Amps J, Silver J, Onifer SM. Chondroitinase ABC digestion of the perineuronal net promotes functional collateral sprouting in the cuneate nucleus after cervical spinal cord injury. J Neurosci 2006; 26:4406-14. [PMID: 16624960 PMCID: PMC6673998 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5467-05.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Upregulation of extracellular chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) after CNS injuries contributes to the impediment of functional recovery by restricting both axonal regeneration and synaptic plasticity. In the present study, the effect of degrading CSPGs with the application of the bacterial enzyme chondroitinase ABC (chABC) into the cuneate nucleus of rats partially denervated of forepaw dorsal column axons was examined. A dorsal column transection between the C6-C7 dorsal root entry zones was followed immediately by an ipsilateral brainstem injection of either chABC or a bacterial-derived control enzyme [penicillinase (P-ase)] and then subsequently (1 week later) followed with a second brainstem enzyme injection and cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) tracer injection into the ipsilateral forepaw digits and pads. After 1 additional week, the rats underwent electrophysiological receptive field mapping of the cuneate nucleus and/or anatomical evaluation. Examination of the brainstems of rats from each group revealed that CSPGs had been reduced after chABC treatment. Importantly, in the chABC-treated rats (but not in the P-ase controls), a significantly greater area of the cuneate nucleus was occupied by physiologically active CTB traced forepaw afferents that had been spared by the initial cord lesion. These results demonstrate, for the first time, a functional change directly linked to anatomical evidence of sprouting by spinal cord afferents after chABC treatment.
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Steinmetz MP, Horn KP, Tom VJ, Miller JH, Busch SA, Nair D, Silver DJ, Silver J. Chronic enhancement of the intrinsic growth capacity of sensory neurons combined with the degradation of inhibitory proteoglycans allows functional regeneration of sensory axons through the dorsal root entry zone in the mammalian spinal cord. J Neurosci 2006; 25:8066-76. [PMID: 16135764 PMCID: PMC6725461 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2111-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Peripherally conditioned sensory neurons have an increased capacity to regenerate their central processes. However, even conditioned axons struggle in the presence of a hostile CNS environment. We hypothesized that combining an aggressive conditioning strategy with modification of inhibitory reactive astroglial-associated extracellular matrix could enhance regeneration. We screened potential treatments using a model of the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ). In this assay, a gradient of inhibitory chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) stimulates formation of dystrophic end bulbs on adult sensory axons, which mimics regeneration failure in vivo. Combining inflammation-induced preconditioning of dorsal root ganglia in vivo before harvest, with chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) digestion of proteoglycans in vitro allows for significant regeneration across a once potently inhibitory substrate. We then assessed regeneration through the DREZ after root crush in adult rats receiving the combination treatment, ChABC, or zymosan pretreatment alone or no treatment. Regeneration was never observed in untreated animals, and only minimal regeneration occurred in the ChABC- and zymosan-alone groups. However, remarkable regeneration was observed in a majority of animals that received the combination treatment. Regenerated fibers established functional synapses, as demonstrated electrophysiologically by the presence of an H-reflex. Two different postlesion treatment paradigms in which the timing of both zymosan and ChABC administration were varied after injury were ineffective in promoting regeneration. Therefore, zymosan pretreatment, but not posttreatment, of the sensory ganglia, combined with ChABC modification of CSPGs, resulted in robust and functional regeneration of sensory axons through the DREZ after root injury.
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- Michael P Steinmetz
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Hsu JYC, Xu XM. Early profiles of axonal growth and astroglial response after spinal cord hemisection and implantation of Schwann cell-seeded guidance channels in adult rats. J Neurosci Res 2006; 82:472-83. [PMID: 16240391 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We previously demonstrated that transplantation of Schwann cell-seeded channels promoted the regrowth of injured axons in the adult spinal cord. It is not clear, however, whether injured axons recapitulate the developmental scenarios to accomplish regeneration. In the present study, we investigated the early events associated with axonal regrowth after spinal cord hemisection at the eighth thoracic level and implantation of a Schwann cell-seeded minichannel in adult rats. Animals were sacrificed at postoperative days (PO) 2, 4, 7, and 14. Anterograde tracing with fluoro-ruby showed that regenerating axons grew into the graft prior to PO2 and reached the distal end of the channel at PO7. These axons expressed both embryonic neural cell adhesion molecule (E-NCAM) and growth associated protein-43 (GAP-43). Although the expression of E-NCAM decreased by PO7, that of GAP-43 remained high throughout the first 2 weeks after implantation. A close relation of vimentin-positive astroglia to the growing axons in the host tissue suggested a contact-mediated role of these cells in axon guidance. Aggregation of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-positive astrocytes together with the increased expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) starting at PO7 appeared to inhibit axonal growth at the host-graft interface. Thus, adult regenerating axons and astroglia do express developmentally related molecules that may facilitate axonal growth into a permissive graft at the early phase of injury and regeneration. These results suggest that molecules and astroglia essential to development are both important in influencing axonal regrowth in the adult spinal cord.
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- Jung-Yu C Hsu
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri, USA
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Rolls A, Schwartz M. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan and its Degradation Products in CNS Repair. CHONDROITIN SULFATE: STRUCTURE, ROLE AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY 2006; 53:357-74. [PMID: 17239775 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(05)53017-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Asya Rolls
- Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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Liu HY, Nur-E-Kamal A, Schachner M, Meiners S. Neurite guidance by the FnC repeat of human tenascin-C: neurite attraction vs. neurite retention. Eur J Neurosci 2005; 22:1863-72. [PMID: 16262626 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04383.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The alternatively spliced fibronectin type-III repeat C of human tenascin-C (fnC) provides directional cues to elongating neurites in vitro. When given a choice at an interface with poly L-lysine (PLL), rat cerebellar granule neurites preferentially crossed onto fnC (defined herein as neurite attraction) whereas neurites originating on fnC preferentially remained on fnC (defined as neurite retention). Guidance motifs were further refined using synthetic peptides spanning the sequence of fnC. We found that a peptide with amino acid sequence DINPYGFTVSWMASE was sufficient to attract and retain neurites. Peptides with alterations in NPYG facilitated neurite retention but not attraction and, conversely, molecules with alterations in ASE facilitated neurite attraction but not retention. Hence neurite attraction and neurite retention mediated by fnC are separable events that can be independently regulated. This property may prove valuable for the strategic design of peptide reagents for use in strategies to facilitate directed axonal regrowth following CNS injury.
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- Hsing-Yin Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Beggah AT, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Barras FM, Brosius A, Zimmermann DR, Zurn AD. Lesion-induced differential expression and cell association of Neurocan, Brevican, Versican V1 and V2 in the mouse dorsal root entry zone. Neuroscience 2005; 133:749-62. [PMID: 15896911 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2005] [Revised: 02/22/2005] [Accepted: 03/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lack of regeneration in the CNS has been attributed to many causes, including the presence of inhibitory molecules such as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). However, little is known about the contribution of CSPGs to regeneration failure in vivo, in particular at the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ), a unique CNS region that blocks regeneration of sensory fibers following dorsal root injury without glial scar formation. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the presence, regulation, and cellular identity of the proteoglycans Brevican, Neurocan, Versican V1 and Versican V2 in the DREZ using CSPG-specific antibodies and nucleic acid probes. Brevican and Versican V2 synthesized before the lesion were still present at high levels in the extracellular matrix of the DREZ several weeks after injury. In addition, Brevican was transiently expressed by reactive oligodendrocytes, and by a subset of astrocytes thereafter. Versican V2 mRNA appeared in NG2-positive cells with the morphology of oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Neurocan and Versican V1 levels were low before injury, and appeared in nestin-positive astrocytes and in NG2-positive cells, respectively, following lesion. Versican V1, but not V2, was also transiently increased in the peripheral dorsal root post-lesion. This is the first thorough description of the expression and cell association of individual proteoglycans following dorsal root lesion. It demonstrates that the proteoglycans Brevican, Neurocan, Versican V1, and Versican V2 are abundant in the DREZ at the time regenerating sensory fibers reach the PNS/CNS border and may therefore participate in growth-inhibition in this region.
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- A T Beggah
- Department of Experimental Surgery, University Medical School, Pavillon 4, CHUV, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Hsu JYC, Stein SA, Xu XM. Temporal and spatial distribution of growth-associated molecules and astroglial cells in the rat corticospinal tract during development. J Neurosci Res 2005; 80:330-40. [PMID: 15789366 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To understand better the role of growth-promoting and -inhibiting molecules in the development of the corticospinal tract (CST), temporospatial expression of embryonic neural cell adhesion molecule (E-NCAM), growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43), and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) was studied in developing rats. Transverse sections of the seventh cervical (C7), seventh thoracic (T7), and fourth lumbar (L4) segments were examined at postnatal days (P) 2, 6, 10, 14, and 28. The highest E-NCAM immunoreactivity appeared at the C7 level on P2 and shifted caudally to the T7 on P6 and L4 on P10, which correlated closely with the time course of CST development. The peak expression of GAP-43 emerged at C7 on P2 and shifted to the T7 and L4 levels at a relatively lagging pace compared with that of E-NCAM. Conversely, a transient reduction in CSPG immunoreactivity was found within the CST at the C7 level on P2, T7 level on P6, and L4 level on P10, corresponding well with the arrival of CST-leading axons at these levels. Interestingly, higher levels of CSPG were found to surround the growing CST, suggesting a repulsive environment that channels the growth of CST. Moreover, a transition from immature to mature astrocytes in a rostrocaudal direction during CST development was evidenced by anti-vimentin and anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunostaining, suggesting a guidance role of immature astroglia in axonal outgrowth. Our study thus demonstrated dynamic changes of multiple growth-related molecules and astroglial environment that contribute to postnatal development of the CST.
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- Jung-Yu C Hsu
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Asher RA, Morgenstern DA, Properzi F, Nishiyama A, Levine JM, Fawcett JW. Two separate metalloproteinase activities are responsible for the shedding and processing of the NG2 proteoglycan in vitro. Mol Cell Neurosci 2005; 29:82-96. [PMID: 15866049 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2005.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2004] [Revised: 01/28/2005] [Accepted: 02/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A high proportion of NG2 in the adult rat spinal cord is saline-soluble and migrates slightly faster than intact NG2 on SDS-PAGE, suggesting that it represents the shed ectodomain of NG2. In the injured cerebral cortex, much of the overall increase in NG2 is due to the saline-soluble (shed), rather than the detergent-soluble (intact), form. Hydroxamic acid metalloproteinase inhibitors, but not TIMPs, were able to prevent NG2 shedding in oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) in vitro. The generation of another truncated form of NG2 was, however, sensitive to TIMP-2 and TIMP-3. Two observations suggest that NG2 is involved in PDGF signaling in OPCs: the rate of NG2 shedding increased with cell density and NG2 expression was increased in the absence of PDGF. Ectodomain shedding converts NG2 into a diffusible entity able to interact with the growth cone, and we suggest that this release is likely to enhance its axon growth-inhibitory activity.
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- Richard A Asher
- Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 2PY, UK.
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Prinz RAD, Nakamura-Pereira M, De-Ary-Pires B, Fernandes D, Fabião-Gomes BDSV, Martinez AMB, de Ary-Pires R, Pires-Neto MA. Axonal and extracellular matrix responses to experimental chronic nerve entrapment. Brain Res 2005; 1044:164-75. [PMID: 15885215 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.02.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2004] [Revised: 02/21/2005] [Accepted: 02/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We have analyzed the ultrastructural and histopathological changes that occur during experimental chronic nerve entrapment, as well as the immunohistochemical expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG). Adult hamsters (n = 30) were anesthetized and received a cuff around the right sciatic nerve. Animals survived for varying times (5 to 15 weeks) being thereafter perfused transcardially with fixative solutions either for immunohistochemical or electron microscopic procedures. Experimental nerves were dissected based upon the site of compression (proximal, entrapment and distal). CSPG overexpression was detected in the compressed nerve segment and associated with an increase in perineurial and endoneurial cells. Ultrastructural changes and data from semithin sections were analyzed both in control and compressed nerves. We have observed endoneurial edema, perineurial and endoneurial thickening, and whorled cell-sparse pathological structures (Renaut bodies) in the compressed nerves. Morphometrical analyses of myelinated axons at the compression sites revealed: (a) a reduction both in axon sectional area (up to 30%) and in myelin sectional area (up to 80%); (b) an increase in number of small axons (up to 60%) comparatively to the control group. Distal segment of compressed nerves presented: (a) a reduction in axon sectional area (up to 60%) and in myelin sectional area (up to 90%); (b) a decrease in axon number (up to 40%) comparatively to the control data. In conclusion, we have shown that nerve entrapment is associated with a local intraneural increase in CSPG expression, segmental demyelination, perineurial and endoneurial fibrosis, and other histopathological findings.
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- Rafael Augusto Dantas Prinz
- Departamento de Anatomia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Bloco F, Cidade Universitária, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Bampton ETW, Taylor JSH. Effects of Schwann cell secreted factors on PC12 cell neuritogenesis and survival. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 63:29-48. [PMID: 15702477 DOI: 10.1002/neu.20119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We have used PC12 cells to examine the effects of factors secreted by Schwann cells that promote cell survival and neurite outgrowth, and hence are likely candidates for promoting neuronal regeneration. RT-PCR showed that primary Schwann cells produced a range of neurotrophins, excluding NT3, but this profile was different from either of two cell lines SCTM41 or PVGSCSV40T, or forskolin-expanded Schwann cells. The effects of Schwann cell conditioned media on neurite outgrowth was tested against a range of factors, and showed clear neuritogenic effects. Of the factors tested, only NGF had a significant response on neuritogenesis. Western blotting for neurofilaments showed that primary Schwann cells induced a strong response close to that of NGF. The Trk tyrosine kinase inhibitor K252a did not block the neuritogenic effects of primary Schwann cells. In contrast, K252a blocked both NGF and the SCTM41 cell effects. Schwann cell conditioned media also enhanced PC12 cell survival. Again, in contrast with NGF or SCTM41 cells, the primary Schwann cell effect was Trk tyrosine kinase independent. The Schwann cell conditioned medium contains a protein factor (greater than 12 kDa and broken down by trypsin treatment) with remarkable thermal stability (unaffected at 95 degrees C for 15 min) and the ability to bind heparin. Our results provide clear evidence that Schwann cells produce factors other than those already known to stimulate a neural phenotype in PC12 cells, and which thus have potential regeneration enhancing effects.
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- E T W Bampton
- Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
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Smith GM, Strunz C. Growth factor and cytokine regulation of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans by astrocytes. Glia 2005; 52:209-18. [PMID: 15968632 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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After injury to the adult central nervous system (CNS), numerous cytokines and growth factors are released that contribute to reactive gliosis and extracellular matrix production. In vitro examination of these cytokines revealed that the presence of transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) greatly increased the production of several chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG) by astrocytes. Treatment of astrocytes with other EGF-receptor (ErbB1) ligands, such as TGF-alpha and HB-EGF, produced increases in CSPG production similar to those observed with EGF. Treatment of astrocytes, however, with heregulin, which signals through other members of the EGF-receptor family (ErbB2, ErbB3, ErbB4), did not induce CSPG upregulation. The specificity of activation through the ErbB1 receptor was further verified by using a selective antagonist (AG1478) to this tyrosine kinase receptor. Western blot analysis of astrocyte supernatant pre-digested with chondroitinase ABC indicated the presence of multiple core proteins containing 4-sulfated or 6-sulfated chondroitin. To identify some of these CSPGs, Western blots were screened using antibodies to several known CSPG core proteins. These analyses showed that treatment of astrocytes with EGF increased phosphacan expression, whereas treatment with TGF-beta1 increased neurocan expression. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to examine the expression of these molecules in vivo, which result in increased expression of TGF-beta1, EGF-receptor, neurocan, and phosphacan after injury to the brain. These data begin to elucidate some of the injury-induced growth factors that regulate the expression of CSPGs which could be targeted in the future to modulate CSPG production after injury to the central nervous system.
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- George M Smith
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA.
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Grimpe B, Pressman Y, Lupa MD, Horn KP, Bunge MB, Silver J. The role of proteoglycans in Schwann cell/astrocyte interactions and in regeneration failure at PNS/CNS interfaces. Mol Cell Neurosci 2005; 28:18-29. [PMID: 15607938 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2004.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2004] [Revised: 06/15/2004] [Accepted: 06/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) peripheral sensory axons fail to regenerate past the peripheral nervous system/central nervous system (PNS/CNS) interface. Additionally, in the spinal cord, central fibers that regenerate into Schwann cell (SC) bridges can enter but do not exit at the distal Schwann cell/astrocyte (AC) boundary. At both interfaces where limited mixing of the two cell types occurs, one can observe an up-regulation of inhibitory chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). We treated confrontation Schwann cell/astrocyte cultures with the following: (1) a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) enzyme against the glycosaminoglycan (GAG)-chain-initiating enzyme, xylosyltransferase-1 (XT-1), (2) a control DNA enzyme, and (3) chondroitinase ABC (Ch'ase ABC) to degrade the GAG chains. Both techniques for reducing CSPGs allowed Schwann cells to penetrate deeply into the territory of the astrocytes. After adding sensory neurons to the assay, the axons showed different growth behaviors depending upon the glial cell type that they first encountered during regeneration. Our results help to explain why regeneration fails at PNS/CNS glial boundaries.
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- Barbara Grimpe
- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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