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Ichinose Y, Nagira A, Sumitomo N, Kakegawa A, Fukushima N. Spontaneous regeneration after resection of various lengths of hypoglossal nerve in rats. J Oral Biosci 2024; 66:582-586. [PMID: 38821485 DOI: 10.1016/j.job.2024.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to investigate spontaneous neural regeneration and functional recovery after resection of various lengths of the hypoglossal (XII) nerve in adult rats. METHODS Twelve weeks after XII nerve resection at lengths ranging from 0.0 to 15.8 mm, the tongue deviation angle of rats was measured to evaluate the severity of paralysis; thereafter, the XII neurons in the XII nucleus were labeled with Fluoro-Gold (FG), which was injected into the tongue to visualize regenerated XII neurons re-innervating the tongue muscles. RESULTS In the XII nerve-resected rats, the regenerative rates, that is, the percentage of the total number of FG-positive neurons on the injured side relative to that on the uninjured side, were divided into two groups; the regenerative rates were more than 77% and less than 6%, respectively. Upon comparing the two groups, the boundary resection length was approximately 10.0 mm. Moreover, the former and latter groups demonstrated tongue deviation angles less than or greater than 15°, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The critical nerve gap length for spontaneous neural regeneration was approximately 10.0 mm in XII nerve-resected adult rats, and nerve regeneration occurred in both morphological and functional aspects after resection at less than the critical length.
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- Yuko Ichinose
- Department of Anatomy, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
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Mayse ML, Norman HS, Peterson AD, Rouw KT, Johnson PJ. Targeted lung denervation in sheep: durability of denervation and long-term histologic effects on bronchial wall and peribronchial structures. Respir Res 2020; 21:117. [PMID: 32423414 PMCID: PMC7236341 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-020-01383-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Targeted lung denervation (TLD), a novel bronchoscopic procedure which attenuates pulmonary nerve input to the lung to reduce the clinical consequences of neural hyperactivity, may be an important emerging treatment for COPD. While procedural safety and impact on clinical outcomes have recently been reported, the mechanism of action has not been reported. We explored the long-term pathologic and histopathologic effects in a sheep model of ablation of bronchial branches of the vagus nerve using a novel dual-cooled radiofrequency ablation catheter. METHODS Nineteen sheep underwent circumferential ablation of both main bronchi with simultaneous balloon surface cooling using a targeted lung denervation system (Nuvaira, Inc., USA). Animals were followed over an extended time course (30, 365, and 640 days post procedure). At each time point, lung denervation (axonal staining in bronchial nerves), and effect on peribronchial structures near the treatment site (histopathology of bronchial epithelium, bronchial cartilage, smooth muscle, alveolar parenchyma, and esophagus) were quantified. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to reveal differences between group means on normal data. Non-parametric analysis using Kruskal-Wallis Test was employed on non-normal data sets. RESULTS No adverse clinical effects were observed in any sheep. Nerve axon staining distal to the ablation site was decreased by 60% at 30 days after TLD and efferent axon staining was decreased by >70% at 365 and 640 days. All treated airways exhibited 100% epithelial integrity. Effect on peribronchial structures was strictly limited to lung tissue immediately adjacent to the ablation site. Tissue structure 1 cm proximal and distal to the treatment area remained normal, and the pulmonary veins, pulmonary arteries, and esophagus were unaffected. CONCLUSIONS The denervation of efferent axons induced by TLD therapy is durable and likely a contributing mechanism through which targeted lung denervation impacts clinical outcomes. Further, long term lung denervation did not alter the anatomy of the bronchioles or lung, as evaluated from both a gross and histologic perspective.
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- Martin L Mayse
- Nuvaira, Inc, Suite 105 3750 Annapolis Lane North, Minneapolis, MN, 55447, USA
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- Nuvaira, Inc, Suite 105 3750 Annapolis Lane North, Minneapolis, MN, 55447, USA
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- Nuvaira, Inc, Suite 105 3750 Annapolis Lane North, Minneapolis, MN, 55447, USA
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- Nuvaira, Inc, Suite 105 3750 Annapolis Lane North, Minneapolis, MN, 55447, USA.
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Hutchinson JM, Isaacson LG. Elimination of microglia in mouse spinal cord alters the retrograde CNS plasticity observed following peripheral axon injury. Brain Res 2019; 1721:146328. [PMID: 31295468 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Following the transection of peripherally located sympathetic preganglionic axons of the cervical sympathetic trunk (CST), transient retrograde neuronal and glial responses occur in the intermediolateral cell column (IML) of the spinal cord, the location of the parent neuronal cell bodies. The role of microglia in this central response to peripheral axon injury was examined in mice fed the PLX5622 diet containing colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1R) inhibitor for 28 days, which eliminated approximately 90% of spinal cord microglia. Microglia elimination did not impact baseline neurotransmitter expression in the IML neurons, and the typical neuronal plasticity observed following CST transection was unaffected. Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) were significantly increased at one week post injury in the IML of mice fed the control diet, with no change in mature oligodendrocytes (OLs). Following microglia elimination, the baseline population of OPCs in the IML was increased, suggesting increased OPC proliferation. Injury in the microglia depleted mice resulted in no additional increase in OPCs. Though baseline astrocyte activation and GFAP protein expression were unaffected, microglia elimination led to increased activation and GFAP protein post injury when compared with mice fed the control diet. These results reveal that microglia regulate the baseline OPC population in the uninjured spinal cord and that activated microglia influence the activities of OL lineage cells as well as astrocytes. The regulatory roles of microglia observed in this study likely contribute to the long term survival of the IML neurons observed following the distal axon injury.
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- Jessika M Hutchinson
- Center for Neuroscience and Behavior, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
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- Center for Neuroscience and Behavior, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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Xie W, Zhuang W, Chen L, Xie W, Jiang C, Liu N. 4218T/C polymorphism associations with post-cesarean patient-controlled epidural fentanyl consumption and pain perception. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2018; 62:376-383. [PMID: 29148033 DOI: 10.1111/aas.13040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND The utilization of intrathecal opioids is an efficacious component of post-cesarean section pain management. Given that growing evidence indicates that calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) plays a key role in the development of peripheral sensitization and is associated with enhanced pain, we hypothesized that CGRP 4218T/C polymorphism is associated with the variability in fentanyl consumption for post-cesarean analgesia. METHODS We recruited 548 patients who presented for elective cesarean delivery, and used polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method to analyze CGRP 4218T/C polymorphism. We examined the association of CGRP 4218T/C polymorphism and post-operative fentanyl consumption for analgesia as well as adverse reactions to fentanyl in those patients who received cesarean section surgeries. RESULTS We found that the CGRP 4218T/C polymorphism has a significant effect on pain perception, analgesic requirement, and nausea and vomiting for the first 24 h after cesarean delivery in patients who received PCEA fentanyl. Individuals with the C/C genotype had more pain, required more PCEA fentanyl, and experienced a lower incidence of nausea and vomiting. CONCLUSION These results indicated that patients with C/C genotype may have reduced sensitivity to fentanyl analgesia and/or increased pain perception, and were more willing to use PCEA fentanyl to manage their pain.
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- W. Xie
- Department of Anesthesiology; Quanzhou First Hospital; Quanzhou China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Huian Hospital; Quanzhou China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Huian Hospital; Quanzhou China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Quanzhou First Hospital; Quanzhou China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Quanzhou First Hospital; Quanzhou China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Quanzhou First Hospital; Quanzhou China
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Kim J, Kobayashi S, Shimizu-Okabe C, Okabe A, Moon C, Shin T, Takayama C. Changes in the expression and localization of signaling molecules in mouse facial motor neurons during regeneration of facial nerves. J Chem Neuroanat 2018; 88:13-21. [PMID: 29113945 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2017.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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After injury, peripheral axons usually re-extend toward their target, and neuronal functions recover. Previous studies have reported that expression of various molecules are transiently altered in motor neurons after nerve injury, but the time course of these changes and their relationship with functional recovery have not been clearly demonstrated. We used the mouse facial nerve transection and suturing model, and examined the changes in expression of five molecules, choline acetyl transferase (ChAT), galanin, calcitonin gene-related protein (CGRP), gephyrin, and potassium chloride co-transporter 2 (KCC2) in the facial motor neurons after surgery until recovery. Number of ChAT-positive neurons was markedly decreased at days 3 and 7, and recovered to the normal level by day 60, when facial motor functions recovered. Localization of two neuropeptides, CGRP and galanin, was increased in the perikarya and axons during regeneration, and returned to the normal levels by days 60 and 28, respectively. Expression of two postsynaptic elements of γ-amino butyric acid synapses, gephyrin and KCC2, was decreased at days 3 and 7, and recovered by day 60. These results suggest that ChAT, CGRP, and KCC2 may be objective indicators of regeneration, and altering their expression may be related to the functional recovery and axonal re-extension.
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- Jeongtae Kim
- Department of Molecular Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan; Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Medical Institute, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan.
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MPTP Mouse Model of Preclinical and Clinical Parkinson’s Disease as an Instrument for Translational Medicine. Mol Neurobiol 2017; 55:2991-3006. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0559-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Fukushima N, Karasawa M, Yokouchi K, Sumitomo N, Kawagishi K, Moriizumi T. Stereological assessment of the total number of hypoglossal neurons after repeated crush injuries to the hypoglossal nerve in adult rats. Neurol Res 2017; 39:183-188. [PMID: 28051949 DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2016.1275461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Retrograde neuronal cell death does not occur in mature motoneurons following the axonal injury of peripheral nerves. However, a previous study suggested that retrograde neuronal cell death does occur in adult rats after the creation of double lesions on the hypoglossal (XII) nerve based on a substantial decrease in the number of XII neurons. Using stereological methods, we examined neuronal apoptosis in XII neurons and the total number of XII neurons following repeated crush injuries to the XII nerve. METHODS The right XII nerve of adult rats was crushed three times at one-week intervals with a brain aneurysm clip. At 4 weeks after the final crush, the total numbers of XII neurons on the injured right and uninjured left sides were estimated stereologically. RESULTS After repeated crush injuries, no apoptosis was evident in XII neurons as indicated by immunostaining for cleaved caspase-3. Moreover, immunohistochemistry for the vesicular acetylcholine transporter revealed axonal elongation in the tongue 4 weeks after repeated crush injuries. At 4 weeks, the total numbers of XII neurons were 7800 ± 290 on the injured right side and 8000 ± 230 on the uninjured left side, and no significant difference was evident between the injured and uninjured sides. CONCLUSION Neuronal cell death does not occur in XII neurons and the total number of XII neurons does not decrease after repeated crush injuries of the XII nerve in adult rats.
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- Nanae Fukushima
- a Department of Anatomy , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan
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- a Department of Anatomy , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan
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- a Department of Anatomy , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan
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- a Department of Anatomy , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan
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- a Department of Anatomy , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan
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- a Department of Anatomy , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan
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Khakimova GR, Kozina EA, Kucheryanu VG, Ugrumov MV. Reversible Pharmacological Induction of Motor Symptoms in MPTP-Treated Mice at the Presymptomatic Stage of Parkinsonism: Potential Use for Early Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:3618-3632. [PMID: 27194433 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-9936-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A crucial event in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease is the death of dopaminergic neurons of the nigrostriatal system, which are responsible for the regulation of motor function. Motor symptoms first appear in patients 20-30 years after the onset of the neurodegeneration, when there has been a loss of an essential number of neurons and depletion of compensatory reserves of the brain, which explains the low efficiency of treatment. Therefore, the development of a technology for the diagnosing of Parkinson's disease at the preclinical stage is of a high priority in neurology. In this study, we have developed at an experimental model a fundamentally novel for neurology approach for diagnosis of Parkinson's disease at the preclinical stage. This methodology, widely used for the diagnosis of chronic diseases in the internal medicine, is based on the application of a challenge test that temporarily increases the latent failure of a specific functional system, thereby inducing the short-term appearance of clinical symptoms. The provocation test was developed by a systemic administration of α-methyl-p-tyrosine (αMpT), a reversible inhibitor of tyrosine hydroxylase to MPTP-treated mice at the presymptomatic stage of parkinsonism. For this, we first selected a minimum dose of αMpT, which caused a decrease of the dopamine level in the striatum of normal mice below the threshold at which motor dysfunctions appear. Then, we found the maximum dose of αMpT at which a loss of dopamine in the striatum of normal mice did not reach the threshold level, and motor behavior was not impaired. We showed that αMpT at this dose induced a decrease of the dopamine concentration in the striatum of MPTP-treated mice at the presymptomatic stage of parkinsonism below a threshold level that results in the impairment of motor behavior. Finally, we proved that αMpT exerts a temporal and reversible influence on the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system of MPTP-treated mice with no long-term side effects on other catecholaminergic systems. Thus, the above experimental data strongly suggest that αMpT-based challenge test might be considered as the provocation test for Parkinson's disease diagnosis at the preclinical stage in the future clinical trials.
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- Gulnara R Khakimova
- Laboratory of Neural and Neuroendocrine Regulations, Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, 26 Vavilov St, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neural and Neuroendocrine Regulations, Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, 26 Vavilov St, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Laboratory of General Pathology of the Nervous System, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS, 8 Baltiiskaya St, Moscow, 125315, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neural and Neuroendocrine Regulations, Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, 26 Vavilov St, Moscow, 119334, Russia. .,Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, The National Research University Higher School of Economics, 20 Myasnitskaya St, Moscow, 101000, Russia.
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Kozina EA, Khakimova GR, Khaindrava VG, Kucheryanu VG, Vorobyeva NE, Krasnov AN, Georgieva SG, Kerkerian-Le Goff L, Ugrumov MV. Tyrosine hydroxylase expression and activity in nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons of MPTP-treated mice at the presymptomatic and symptomatic stages of parkinsonism. J Neurol Sci 2014; 340:198-207. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Specificity of peripheral nerve regeneration: interactions at the axon level. Prog Neurobiol 2012; 98:16-37. [PMID: 22609046 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 289] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Revised: 04/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Peripheral nerves injuries result in paralysis, anesthesia and lack of autonomic control of the affected body areas. After injury, axons distal to the lesion are disconnected from the neuronal body and degenerate, leading to denervation of the peripheral organs. Wallerian degeneration creates a microenvironment distal to the injury site that supports axonal regrowth, while the neuron body changes in phenotype to promote axonal regeneration. The significance of axonal regeneration is to replace the degenerated distal nerve segment, and achieve reinnervation of target organs and restitution of their functions. However, axonal regeneration does not always allows for adequate functional recovery, so that after a peripheral nerve injury, patients do not recover normal motor control and fine sensibility. The lack of specificity of nerve regeneration, in terms of motor and sensory axons regrowth, pathfinding and target reinnervation, is one the main shortcomings for recovery. Key factors for successful axonal regeneration include the intrinsic changes that neurons suffer to switch their transmitter state to a pro-regenerative state and the environment that the axons find distal to the lesion site. The molecular mechanisms implicated in axonal regeneration and pathfinding after injury are complex, and take into account the cross-talk between axons and glial cells, neurotrophic factors, extracellular matrix molecules and their receptors. The aim of this review is to look at those interactions, trying to understand if some of these molecular factors are specific for motor and sensory neuron growth, and provide the basic knowledge for potential strategies to enhance and guide axonal regeneration and reinnervation of adequate target organs.
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Morcuende S, Matarredona ER, Benítez-Temiño B, Muñoz-Hernández R, Pastor AM, de la Cruz RR. Differential regulation of the expression of neurotrophin receptors in rat extraocular motoneurons after lesion. J Comp Neurol 2011; 519:2335-52. [PMID: 21456016 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Neurotrophins acting through high-affinity tyrosine kinase receptors (trkA, trkB, and trkC) play a crucial role in regulating survival and maintenance of specific neuronal functions after injury. Adult motoneurons supplying extraocular muscles survive after disconnection from the target, but suffer dramatic changes in morphological and physiological properties, due in part to the loss of their trophic support from the muscle. To investigate the dependence of the adult rat extraocular motoneurons on neurotrophins, we examined trkA, trkB, and trkC mRNA expression after axotomy by in situ hybridization. trkA mRNA expression was detectable at low levels in unlesioned motoneurons, and its expression was downregulated 1 and 3 days after injury. Expression of trkB and trkC mRNAs was stronger, and after axotomy a simultaneous, but inverse regulation of both receptors was observed. Thus, whereas a considerable increase in trkB expression was seen about 2 weeks after axotomy, the expression of trkC mRNA had decreased at the same post-lesion period. Injured extraocular motoneurons also experienced an initial induction in expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide and a transient downregulation of cholinergic characteristics, indicating a switch in the phenotype from a transmitter-specific to a regenerative state. These results suggest that specific neurotrophins may contribute differentially to the survival and regenerative responses of extraocular motoneurons after lesion.
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- Sara Morcuende
- Departamento de Fisiología y Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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Valls-Sole J, Castillo CD, Casanova-Molla J, Costa J. Clinical consequences of reinnervation disorders after focal peripheral nerve lesions. Clin Neurophysiol 2010; 122:219-28. [PMID: 20656551 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2010] [Revised: 06/27/2010] [Accepted: 06/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Axonal regeneration and organ reinnervation are the necessary steps for functional recovery after a nerve lesion. However, these processes are frequently accompanied by collateral events that may not be beneficial, such as: (1) Uncontrolled branching of growing axons at the lesion site. (2) Misdirection of axons and target organ reinnervation errors, (3) Enhancement of excitability of the parent neuron, and (4) Compensatory activity in non-damaged nerves. Each one of those possible problems or a combination of them can be the underlying pathophysiological mechanism for some clinical conditions seen as a consequence of a nerve lesion. Reinnervation-related motor disorders are more likely to occur with lesions affecting nerves which innervate muscles with antagonistic functions, such as the facial, the laryngeal and the ulnar nerves. Motor disorders are better demonstrated than sensory disturbances, which might follow similar patterns. In some instances, the available examination methods give only scarce evidence for the positive diagnosis of reinnervation-related disorders in humans and the diagnosis of such condition can only be based on clinical observation. Whatever the lesion, though, the restitution of complex functions such as fine motor control and sensory discrimination would require not only a successful regeneration process but also a central nervous system reorganization in order to integrate the newly formed peripheral nerve structure into the prepared motor programs and sensory patterns.
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- Josep Valls-Sole
- Department of Neurology, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer), Spain.
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Penas C, Casas C, Robert I, Forés J, Navarro X. Cytoskeletal and Activity-Related Changes in Spinal Motoneurons after Root Avulsion. J Neurotrauma 2009; 26:763-79. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Clara Penas
- Group of Neuroplasticity and Regeneration, Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Group of Neuroplasticity and Regeneration, Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain
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- Hand and Peripheral Nerve Unit, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hand and Peripheral Nerve Unit, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Group of Neuroplasticity and Regeneration, Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain
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Navarro X. Chapter 27: Neural plasticity after nerve injury and regeneration. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2009; 87:483-505. [PMID: 19682656 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(09)87027-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Injuries to the peripheral nerves result in partial or total loss of motor, sensory, and autonomic functions in the denervated segments of the body due to the interruption of axons, degeneration of distal nerve fibers, and eventual death of axotomized neurons. Functional deficits caused by nerve injuries can be compensated by reinnervation of denervated targets by regenerating injured axons or by collateral branching of undamaged axons, and remodeling of nervous system circuitry related to the lost functions. Plasticity of central connections may compensate functionally for the lack of adequate target reinnervation; however, plasticity has limited effects on disturbed sensory localization or fine motor control after injuries, and may even result in maladaptive changes, such as neuropathic pain and hyperreflexia. After axotomy, neurons shift from a transmitter to a regenerative phenotype, activating molecular pathways that promote neuronal survival and axonal regeneration. Peripheral nerve injuries also induce a cascade of events, at the molecular, cellular, and system levels, initiated by the injury and progressing throughout plastic changes at the spinal cord, brainstem nuclei, thalamus, and brain cortex. Mechanisms involved in these changes include neurochemical changes, functional alterations of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connections, sprouting of new connections, and reorganization of sensory and motor central maps. An important direction for research is the development of therapeutic strategies that enhance axonal regeneration, promote selective target reinnervation, and are also able to modulate central nervous system reorganization, amplifying positive adaptive changes that improve functional recovery and also reducing undesirable effects.
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- Xavier Navarro
- Institute of Neurosciences and Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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Tokita Y, Yuzurihara M, Satoh K, Iizuka S, Imamura S, Kase Y, Takeda S. The cholinergic nervous system plays an important role in rat postoperative intestinal adhesion. Surgery 2008; 143:226-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2006] [Revised: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 07/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Navarro X, Vivó M, Valero-Cabré A. Neural plasticity after peripheral nerve injury and regeneration. Prog Neurobiol 2007; 82:163-201. [PMID: 17643733 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 619] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2006] [Revised: 02/18/2007] [Accepted: 06/14/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Injuries to the peripheral nerves result in partial or total loss of motor, sensory and autonomic functions conveyed by the lesioned nerves to the denervated segments of the body, due to the interruption of axons continuity, degeneration of nerve fibers distal to the lesion and eventual death of axotomized neurons. Injuries to the peripheral nervous system may thus result in considerable disability. After axotomy, neuronal phenotype switches from a transmitter to a regenerative state, inducing the down- and up-regulation of numerous cellular components as well as the synthesis de novo of some molecules normally not expressed in adult neurons. These changes in gene expression activate and regulate the pathways responsible for neuronal survival and axonal regeneration. Functional deficits caused by nerve injuries can be compensated by three neural mechanisms: the reinnervation of denervated targets by regeneration of injured axons, the reinnervation by collateral branching of undamaged axons, and the remodeling of nervous system circuitry related to the lost functions. Plasticity of central connections may compensate functionally for the lack of specificity in target reinnervation; plasticity in human has, however, limited effects on disturbed sensory localization or fine motor control after injuries, and may even result in maladaptive changes, such as neuropathic pain, hyperreflexia and dystonia. Recent research has uncovered that peripheral nerve injuries induce a concurrent cascade of events, at the systemic, cellular and molecular levels, initiated by the nerve injury and progressing throughout plastic changes at the spinal cord, brainstem relay nuclei, thalamus and brain cortex. Mechanisms for these changes are ubiquitous in central substrates and include neurochemical changes, functional alterations of excitatory and inhibitory connections, atrophy and degeneration of normal substrates, sprouting of new connections, and reorganization of somatosensory and motor maps. An important direction for ongoing research is the development of therapeutic strategies that enhance axonal regeneration, promote selective target reinnervation, but are also able to modulate central nervous system reorganization, amplifying those positive adaptive changes that help to improve functional recovery but also diminishing undesirable consequences.
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- X Navarro
- Group of Neuroplasticity and Regeneration, Institute of Neurosciences and Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
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Desouches C, Alluin O, Mutaftschiev N, Dousset E, Magalon G, Boucraut J, Feron F, Decherchi P. La réparation nerveuse périphérique : 30 siècles de recherche. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2005; 161:1045-59. [PMID: 16288170 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(05)85172-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Nerve injury compromises sensory and motor functions. Techniques of peripheral nerve repair are based on our knowledge regarding regeneration. Microsurgical techniques introduced in the late 1950s and widely developed for the past 20 years have improved repairs. However, functional recovery following a peripheral mixed nerve injury is still incomplete. STATE OF ART Good motor and sensory function after nerve injury depends on the reinnervation of the motor end plates and sensory receptors. Nerve regeneration does not begin if the cell body has not survived the initial injury or if it is unable to initiate regeneration. The regenerated axons must reach and reinnervate the appropriate target end-organs in a timely fashion. Recovery of motor function requires a critical number of motor axons reinnervating the muscle fibers. Sensory recovery is possible if the delay in reinnervation is short. Many additional factors influence the success of nerve repair or reconstruction. The timing of the repair, the level of injury, the extent of the zone of injury, the technical skill of the surgeon, and the method of repair and reconstruction contribute to the functional outcome after nerve injury. CONCLUSION This review presents the recent advances in understanding of neural regeneration and their application to the management of primary repairs and nerve gaps.
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- C Desouches
- Service de Chirurgie de la Main, Chirurgie Plastique et Réparatrice des Membres, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille
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Morcuende S, Benítez-Temiño B, Pecero ML, Pastor AM, de la Cruz RR. Abducens internuclear neurons depend on their target motoneurons for survival during early postnatal development. Exp Neurol 2005; 195:244-56. [PMID: 15935346 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.05.003] [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] [Received: 11/18/2004] [Revised: 04/07/2005] [Accepted: 05/04/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The highly specific projection of abducens internuclear neurons onto medial rectus motoneurons in the oculomotor nucleus is a good model to evaluate the dependence on target cells for survival during development and in the adult. Thus, the procedure we chose to selectively deprive abducens internuclear neurons of their natural target was the enucleation of postnatal day 1 rats to induce the death of medial rectus motoneurons. Two months later, we evaluated both the extent of reduction in target size, by immunocytochemistry against choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and Nissl counting, and the percentage of abducens internuclear neurons surviving target loss, by calretinin immunostaining and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) retrograde tracing. Firstly, axotomized oculomotor motoneurons died in a high percentage ( approximately 80%) as visualized 2 months after lesion. In addition, we showed a transient (1 month) and reversible down-regulation of ChAT expression in extraocular motoneurons induced by injury. Secondly, 2 months after enucleation, 61.6% and 60.5% of the population of abducens internuclear neurons appeared stained by retrograde tracing and calretinin immunoreaction, respectively, indicating a significant extent of cell death after target loss (38.4% or 39.5%). By contrast, in the adult rat, neither extraocular motoneurons died in response to axotomy nor abducens internuclear neurons died due to the loss of their target motoneurons induced by the retrograde transport of toxic ricin injected in the medial rectus muscle. These results indicate that, during development, abducens internuclear neurons depend on their target motoneurons for survival, and that they lose this dependence with maturation.
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- Sara Morcuende
- Departamento de Fisiología y Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012-Sevilla, Spain
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Chang HM, Wei IH, Tseng CY, Lue JH, Wen CY, Shieh JY. Differential expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in the axotomized motoneurons of normoxic and hypoxic rats. J Chem Neuroanat 2004; 28:239-51. [PMID: 15531135 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2004.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2004] [Revised: 07/23/2004] [Accepted: 07/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We employed a double injury model (axotomy along with hypoxia) to determine how nerve injury and hypoxic insult would affect the expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in the hypoglossal nucleus (HN) and nucleus ambiguus (NA). Adult rats were subjected to unilateral vagus and hypoglossal nerve transection, following which half of the animals were kept in an altitude chamber (PO2=380 Torr). The immunoexpression of CGRP and ChAT (CGRP-IR/ChAT-IR) were examined by quantitative immunohistochemistry at 3, 7, 14, 30 and 60 days post-axotomy. The results revealed that CGRP-IR in the HN was increased at 3 days but decreased to basal levels at 7 days following nerve injury. The decline was followed by a second rise in CGRP-IR at 30 days post-axotomy, followed again by a return to basal levels at 60 days. In the NA, CGRP-IR was up-regulated at 3 days and remained increased for up to 60 days after nerve injury. Animals treated with a double injury showed a greater CGRP-IR than normoxic group in both nuclei at all post-axtomized periods. In contrast to CGRP, ChAT-IR was markedly reduced in the HN and NA at 3 days reaching its nadir at 14 days following nerve injury. Hypoxic animals showed a stronger reduction of ChAT-IR in both nuclei at all post-axtomized periods. Results of cell counting showed that neuronal loss was somewhat obvious in hypoxic HN than that of normoxic ones. The present results suggest that up-regulation of CGRP-IR may exert its trophic effects while down-regulation of ChAT-IR may correlate with the poor neurotransmission within the injured neurons. It is speculated that the enhanced expression of CGRP-IR and the pronounced reduction of ChAT-IR in hypoxic rats may result from a drastic shift of intracellular metabolic pathways, which in turn could lead to more metabolic loading to the severely damaged neurons following the double insult.
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- Hung-Ming Chang
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 1, Section 1, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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Boyd JG, Gordon T. Neurotrophic factors and their receptors in axonal regeneration and functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury. Mol Neurobiol 2003; 27:277-324. [PMID: 12845152 DOI: 10.1385/mn:27:3:277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 342] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2002] [Accepted: 11/22/2002] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Over a half a century of research has confirmed that neurotrophic factors promote the survival and process outgrowth of isolated neurons in vitro. The mechanisms by which neurotrophic factors mediate these survival-promoting effects have also been well characterized. In vivo, peripheral neurons are critically dependent on limited amounts of neurotrophic factors during development. After peripheral nerve injury, the adult mammalian peripheral nervous system responds by making neurotrophic factors once again available, either by autocrine or paracrine sources. Three families of neurotrophic factors were compared, the neurotrophins, the GDNF family of neurotrophic factors, and the neuropoetic cytokines. Following a general overview of the mechanisms by which these neurotrophic factors mediate their effects, we reviewed the temporal pattern of expression of the neurotrophic factors and their receptors by axotomized motoneurons as well as in the distal nerve stump after peripheral nerve injury. We discussed recent experiments from our lab and others which have examined the role of neurotrophic factors in peripheral nerve injury. Although our understanding of the mechanisms by which neurotrophic factors mediate their effects in vivo are poorly understood, evidence is beginning to emerge that similar phenomena observed in vitro also apply to nerve regeneration in vivo.
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- J Gordon Boyd
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
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Verdú E, García-Alías G, Forés J, Vela JM, Cuadras J, López-Vales R, Navarro X. Morphological characterization of photochemical graded spinal cord injury in the rat. J Neurotrauma 2003; 20:483-99. [PMID: 12803980 DOI: 10.1089/089771503765355559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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This study characterizes the histological and immunohistochemical changes in the adult rat spinal cord following photochemically induced spinal cord lesions. The spinal cord was exposed by laminectomy (T12-L1 vertebrae) and bathed with 1.5% rose bengal solution for 10 min. The excess dye was removed by saline rinse and the spinal cord was irradiated with "cold" light for 0, 1, 2.5, 5, and 10 min in different groups of rats. After 15 days a graded loss of spinal tissue was observed according to photoinduction times. Animals irradiated for 1 min showed spinal cavities involving the dorsal funiculi. The cavity became progressively larger, involving dorsal horns in animals irradiated for 2.5 min, together with the dorsolateral funiculi in animals irradiated for 5 min and the ventrolateral funiculi in those irradiated for 10 min, with loss of gray matter in these three groups. Changes in GFAP-, CGRP-, proteoglycan- and calbindin-immunoreactivity were observed in all lesioned groups when compared with control spinal cords. Hypertrophied and heavily GFAP- and proteoglycan-stained astrocytes were seen in irradiated spinal cords. Reactive microglial cells were also found. Both astroglial and microglial reactions paralleled the severity of the spinal cord lesion. A significant loss of CGRP-immunoreactive somas was seen in animals irradiated for 10 min, whereas the wider distribution of calbindin-positive neurons was found in lesioned rats. In spinal cord sections from animals illuminated for 5 min and perfused 60 min postillumination, light and electron microscopy showed cytotoxic edema with astrocytic swelling, red blood cell extravasation, and myelin degradation.
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- Enrique Verdú
- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
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Snyder SK, Byrnes KR, Borke RC, Sanchez A, Anders JJ. Quantitation of calcitonin gene-related peptide mRNA and neuronal cell death in facial motor nuclei following axotomy and 633 nm low power laser treatment. Lasers Surg Med 2002; 31:216-22. [PMID: 12224097 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A persistent increase in calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) immunoreactivity in motoneurons may serve as an indicator for regeneration after peripheral nerve injury [Borke et al., J Neurocytol 1993;22:141-153]. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined the effects of low power laser treatment (633 nm) on axotomy-induced changes in alpha-CGRP mRNA and long-term neuronal survival in facial motoneurons. A quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for alpha-CGRP mRNA was used to detect changes in the response to axotomy and laser irradiation. Cell counts of neurons in injured and non-injured facial motor nuclei of laser-treated and non-treated rats were done to estimate neuronal survival. RESULTS A 10-fold increase (P < 0.0001) in mRNA for alpha-CGRP at 11 days post-transection and an almost threefold increase (P < 0.0001) in neuronal survival at 6-9 months post-transection were found in 633 nm light treated rats. DISCUSSION These findings demonstrate that 633 nm laser light upregulates CGRP mRNA and support the theory that laser irradiation increases the rate of regeneration, target reinnervation, and neuronal survival of the axotomized neuron.
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- Sara K Snyder
- Laboratory for Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Blesch A, Tuszynski MH. GDNF gene delivery to injured adult CNS motor neurons promotes axonal growth, expression of the trophic neuropeptide CGRP, and cellular protection. J Comp Neurol 2001; 436:399-410. [PMID: 11447585 DOI: 10.1002/cne.1076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Glial-cell-line--derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has been identified as a potent survival and differentiation factor for several neuronal populations in the central nervous system (CNS), but to date, distinct effects of GDNF on motor axon growth and regeneration in the adult have not been demonstrated. In the present study, ex vivo gene delivery was used to directly examine whether GDNF can influence axonal growth, expression of neuronal regeneration-related genes, and sustain the motor neuronal phenotype after adult CNS injury. Adult Fischer 344 rats underwent unilateral transections of the hypoglossal nerve, followed by intramedullary grafts of fibroblasts genetically modified to secrete GDNF. Control animals received lesions and grafts of cells expressing a reporter gene. Two weeks later, GDNF gene delivery (1) robustly promoted the growth of lesioned hypoglossal motor axons, (2) altered the expression and intracellular trafficking of the growth-related protein calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and (3) significantly sustained the cholinergic phenotype in 84 +/- 6% of hypoglossal neurons compared with 39 +/- 6% in control animals (P < 0.001). This is the first neurotrophic factor identified to increase the in vivo expression of the trophic peptide CGRP and the first report that GDNF promotes motor axonal growth in vivo in the adult CNS. Taken together with previous in vitro studies, these findings serve as the foundation for a model wherein GDNF and CGRP interact in a paracrine manner to regulate neuromuscular development and regeneration.
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- A Blesch
- Department of Neurosciences-0626, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
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Gensert JM, Goldman JE. Heterogeneity of cycling glial progenitors in the adult mammalian cortex and white matter. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/neu.1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Okura Y, Arimoto H, Tanuma N, Matsumoto K, Nakamura T, Yamashima T, Miyazawa T, Matsumoto Y. Analysis of neurotrophic effects of hepatocyte growth factor in the adult hypoglossal nerve axotomy model. Eur J Neurosci 1999; 11:4139-44. [PMID: 10583502 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00832.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recent studies have shown that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) promotes the survival of embryonic motor neurons. However, it remains unclear whether HGF has trophic effects on mature motor neurons. In the present study, we examined the effects of HGF on adult motoneurons using the hypoglossal nerve transection model. In adult rats, neurons in the hypoglossal nucleus show a dramatic loss of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) protein and mRNA after the axotomy. This reduction of ChAT was markedly prevented when HGF was administered continuously at the cut end of the nerve using an osmotic pump. The HGF receptor, c-met, protein and mRNA, which were faintly expressed in hypoglossal neurons under normal conditions, gradually increased and reached maximal levels 2 weeks after the axotomy. Administration of HGF reduced this c-met upregulation almost to normal levels. We also quantified HGF mRNA in the tongue and hypoglossal nucleus. The tongue contained abundant HGF mRNA, whereas the nucleus contained only low levels. Interestingly, the HGF mRNA level in the nucleus did not increase after the axotomy. These findings suggest that HGF is principally produced in the tongue and contributes to maintain ChAT expression in the nucleus. HGF produced in the hypoglossal nucleus alone after disconnection from the tongue may not be sufficient for the maintenance of the motor neuron function. Thus, exogenously applied HGF was effective to prevent the downregulation of ChAT activities. These findings provide a strong rationale for the potential clinical use of HGF for the treatment of motor neuron degenerative disease.
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- Y Okura
- Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Musashidai 2-6, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8526, Japan
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Tenascin-R is antiadhesive for activated microglia that induce downregulation of the protein after peripheral nerve injury: a new role in neuronal protection. J Neurosci 1998. [PMID: 9698315 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06218.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Microglial activation in response to pathological stimuli is characterized by increased migratory activity and potential cytotoxic action on injured neurons during later stages of neurodegeneration. The initial molecular changes in the CNS favoring neuronofugal migration of microglia remain, however, largely unknown. We report that the extracellular matrix protein tenascin-R (TN-R) present in the intact CNS is antiadhesive for activated microglia, and its downregulation after facial nerve axotomy may account for the loss of motoneuron protection and subsequent neurodegeneration. Studies on the protein expression in the facial and hypoglossal nucleus in rats demonstrate that TN-R is a constituent of the perineuronal net of motoneurons and 7 d after peripheral nerve injury becomes downregulated in the corresponding motor nucleus. This downregulation is reversible under regenerative (nerve suture) conditions and irreversible under degenerative (nerve resection) conditions. In short-term adhesion assays, the unlesioned side of brainstem cryosections from unilaterally operated animals is nonpermissive for activated microglia, and this nonpermissiveness is almost abolished by a monoclonal antibody to TN-R. Microglia-conditioned media and tumor necrosis factor-alpha downregulate TN-R protein and mRNA synthesis by cultured oligodendrocytes, which are one of the sources for TN-R in the brainstem. Our findings suggest a new role for TN-R in neuronal protection against activated microglia and the participation of the latter in perineuronal net destruction, e.g., downregulation of TN-R.
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Acetylcholine (ACh) is a major neurotransmitter in the enteric nervous system. Since increasing evidence suggests that inflammation alters neural regulation of intestinal function, we examined the synthesis and breakdown of ACh in smooth muscle/myenteric plexus (SM/MP) preparations from the jejunum of the rat during inflammation caused by infection with the nematode parasite Trichinella spiralis. Both total and neuron-specific uptake of the ACh precursor [3H]choline into SM/MP preparations was increased by over twofold on Day 6 postinfection. Further, a radiochemical assay of choline acetyltransferase activity showed significant increase by Day 1, with peak values reached by Day 3 and maintained without reversal thereafter. Despite the enhancement of these steps, measurement of the conversion of [3H]choline into [3H]ACh in SM/MP preparations in vitro showed a nearly fourfold decrease by Day 6, implying a large decrease in ACh production in the inflamed jejunum. Examination of acetylcholinesterase in the rat jejunum showed decreased histochemical staining intensity in the muscle wall, and quantitative evaluation showed significantly decreased (>50%) acetylcholinesterase activity in SM/MP preparations. These results show that cholinergic innervation of the intestine can undergo rapid and long-lasting alterations during inflammation. Upregulation of major steps in the synthetic pathway for ACh was not matched by increased ACh production, suggesting that defects in ACh packaging, storage, and granule exocytosis may also be present.
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- K A Davis
- Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 5G2, Canada
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Glicksman MA, Chiu AY, Dionne CA, Harty M, Kaneko M, Murakata C, Oppenheim RW, Prevette D, Sengelaub DR, Vaught JL, Neff NT. CEP-1347/KT7515 prevents motor neuronal programmed cell death and injury-induced dedifferentiationin vivo. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4695(19980615)35:4<361::aid-neu3>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Shadiack AM, Zigmond RE. Galanin induced in sympathetic neurons after axotomy is anterogradely transported toward regenerating nerve endings. Neuropeptides 1998; 32:257-64. [PMID: 10189060 DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4179(98)90045-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Peripheral neurons begin to express galanin after axotomy. When neurons in the superior cervical ganglion were axotomized near (about 2 mm) from the ganglion, galanin-like immunoreactivity (IR) was maximal within 72 h. Axotomy of neurons in the middle and inferior cervical ganglion complex (MICG), which could be performed 2 cm from the ganglia, led to an additional galanin increase 7 and 14 days later. This second increase was not accompanied by changes in galanin mRNA or the number of galanin-immunostained neurons. Galanin-IR was detectable in a postganglionic trunk of the MICG 2 days after axotomy. At this time, immunoreactive fibers were only seen near the lesion site, while later they were found throughout the trunk. The data suggest that galanin is actively transported toward the site of nerve crush/transection and that the second increase in galanin-IR found in the MICG may be due to a saturation of the axonal transport system.
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- A M Shadiack
- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4975, USA
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Wang W, Salvaterra PM, Loera S, Chiu AY. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor spares choline acetyltransferase mRNA following axotomy of motor neurons in vivo. J Neurosci Res 1997; 47:134-43. [PMID: 9008144 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19970115)47:2<134::aid-jnr2>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) is a functional and specific marker gene for neurons such as primary motor neurons that synthesize and release acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter. In adult mammals, transection of the peripheral nerve results in a loss of immunoreactivity for ChAT in the injured motor neurons without affecting their cell number. Using a quantitative RNase protection assay, we have investigated dynamic changes in ChAT mRNA levels following axotomy of motor neurons in the brainstem of adult rats. One week after transection of the left hypoglossal nerve, levels of ChAT mRNA in the ipsilateral side of the hypoglossal motor nucleus decreased dramatically to around 10% when compared to the uninjured contralateral side. When cut axons were chronically exposed to brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) for 1 week, ChAT mRNA levels were maintained at 63% of control levels. Thus, BDNF can abrogate the injury-induced loss of ChAT mRNA in mature motor neurons in vivo. In contrast, neither neurotrophin 4/5 nor nerve growth factor could prevent the decrease in message. This effect of BDNF on ChAT mRNA levels following peripheral injury to motor neurons demonstrates the existence of regulatory pathways responsive to neurotrophic factors that can "rescue" or "protect" cholinergic gene expression.
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- W Wang
- Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010, USA
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Hoover DB, Baisden RH, Lewis JV. Axotomy-induced loss of m2 muscarinic receptor mRNA in the rat facial motor nucleus precedes a decrease in concentration of muscarinic receptors. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 1996; 28:771-8. [PMID: 8968729 DOI: 10.1007/bf02272150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The abundance of muscarinic receptors and m2 muscarinic receptor mRNA in the facial nuclei of rats was evaluated by autoradiographic procedures at various times up to 14 days after transection of the right facial nerve. Receptors were labelled by in vitro incubation of brain sections with L-[3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate, while in situ hybridization with a 35S-labelled oligonucleotide was used to identify m2 muscarinic receptor mRNA in neighbouring sections. The right and left facial nuclei of non-operated control rats appeared equivalent in abundance of muscarinic receptors (359 +/- 8 versus 376 +/- 9 fmol per mg tissue, n = 5) and the presence of m2 mRNA. Axotomy had no effect on the concentration of receptors in the contralateral facial nucleus but caused a gradual loss of receptors from the ipsilateral side. No change was detected at 1 day after nerve transection, but a 23% decrease relative to the contralateral facial nucleus had occurred by 3 days. A maximum decrease of 51% was achieved by 1 week after nerve transection. By comparison, m2 mRNA was nearly eliminated from the ipsilateral facial nucleus at 1 day post-taxonomy and remained depleted for the duration of study. Previous work has established that no significant loss of motoneurons occurs within this period. Accordingly, it is postulated that axonal injury inhibits transcription of the m2 muscarinic receptor gene, resulting in a later decrease in muscarinic receptor protein expression.
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- D B Hoover
- Department of Pharmacology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614, USA
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Proliferating cells in adult rat subcortical white matter were characterized in vivo using stereotactic injections of a replication-deficient retrovirus containing the construct for beta galactosidase (BAG); BAG was deposited into the cingulum at the level of the septal nuclei. Morphological profiles, generated using Xgal substrate to visualize labeled cells, revealed a population of simple, immature cells. The antigenic profile, generated immunohistochemically with cell-specific markers 2 or 30 days post injection (dpi), showed a population of cells that primarily expressed nestin or an oligodendrocyte-specific glutathione-S-transferase isoform, Yp (GST-Yp) at 2 dpi and nestin, GST-Yp or Rip at 30 dpi. Occasionally, labeled cells differentiated in vivo into myelinating oligodendrocytes 30 dpi. Labeled cells did not express the astrocyte markers GFAP, GST-Yb, or S100 beta at 2 or 30 dpi. Comparisons of cell distribution 2 and 30 dpi indicated the non-migratory nature of these cells. Cell distribution patterns and nearest neighbor analyses confirmed the emergence of clusters of labeled cells 30 dpi, which bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation studies suggested arose from continued proliferation of some labeled cells. In vivo characterization of proliferating cells in the adult revealed a non-migratory, primarily undifferentiated population of cells.
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- J M Gensert
- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Nacimiento W, Schlözer B, Brook GA, Tóth L, Töpper R, Noth J, Kreutzberg GW. Transient decrease of acetylcholinesterase in ventral horn neurons caudal to a low thoracic spinal cord hemisection in the adult rat. Brain Res 1996; 714:177-84. [PMID: 8861623 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01534-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Light microscopic enzyme histochemistry was employed to study the alterations of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) within lumbosacral ventral horn neurons at survival times of 1, 4, 7, 14, 28, 60, and 90 days after low thoracic spinal cord hemisection in adult rats. The intensity of histochemical staining was quantified using densitometric techniques. Virtually all ventral horn neurons of sham-operated and unoperated animals, which served as controls, displayed intense AChE staining. Hemisection of the spinal cord induced a transient ipsilateral decrease of AChE staining in most neuronal cell bodies and in the neuropil of lamina IX at all segmental levels caudal to the lesion. Quantitative analysis of representative segments revealed a reduction of AChE in the ventral horn during a postoperative (p.o.) period of 1 to 28 days followed by a phase of recovery over the next two months. AChE activity still remained slightly reduced, even at 90 days p.o. The transient decrease in AChE is a well-known metabolic response of axotomized motoneurons. However, the observed changes of AChE reactivity in intact motoneurons ipsilateral and caudal to the hemisection are presumably induced by the interruption of supraspinal descending pathways. These metabolic changes may functionally affect the whole motor unit and be involved in the disturbances of motor function following spinal cord injury.
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- W Nacimiento
- Department of Neurology, Aachen University School of Medicine, Aachen, Germany
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Tuszynski MH, Mafong E, Meyer S. Central infusions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-4/5, but not nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3, prevent loss of the cholinergic phenotype in injured adult motor neurons. Neuroscience 1996; 71:761-71. [PMID: 8867048 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00440-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Neurotrophic factors are molecules that prevent neuronal degeneration and regulate neuronal phenotype during either development or adulthood. Relatively little is known about the comparative responsiveness of injured adult central nervous system motor neurons to various neurotrophic factors. In the present study we examined the effects of four members of the neurotrophin family on injured adult motor neurons. Nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotrophin-3 or neurotrophin-4/5 were infused intracerebroventricularly into adult rats following transection of the motor hypoglossal nerve. Two weeks after axotomy, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-4/5 completely prevented the loss of the cholinergic phenotype in hypoglossal motor neurons (97 +/- 11% and 99 +/- 5%, respectively) as assessed by choline acetyltransferase immunolabeling. In contrast, nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 exerted no protective effect. The low-affinity p75 neurotrophin receptor, capable of binding all four neurotrophins, was re-expressed in injured hypoglossal neurons; the majority of injured hypoglossal neurons also express trkB receptors but not trkA or trkC receptors. Thus, injury-induced responses to neurotrophins in adult motor neurons are mediated by trk receptors and their agonists, but may or may not also require low-affinity p75 neurotrophin receptors. Intracerebroventricular infusions of trkB agonists may be a useful means of targeting multiple and distantly separated populations of motor neurons for neurotrophic factor therapy.
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- M H Tuszynski
- Department of Neurosciences-0608, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
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Sarasa M, Terrado J, Mengod G, Climent S, Muniesa P, Palacios JM. Differential expression of alpha-CGRP and beta-CGRP genes within hypoglossal motoneurons in response to axotomy. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 35:269-77. [PMID: 8717363 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(95)00224-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In this study we have analysed, by in situ hybridization, the expression of the genes for both alpha-CGRP and beta-CGRP in hypoglossal motor nuclei following transection of the left hypoglossal nerve. Our results show that the gene for alpha-CGRP displays a peculiar sequence of regulation (a successive up-down-up-recovery sequence) within ipsilateral hypoglossal motoneurons in response to axotomy. It is initially up-regulated, then down-regulated (displaying mRNA levels below basal), and later again up-regulated before recovery. By contrast, the gene for beta-CGRP displays a successive and distinct up-down-recovery sequence of regulation (it does not display a second increase in mRNA production). The first up-regulation of the alpha-CGRP gene occurs just during the early period of perineuronal glial reaction and the second up-regulation just during the period of delayed astrocyte reaction and muscle reinnervation. Because alpha-CGRP is a neuron-derived factor for many types of cells, including astrocytes and skeletal myocytes, our results suggest that the pleiotropic alpha-CGRP may be a motoneuron-derived trophic signal for both glial and skeletal muscle cells in order to maintain the motoneuron itself and, in consequence, might be of therapeutic interest in treating degenerative disease of motoneurons. beta-CGRP might be redundant within the hypoglossal motoneurons.
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- M Sarasa
- Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Genetics, University of Zaragoza, Spain
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Armstrong RC, Kim JG, Hudson LD. Expression of myelin transcription factor I (MyTI), a "zinc-finger" DNA-binding protein, in developing oligodendrocytes. Glia 1995; 14:303-21. [PMID: 8530187 DOI: 10.1002/glia.440140407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The production of myelin by oligodendrocytes requires the coordinated, massive synthesis of myelin components, a program that is dependent on transcriptional controls. Myelin transcription factor I (MyTI) was named for its ability to recognize the proteolipid protein (PLP) gene, the most abundantly transcribed central nervous system myelin gene (Kim and Hudson: Mol. Cell Biol. 12:5632, 1992). MyTI is a zinc-dependent, DNA-binding protein of the Cys2-His-Cys class. The pattern of MyTI expression, documented in the present study, suggests that MyTI may be instrumental in early stages of oligodendrocytic development and myelin production. MyTI mRNA transcripts are more highly expressed in oligodendrocyte progenitors than in differentiated oligodendrocytes. In vitro and in vivo analyses show that MyTI immunoreactivity is stronger in oligodendrocytic progenitors than in mature oligodendrocytes which have already accumulated PLP. In oligodendrocyte progenitors, MyTI immunoreactivity appears as speckles within the nucleus, suggestive of an association of MyTI with a function that is spatially segregated into discrete nuclear domains. MyTI continues to be expressed in cells transcribing PLP. However, as oligodendrocytes accumulate PLP, MyTI immunoreactivity becomes restricted to the cytoplasm and progressively diminishes. Since MyTI has two widely separated sets of DNA-binding domains and initial MyTI expression markedly precedes PLP expression, we hypothesize the following model: MyTI may play a role in assembling transcriptionally active complexes of PLP, perhaps by bending the DNA of the promoter region to induce an appropriate conformation to enable subsequent binding of additional regulatory proteins.
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- R C Armstrong
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799, USA
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Kou SY, Chiu AY, Patterson PH. Differential regulation of motor neuron survival and choline acetyltransferase expression following axotomy. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 1995; 27:561-72. [PMID: 7561834 DOI: 10.1002/neu.480270410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Although it is well known that motor neuron survival following axotomy is enhanced with maturation, the ability of surviving neurons to express the cholinergic enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) following axotomy has not ben closely examined. Moreover, the utility of the facial nucleus in studies of motoneuron response to injury and to trophic factors, coupled with the increasing importance of the mouse in gene targeting, compelled us to investigate the age dependence of neuronal survival and ChAT expression in the mouse facial nucleus following axotomy. We cut the facial nerve at postnatal day (P) 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28 or in the adult and used Nissl staining and ChAT immunocytochemistry to quantitate survival and ChAT expression, respectively, following 1, 2, or 3 weeks' survival at each age. We confirm in this model that the rate and extent of motor neuron death following axotomy is reduced with increasing maturity. The surviving neurons maintain a high ChAT content through P21; however, axotomy from P28 through adulthood results in a striking reduction in ChAT immunoreactivity. That is, although axotomy at P21 results in 61% motor neuron survival, with virtually all of the surviving neurons being ChAT positive, axotomy in the adult results in 72% survival but only 9% of the neurons are ChAT positive. Thus, surviving motor neurons in the adult animals are only weakly cholinergic. These results indicate that a change in the regulation of ChAT expression occurs following P21 so that cell survival and enzyme levels are uncoupled. We suggest that the putative factor or factors that enhances motor neuron survival in maturity is not capable of maintaining ChAT expression.
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- S Y Kou
- Biology Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA
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Piehl F, Ji RR, Cullheim S, Hökfelt T, Lindholm D, Hughes RA. Fibroblast growth factors regulate calcitonin gene-related peptide mRNA expression in rat motoneurons after lesion and in culture. Eur J Neurosci 1995; 7:1739-50. [PMID: 7582127 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1995.tb00694.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In this study, we have investigated the effect of fibroblast growth factors (bFGF and FGF-5) and brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on the expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in rat motoneurons in vivo and in vitro. Following sciatic nerve transection in adult rats, the levels of alpha-CGRP and beta-CGRP mRNA were up- and down-regulated respectively in axotomized motoneurons, revealed by in situ hybridization histochemistry. Local administration of 1 microgram bFGF was able to entirely abolish the up-regulation of alpha-CGRP mRNA, and to further down-regulate beta-CGRP. These effects, albeit less pronounced, were still evident with 0.2 micrograms bFGF. In contrast, bFGF did not attenuate the lesion-induced decrease of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) mRNA. Administration of BDNF did not significantly alter the expression of CGRP or ChAT mRNA in axotomized motoneurons. Both alpha- and beta-CGRP mRNAs could be detected by PCR in enriched motoneuron cultures prepared from rat embryos at embryonic day 14-15. Comparing the amplification of alpha- and beta-CGRP mRNAs with that of mRNA encoding glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) in parallel samples, we found that cultures treated with FGF-5 had a lower ratio of alpha- and beta-CGRP mRNA to GAPDH mRNA, than did control or BDNF-treated cultures. BDNF, on the other hand increased alpha-CGRP and decreased beta-CGRP mRNA levels, though these effects were moderate compared with the effects of FGF-5. The results obtained in this study suggest that members of the FGF family of growth factors influence the expression of CGRP in rat motoneurons, and that the increase of this neuropeptide induced by axotomy may, at least in part, be due to deprivation of these target-derived factors.
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- F Piehl
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Singh V, Schweitzer JB. Loss of p75 nerve growth factor receptor mRNA containing neurons in rat forebrain after intraventricular IgG 192-saporin administration. Neurosci Lett 1995; 194:117-20. [PMID: 7478191 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)11744-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain express the p75 (low affinity) nerve growth factor receptor (NGFr) on the cell surface. It has been previously shown that an immunotoxin that recognizes the p75 NGFr, IgG 192-saporin, eliminates these neurons as judged by a variety of techniques after intraventricular injection into rat brain. Here we show that this loss of neurons can also be identified by detecting the disappearance of the p75 NGFr mRNA utilizing a non-radioactive in situ hybridization method.
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- V Singh
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38103, USA
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Thompson GC, Ross CD, Thompson AM, Byers JM. Changes in brainstem calcitonin gene-related peptide after VIIth and VIIIth cranial nerve lesions in guinea pig. Brain Res 1995; 683:140-8. [PMID: 7552338 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00364-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The present study investigated the effect of seventh and eight cranial nerve lesions on the prominence of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the hypoglossal (XII), facial (VII), abducens (VI), and oculomotor (III) cranial nerve nuclei. Guinea pigs were anesthetized and subjected to unilateral cochlear removal, vestibular end organ ablation, and seventh nerve transection. After a survival period ranging from 4 h to 5 days, each animal was anesthetized and perfused intracardially. Frozen sections were collected through the brainstem and stained immunohistochemically for calcitonin gene-related peptide using a polyclonal antibody with the Vectastain ABC kit and protocol. Positive cells were counted in each nucleus bilaterally and analyzed for side to side differences. Nuclei XII and III showed no significant difference in the numbers of cells staining positively for calcitonin gene-related peptide between the ipsilateral and the contralateral sides to the lesion. However, nuclei VII and VI showed elevated numbers ipsilateral to the lesion on some days, but not all. For VII, there was no significant difference before 24 h, but there were significant differences 1-5 days after the lesion. Similarly, in VI, there was no difference before 24 h, but differences were significant beginning with day 1 and continuing through day 3, and finally disappearing by day 4. Changes in the numbers of CGRP positive cells in VII measurable 24 h after the lesion and continuing for at least 5 days afterward indicate a central nervous system retrograde response to peripheral motor nerve injury.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- G C Thompson
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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Angelov DN, Gunkel A, Stennert E, Neiss WF. Phagocytic microglia during delayed neuronal loss in the facial nucleus of the rat: time course of the neuronofugal migration of brain macrophages. Glia 1995; 13:113-29. [PMID: 7649615 DOI: 10.1002/glia.440130205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The injection of Fluoro-Gold (FG) into the whisker pad of rats yields a stable fluorescent labeling of the motoneurons in the lateral facial subnucleus. Following resection of 8-10 mm of the facial nerve, the microglia phagocytose the FG-preloaded neurons and assume the label. Employing this vital labeling of microglia in situ we studied the fate of same after completion of phagocytic activity. Starting at 56 days post resection (DPR) the FG-labeled microglia spread out from the lateral facial subdivision and invaded the entire facial nucleus. The quantitative analysis of this redistribution of the fluorescent marker revealed a prolonged increase in the number of labeled microglia strictly proportional to the delayed loss of neurons. The differentiation between microglia and shrunken neurons was performed with the new method of immunoquenching: the staining of vibratome sections with anti-rat neuron-specific enolase (NSE) combined with an ABC-HRP kit and DAB as detector totally extinguished (quenched) all fluorescence from the pre-labeled facial motoneurons. The fluorescent microglia were additionally stained with GSA I-B4 and OX-42, which should completely quench all fluorescence in the section. However, a few small round cells, always closely opposed to neuronal perikarya, still fluoresced. These NSE-negative, GSA I-B4 and OX-42 negative, but fluorescent cells may represent a new, immunologically uncharacterized microglial cell type, that participates in neuronophagia.
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- D N Angelov
- Institut I für Anatomie, Universität zu Köln, Germany
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Chapter 1 Peptides in motoneurons. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61781-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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