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Rapid and robust restoration of breathing long after spinal cord injury. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4843. [PMID: 30482901 PMCID: PMC6258702 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06937-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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There exists an abundance of barriers that hinder functional recovery following spinal cord injury, especially at chronic stages. Here, we examine the rescue of breathing up to 1.5 years following cervical hemisection in the rat. In spite of complete hemidiaphragm paralysis, a single injection of chondroitinase ABC in the phrenic motor pool restored robust and persistent diaphragm function while improving neuromuscular junction anatomy. This treatment strategy was more effective when applied chronically than when assessed acutely after injury. The addition of intermittent hypoxia conditioning further strengthened the ventilatory response. However, in a sub-population of animals, this combination treatment caused excess serotonergic (5HT) axon sprouting leading to aberrant tonic activity in the diaphragm that could be mitigated via 5HT2 receptor blockade. Through unmasking of the continuing neuroplasticity that develops after injury, our treatment strategy ensured rapid and robust patterned respiratory recovery after a near lifetime of paralysis. Respiratory failure is one of the leading causes of death following spinal cord injury and it is unclear if normal respiratory motor activity can be recovered after chronic injury-induced paralysis. Here, authors show that treatment with chondroitinase ABC induces robust rescue of breathing up to 1.5 years following complete hemidiaphragm paralysis.
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Takahata T, Patel NB, Balaram P, Chino YM, Kaas JH. Long-term histological changes in the macaque primary visual cortex and the lateral geniculate nucleus after monocular deprivation produced by early restricted retinal lesions and diffuser induced form deprivation. J Comp Neurol 2018; 526:2955-2972. [PMID: 30004587 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ocular dominance (OD) plasticity has been extensively studied in various mammalian species. While robust OD shifts are typically observed after monocular eyelid suture, relatively poor OD plasticity is observed for early eye removal or after tetrodotoxin (TTX) injections in mice. Hence, abnormal binocular signal interactions in the visual cortex may play a critical role in eliciting OD plasticity. Here, we examined the histochemical changes in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and the striate cortex (V1) in macaque monkeys that experienced two different monocular sensory deprivations in the same eye beginning at 3 weeks of age: restricted laser lesions in macular or peripheral retina and form deprivation induced by wearing a diffuser lens during the critical period. The monkeys were subsequently reared for 5 years under a normal visual environment. In the LGN, atrophy of neurons and a dramatic increase of GFAP expression were observed in the lesion projection zones (LPZs). In V1, although no obvious shift of the LPZ border was found, the ocular dominance columns (ODCs) for the lesioned eye shrunk and those for the intact eye expanded over the entirety of V1. This ODC size change was larger in the area outside the LPZ and in the region inside the LPZ near the border compared to that in the LPZ center. These developmental changes may reflect abnormal binocular interactions in V1 during early infancy. Our observations provide insights into the nature of degenerative and plastic changes in the LGN and V1 following early chronic monocular sensory deprivations.
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- Toru Takahata
- Interdisciplinary Institute of Neuroscience and Technology, Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.,Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Vision Sciences, College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.,Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Vision Sciences, College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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Willson CA, Irizarry-Ramírez M, Gaskins HE, Cruz-Orengo L, Figueroa JD, Whittemore SR, Miranda JD. Upregulation of EphA Receptor Expression in the Injured Adult Rat Spinal Cord. Cell Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.3727/096020198389997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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After spinal cord injury (SCI), the inability of supraspinal neurons to regenerate or reform functional connections is likely due to proteins in the surrounding microenvironment restricting regeneration. EphAs are a family of receptor tyrosine kinases that are involved in axonal guidance during development. These receptors and their ligands, the Ephrins, act via repulsive mechanisms to guide growing axons towards their appropriate targets and allow for the correct developmental connections to be made. In the present study, we investigated whether EphA receptor expression changed after a thoracic contusion SCI. Our results indicate that several EphA molecules are upregulated after SCI. Using semiquantitative RT-PCR to investigate mRNA expression after SCI, we found that EphA3, A4, and A7 mRNAs were upregulated. EphA3, A4, A6, and A8 receptor immunoreactivity increased in the ventrolateral white matter (VWM) at the injury epicenter. EphA7 had the highest level of immunoreactivity in both control and injured rat spinal cord. EphA receptor expression in the white matter originated from glial cells as coexpression in both astrocytes and oligodendrocytes was observed. In contrast, gray matter expression was localized to neurons of the ventral gray matter (motor neurons) and dorsal horn. After SCI, specific EphA receptor subtypes are upregulated and these increases may create an environment that is unfavorable for neurite outgrowth and functional regeneration.
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- Christopher A. Willson
- Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202
- Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202
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- Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202
- Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202
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- Departments of Physiology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus, San Juan, PR 00936
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- Departments of Physiology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus, San Juan, PR 00936
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- Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202
- Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202
- Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202
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- Departments of Physiology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus, San Juan, PR 00936
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Injection of WGA-Alexa 488 into the ipsilateral hemidiaphragm of acutely and chronically C2 hemisected rats reveals activity-dependent synaptic plasticity in the respiratory motor pathways. Exp Neurol 2014; 261:440-50. [PMID: 25086272 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Revised: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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WGA-Alexa 488 is a fluorescent neuronal tracer that demonstrates transsynaptic transport in the central nervous system. The transsynaptic transport occurs over physiologically active synaptic connections rather than less active or silent connections. Immediately following C2 spinal cord hemisection (C2Hx), when WGA-Alexa 488 is injected into the ipsilateral hemidiaphragm, the tracer diffuses across the midline of the diaphragm and retrogradely labels the phrenic nuclei (PN) bilaterally in the spinal cord. Subsequently, the tracer is transsynaptically transported bilaterally to the rostral Ventral Respiratory Groups (rVRGs) in the medulla over physiologically active connections. No other neurons are labeled in the acute C2Hx model at the level of the phrenic nuclei or in the medulla. However, with a recovery period of at least 7weeks (chronic C2Hx), the pattern of WGA-Alexa 488 labeling is notably changed. In addition to the bilateral PN and rVRG labeling, the chronic C2Hx model reveals fluorescence in the ipsilateral ventral and dorsal spinocerebellar tracts, and the ipsilateral reticulospinal tract. Furthermore, interneurons are labeled bilaterally in laminae VII and VIII of the spinal cord as well as neurons in the motor nuclei bilaterally of the intercostal and forelimb muscles. Moreover, in the chronic C2Hx model, there is bilateral labeling of additional medullary centers including raphe, hypoglossal, spinal trigeminal, parvicellular reticular, gigantocellular reticular, and intermediate reticular nuclei. The selective WGA-Alexa 488 labeling of additional locations in the chronic C2Hx model is presumably due to a hyperactive state of the synaptic pathways and nuclei previously shown to connect with the respiratory centers in a non-injured model. The present study suggests that hyperactivity not only occurs in neuronal centers and pathways caudal to spinal cord injury, but in supraspinal centers as well. The significance of such injury-induced plasticity is that hyperactivity may be a mechanism to re-establish lost function by compensatory routes which were initially physiologically inactive.
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Differential Proteomic Analysis of Acute Contusive Spinal Cord Injury in Rats Using iTRAQ Reagent Labeling and LC–MS/MS. Neurochem Res 2013; 38:2247-55. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1132-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lane MA. Spinal respiratory motoneurons and interneurons. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2011; 179:3-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Revised: 07/03/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Delayed olfactory ensheathing cell transplants reduce nociception after dorsal root injury. Exp Neurol 2011; 229:143-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Revised: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Vitellaro-Zuccarello L, Mazzetti S, Madaschi L, Bosisio P, Fontana E, Gorio A, De Biasi S. Chronic erythropoietin-mediated effects on the expression of astrocyte markers in a rat model of contusive spinal cord injury. Neuroscience 2007; 151:452-66. [PMID: 18065151 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2007] [Revised: 11/02/2007] [Accepted: 11/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Using a standardized rat model of contusive spinal cord injury (SCI; [Gorio A, Gokmen N, Erbayraktar S, Yilmaz O, Madaschi L, Cichetti C, Di Giulio AM, Vardar E, Cerami A, Brines M (2002) Recombinant human erythropoietin counteracts secondary injury and markedly enhances neurological recovery from experimental spinal cord trauma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:9450-9455]), we previously showed that the administration of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) improves both tissue sparing and locomotory outcome. In the present study, to better understand rhEPO-mediated effects on chronic astrocyte response to SCI in rat, we have used immunocytochemical methods combined with confocal and electron microscopy to investigate, 1 month after injury, the effects of a single rhEPO administration on the expression of a) aquaporin 4 (AQP4), the main astrocytic water channel implicated in edema development and resolution, and two molecules (dystrophin and syntrophin) involved in its membrane anchoring; b) glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin as markers of astrogliosis; c) chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans of the extracellular matrix which are upregulated after SCI and can inhibit axonal regeneration and influence neuronal and glial properties. Our results show that rhEPO administration after SCI modifies astrocytic response to injury by increasing AQP4 immunoreactivity in the spinal cord, but not in the brain, without apparent modifications of dystrophin and syntrophin distribution. Attenuation of astrogliosis, demonstrated by the semiquantitative analysis of GFAP labeling, was associated with a reduction of phosphacan/RPTP zeta/beta, whereas the levels of lecticans remained unchanged. Finally, the relative volume of a microvessel fraction was significantly increased, indicating a pro-angiogenetic or a vasodilatory effect of rhEPO. These changes were consistently associated with remarkable reduction of lesion size and with improvement in tissue preservation and locomotor recovery, confirming previous observations and underscoring the potentiality of rhEPO for the therapeutic management of SCI.
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- L Vitellaro-Zuccarello
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria, 26 I-20133 Milano, Italy.
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Bourguignon LYW, Gilad E, Peyrollier K, Brightman A, Swanson RA. Hyaluronan-CD44 interaction stimulates Rac1 signaling and PKN gamma kinase activation leading to cytoskeleton function and cell migration in astrocytes. J Neurochem 2007; 101:1002-17. [PMID: 17403031 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04485.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Both hyaluronan [HA, the major glycosaminoglycans in the extracellular matrix (ECM)] and CD44 (a primary HA receptor) are associated with astrocyte activation and tissue repair following central nervous system (CNS) injury. In this study we investigated the question of whether HA-CD44 interaction influences astrocyte signaling and migration. Our data indicated that HA binding to the cultured astrocytes stimulated Rac1 signaling and cytoskeleton-mediated migration. To determine the cellular and molecular basis of these events, we focused on PKN gamma, a Rac1-activated serine/threonine kinase in astrocytes. We determined that HA binding to astrocytes stimulated Rac1-dependent PKN gamma kinase activity which, in turn, up-regulated the phosphorylation of the cytoskeletal protein, cortactin, and attenuated the ability of cortactin to cross-link F-actin. Further analyses indicated that the N-terminal antiparallel coiled-coil (ACC) domains of PKN gamma interacted with Rac1, and transfection of astrocytes with PKN gamma-ACCcDNA inhibited PKN gamma activity. Over-expression of the PKN gamma-ACC domain also functions as a dominant-negative mutant to block HA/CD44-mediated PKN gamma activation of cortactin and astrocyte migration. Taken together, these findings strongly suggest that hyaluronan/CD44 interaction with Rac1-PKN gamma plays a pivotal role in cytoskeleton activation and astrocyte migration. These newly discovered HA/CD44-induced astrocyte function may provide important insight into novel therapeutic treatments for tissue repair following CNS injury.
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- Lilly Y W Bourguignon
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Endocrine Unit (111 N), San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
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Stavridis SI, Dehghani F, Korf HW, Hailer NP. Characterisation of transverse slice culture preparations of postnatal rat spinal cord: preservation of defined neuronal populations. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 123:377-92. [PMID: 15889271 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-004-0743-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/26/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Spinal cord injury induces degenerative and regenerative processes and complex interactions of neurons with non-neuronal cells. In order to develop an in vitro tool for the investigation of such processes, we prepared and characterised spinal cord slice cultures (SCSC) from Wistar rats (p0-12). SCSC were sustained in vitro up to 12 days and characterised by immunohistochemistry. Calbindin+ neurons, distributed across the entire gray matter, were visible also after longer culture periods. NeuN+ neurons were best preserved in the dorsal horn whereas large NeuN+ and choline acetyltransferase+ motoneurons in the ventral horn vanished after 3 days in vitro. Nestin immunoreactivity was found in animals of all age groups, either in cells interspersed in the ependymal lining around the central canal or in cells resembling protoplasmic astrocytes. Glial fibrillary acidic protein+ astrocytes, initially restricted to the white matter, invaded the gray matter of SCSC early during the culture period. Microglial cells, stained by Griffonia simplicifolia isolectin B4, were rapidly activated in the dorsal tract and in the gray matter but declined in number with time. SCSC derived from p0 or p3 animals showed a better preservation of the cytoarchitecture than cultures derived from older animals. In summary, SCSC undergo degenerative changes, but they contain defined neuronal populations, the cytoarchitecture is partially preserved and the glial reaction is limited.
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- Stavros I Stavridis
- University Hospital for Orthopaedic Surgery Friedrichsheim, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, 60528 Federal Republic of Germany
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Mey J, J Morassutti D, Brook G, Liu RH, Zhang YP, Koopmans G, McCaffery P. Retinoic acid synthesis by a population of NG2-positive cells in the injured spinal cord. Eur J Neurosci 2005; 21:1555-68. [PMID: 15845083 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03928.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Retinoic acid (RA) promotes growth and differentiation in many developing tissues but less is known about its influence on CNS regeneration. We investigated the possible involvement of RA in rat spinal cord injury (SCI) using the New York University (NYU) impactor to induce mild or moderate spinal cord contusion injury. Changes in RA at the lesion site were determined by measuring the activity of the enzymes for its synthesis, the retinaldehyde dehydrogenases (RALDHs). A marked increase in enzyme activity occurred by day 4 and peaked at days 8-14 following the injuries. RALDH2 was the only detectable RALDH present in the control or injured spinal cord. The cellular localization of RALDH2 was identified by immunostaining. In the noninjured spinal cord, RALDH2 was detected in oligodendroglia positive for the markers RIP and CNPase. Expression was also intense in the arachnoid membrane surrounding the spinal cord. After SCI the increase in RALDH2 was independent of the RIP- and CNPase-positive cells, which were severely depleted. Instead, RALDH2 was present in a cell type not previously identified as capable of synthesizing RA, that expressed NG2 and that was negative for markers of astrocytes, oligodendroglia, microglia, neurons, Schwann cells and immature lymphocytes. We postulate that the RALDH2- and NG2-positive cells migrate into the injured sites from the adjacent arachnoid membrane, where the RALDH2-positive cells proliferate substantially following SCI. These findings indicate that close correlations exist between RA synthesis and SCI and that RA may play a role in the secondary events that follow acute SCI.
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- Jörg Mey
- Institute of Biology II, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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Tenschert S, Reinert A, Hoheisel U, Mense S. Effects of a chronic myositis on structural and functional features of spinal astrocytes in the rat. Neurosci Lett 2004; 361:196-9. [PMID: 15135927 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The study aimed at the question if astrocytes react with morphological or functional changes when a skeletal muscle is pathologically altered. In rats, a myositis was induced in the gastrocnemius-soleus muscle. After 12 days, the immunoreactivity (IR) for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), morphometric parameters, and fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) expression of astrocytes were quantitatively evaluated in the dorsal horn of the spinal segment L4. Following inflammation, the area density of GFAP-IR as well as the proportion of astrocytes expressing FGF-2 increased significantly while the degree of astrocyte arborisation decreased as shown by a shape factor. The density of cell nuclei was unchanged suggesting that no myositis-induced cell divisions occurred. The data indicate that spinal astrocytes may influence pain processes particularly by increased FGF-2 synthesis.
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- S Tenschert
- Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 307, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Peters CM, Rogers SD, Pomonis JD, Egnaczyk GF, Keyser CP, Schmidt JA, Ghilardi JR, Maggio JE, Mantyh PW, Egnazyck GF. Endothelin receptor expression in the normal and injured spinal cord: potential involvement in injury-induced ischemia and gliosis. Exp Neurol 2003; 180:1-13. [PMID: 12668144 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4886(02)00023-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The endothelins (ETs) are a family of peptides that exert their biological effects via two distinct receptors, the endothelin A receptor (ET(A)R) and the endothelin B receptor (ET(B)R). To more clearly define the potential actions of ETs following spinal cord injury, we used immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy to examine the protein expression of ET(A)R and ET(B)R in the normal and injured rat spinal cord. In the normal spinal cord, ET(A)R immunoreactivity (IR) is expressed by vascular smooth muscle cells and a subpopulation of primary afferent nerve fibers. ET(B)R-IR is expressed primarily by radial glia, a small population of gray and white matter astrocytes, ependymal cells, vascular endothelial cells, and to a lesser extent in smooth muscle cells. Fourteen days following compression injury to the spinal cord, there was a significant upregulation in both the immunoexpression and number of astrocytes expressing the ET(B)R in both gray and white matter and a near disappearance of ET(B)R-IR in ependymal cells and ET(A)R-IR in primary afferent fibers. Conversely, the vascular expression of ET(A)R and ET(B)R did not appear to change. As spinal cord injury has been shown to induce an immediate increase in plasma ET levels and a sustained increase in tissue ET levels, ETs would be expected to induce an initial marked vasoconstriction via activation of vascular ET(A)R/ET(B)R and then days later a glial hypertrophy via activation of the ET(B)R expressed by astrocytes. Strategies aimed at blocking vascular ET(A)R/ET(B)R and astrocyte ET(B)Rs following spinal cord injury may reduce the resulting ischemia and astrogliosis and in doing so increase neuronal survival, regeneration, and function.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/pathology
- Female
- Gliosis/etiology
- Gliosis/pathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Neuroglia/metabolism
- Neuroglia/pathology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Endothelin A
- Receptor, Endothelin B
- Receptors, Endothelin/biosynthesis
- Spinal Cord/metabolism
- Spinal Cord/pathology
- Spinal Cord Injuries/complications
- Spinal Cord Injuries/metabolism
- Spinal Cord Injuries/pathology
- Spinal Cord Ischemia/etiology
- Spinal Cord Ischemia/pathology
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- Christopher M Peters
- Department of Preventive Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Kálmán M. Glial reaction and reactive glia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2558(03)31035-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Fuller DD, Johnson SM, Johnson RA, Mitchell GS. Chronic cervical spinal sensory denervation reveals ineffective spinal pathways to phrenic motoneurons in the rat. Neurosci Lett 2002; 323:25-8. [PMID: 11911982 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)00121-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We hypothesized that pretreatment with chronic cervical dorsal rhizotomy (CDR; C(3)-C(6)) would reveal ineffective crossed spinal pathways to phrenic motoneurons. Anesthetized CDR (1 week post-rhizotomy) and control rats were spinally hemisected at C(2), and phrenic potentials were evoked by stimulating the ventrolateral funiculus contralateral and rostral to hemisection. Phrenic potentials contralateral to the stimulating electrode were evoked at lower stimulus currents (CDR=640 +/- 46 microA; control=900 +/- 50 microA; P<0.05) and potential amplitude was significantly greater in CDR versus control rats (P<0.05). The serotonin receptor antagonist methysergide (4 mg/kg, i.v.) had no effect on the crossed phrenic potential amplitude (91+/-17% of control at 800 microA; P>0.05). Thus, CDR enhances crossed phrenic pathways but serotonin receptor activation is not necessary to maintain this effect.
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- David D Fuller
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 2015 Linden Drive West, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Watkins LR, Maier SF. The pain of being sick: implications of immune-to-brain communication for understanding pain. Annu Rev Psychol 2001; 51:29-57. [PMID: 10751964 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.51.1.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This review focuses on the powerful pain facilitatory effects produced by the immune system. Immune cells, activated in response to infection, inflammation, or trauma, release proteins called proinflammatory cytokines. These proinflammatory cytokines signal the central nervous system, thereby creating exaggerated pain as well as an entire constellation of physiological, behavioral, and hormonal changes. These changes are collectively referred to as the sickness response. Release of proinflammatory cytokines by immune cells in the body leads, in turn, to release of proinflammatory cytokines by glia within the brain and spinal cord. Evidence is reviewed supporting the idea that proinflammatory cytokines exert powerful pain facilitatory effects following their release in the body, in the brain, and in the spinal cord. Such exaggerated pain states naturally occur in situations involving infection, inflammation, or trauma of the skin, of peripheral nerves, and of the central nervous system itself. Implications for human pain conditions are discussed.
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- L R Watkins
- Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder 80309-0345, USA.
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Hadley SD, Walker PD, Goshgarian HG. Effects of serotonin inhibition on neuronal and astrocyte plasticity in the phrenic nucleus 4 h following C2 spinal cord hemisection. Exp Neurol 1999; 160:433-45. [PMID: 10619560 DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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C2 spinal cord hemisection results in synaptic and astroglial changes in the phrenic nucleus which have been associated with the recovery of the ipsilateral hemidiaphragm during expression of the crossed phrenic phenomenon. As part of our ongoing analysis of the neurotransmitters involved, the present study investigated the effects of systemic administration of para-chlorophenylalanine (p-CPA), a serotonin (5-HT) synthesis inhibitor, on plasticity in the rat phrenic nucleus 4 h following C2 hemisection. Hemisected control rats demonstrated typical morphological changes in the ipsilateral phrenic nucleus including: (1) an increased number and length of synaptic active zones and (2) an increased number and length of dendrodendritic membrane appositions. p-CPA treatment 3 days prior to hemisection reduced 5-HT levels and resulted in an attenuation of these changes in the ipsilateral phrenic nucleus 4 h following hemisection compared to hemisected controls. In addition, p-CPA treatment attenuated injury-induced alterations in immunohistochemical staining of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), although Western blot analysis demonstrated that overall levels of GFAP did not differ significantly between groups. The results suggest that inhibition of 5-HT synthesis by p-CPA attenuates hemisection-induced plasticity in the phrenic nucleus 4 h following an ipsilateral C2 hemisection.
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- S D Hadley
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Lemons ML, Howland DR, Anderson DK. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan immunoreactivity increases following spinal cord injury and transplantation. Exp Neurol 1999; 160:51-65. [PMID: 10630190 DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Extrinsic factors appear to contribute to the lack of regeneration in the injured adult spinal cord. It is likely that these extrinsic factors include a group of putative growth inhibitory molecules known as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). The aims of this study were to determine: (1) the consequences of spinal cord contusion injury on CSPG expression, (2) if CSPGs can be degraded in vivo by exogenous enzyme application, and (3) the effects of intraspinal transplantation on the expression of CSPGs. Chondroitin 6-sulfate proteoglycan immunoreactivity (CSPG-IR) dramatically increased following spinal cord contusion injury both at and adjacent to the injury site compared to normal controls (no surgical procedure) and laminectomy-only controls by 4 days postinjury. The dramatic increase in CSPG-IR persisted around the lesion and in the dorsal one-half to two-thirds of the spinal cord for at least 40 days postinjury. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-IR patterns were similarly intensified and spatially restricted as CSPG-IR patterns. These results suggest that: (1) CSPGs may contribute to the lack of regeneration following spinal cord injury and (2) astrocytes may contribute to the production of CSPGs. In addition, our results show that CSPGs could be cleaved in vivo with exogenous chondroitinase ABC application. This demonstration of cleavage may the basis for a model to directly assess CSPGs' role in growth inhibition in vivo (studies in progress) and hold potential as a therapeutic approach to enhance growth. Interestingly, the robust, injury-induced CSPG-IR patterns were not altered by intraspinal grafts of fetal spinal cord. The CSPG expression profile in the host spinal cord was similar to time-matched contusion-only animals. This was also true of GFAP-IR patterns. Furthermore, the fetal spinal cord tissue, which was generally CSPG negative at the time of transplantation, developed robust CSPG expression by 30 days posttransplantation. This increase in CSPG expression in the graft was paired with a moderate increase in GFAP-IR. CSPG-IR patterns suggest that these molecules may contribute to the limited regeneration seen following intraspinal transplantation. In addition, it suggests that the growth permissiveness of the graft may change overtime as CSPG expression develops within the graft. These correlations in the injured and transplanted spinal cord support CSPGs' putative growth inhibitory effect in the adult spinal cord.
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Affiliation(s)
- M L Lemons
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 36210, USA
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Colburn RW, Rickman AJ, DeLeo JA. The effect of site and type of nerve injury on spinal glial activation and neuropathic pain behavior. Exp Neurol 1999; 157:289-304. [PMID: 10364441 DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 361] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
A number of rat peripheral neuropathy models have been developed to simulate human neuropathic pain conditions. The current study sought to determine the relative importance of site versus type of peripheral nerve injury in eliciting mechanical allodynia and spinal glial responses. Rats received one of seven different surgical treatments at the L5 spinal level: spinal nerve cryoneurolysis, spinal nerve tight ligation, dorsal root cryoneurolysis, dorsal root tight ligation, dorsal root transection, ventral root tight ligation, or laminectomy/dural incision sham. Foot-lift response frequency to mechanical stimulation of the ipsilateral hindpaw was assessed postlesion on days 1, 3, 5, and 7. L5 spinal cords were retrieved for immunohistochemical analysis of microglial (OX-42) and astrocytic (anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein) responses. Both types of spinal nerve lesion, freeze and tight ligation, produced rapid and profound mechanical allodynia with intense glial responses. Dorsal root lesions also resulted in intense mechanical allodynia; however, glial responses were almost exclusively astrocytic. Ventral root tight ligation and sham provoked no marked behavioral changes and only sporadic glial responses. Direct dorsal horn communication with the dorsal root ganglion was not a crucial factor in the development of mechanical allodynia, since decentralization of the L5 DRG by complete L5 dorsal root lesion produced profound mechanical sensitization. Conversely, microglial activation responses appear to be dependent upon dorsal root ganglion-mediated signals and, contrary to behavioral responses, were robust only when the lesion was made peripheral to the cell body. Astrocytic activation was always observed following axonal injury and reliably coexisted with behavioral responses.
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- R W Colburn
- Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, USA
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