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Korkmaz MF, Parlakpinar H, Erdem MN, Ceylan MF, Ediz L, Samdanci E, Kekilli E. The therapeutic efficacy of dexpanthenol on sciatic nerve injury in a rat model. Br J Neurosurg 2020; 34:397-401. [PMID: 32297525 DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2020.1749984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate histopathological, functional and bone densitometry examinations of the beneficial effects of dexpanthenol (DEX) on nerve regeneration in a rat model of peripheral nerve crush injury.Methods: Thirty adult Sprague-Dawley rats were divided equally into three groups. A crush injury was simulated in all rats by clamping the right sciatic nerve for one minute. In group 1, one day before the surgical procedure, 500 mg/kg DEX administered via intraperitoneally (ip) was initiated and continued three times in a week during the experiment period as 28 days. In group 2, rats received a dose of 10 mg/kg DEX to investigate possible effects of DEX alone. Group 3 served as the control (sciatic nerve injury) and was not given any drugs.Results: Performance was significantly lower in group 3 compared to the drug treatment groups during the rotarod test (30 rpm and 40 rpm) (p < 0.05). After a while, the rats which were able to remain on the rod was significantly lower in group 3 during the acceleration test (p < 0.05). Hot plate latency test results in group 3 were significantly lower when compared to the other groups (p < 0.05).Conclusion: DEX appears to be useful as a supportive clinical agent for the treatment of pain and nerve damage.
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- Mehmet Fatih Korkmaz
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hisar Intercontinental Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Van YY University School of Medicine, Van, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
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Palispis WA, Gupta R. Surgical repair in humans after traumatic nerve injury provides limited functional neural regeneration in adults. Exp Neurol 2017; 290:106-114. [PMID: 28111229 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Traumatic nerve injuries result in devastating loss of neurologic function with unpredictable functional recovery despite optimal medical management. After traumatic nerve injury and denervation, regenerating axons must traverse a complex environment in which they encounter numerous barriers on the way to reinnervation of their target muscle. Outcomes of surgical intervention alone have unfortunately reached a plateau, resulting in often unsatisfactory functional recovery. Over the past few decades, many improvements were developed to supplement and boost the results of surgical repair. Biological optimization of Schwann cells, macrophages, and degradation enzymes have been studied due to the key roles of these components in axonal development, maintenance and response to injury. Moreover, surgical techniques such as nerve grafting, conduits, and growth factor supplementation are also employed to enhance the microenvironment and nerve regeneration. Yet, most of the roadblocks to recovery after nerve injury remain unsolved. These roadblocks include, but are not limited to: slow regeneration rates and specificity of target innervation, the presence of a segmental nerve defect, and degeneration of the target end-organ after prolonged periods of denervation. A recognition of these limitations is necessary so as to develop new strategies to improve functional regeneration for these life changing injuries.
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- Winnie A Palispis
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA; Peripheral Nerve Research Lab, Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, California, USA.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA; Peripheral Nerve Research Lab, Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, California, USA; VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA 90822, USA.
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Hill PS, Apel PJ, Barnwell J, Smith T, Koman LA, Atala A, Van Dyke M. Repair of peripheral nerve defects in rabbits using keratin hydrogel scaffolds. Tissue Eng Part A 2011; 17:1499-505. [PMID: 21275820 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2010.0184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Entubulation of transected nerves using bioabsorbable conduits is a promising alternative to sural nerve autografting, but full functional recovery is rarely achieved. Numerous studies have suggested that scaffold-based conduit fillers may promote axon regeneration, but no neuroinductive biomaterial filler has been identified. We previously showed that a nerve guide filled with keratin hydrogel actively stimulates regeneration in a mouse model, and results in functional outcomes superior to empty conduits at early time points. The goal of the present study was to develop a peripheral nerve defect model in a rabbit and assess the effectiveness of a keratin hydrogel filler. Although repairs with keratin-filled conduits were not as consistently successful as autograft overall, the use of keratin resulted in a significant improvement in conduction delay compared to both empty conduits and autograft, as well as a significant improvement in amplitude recovery compared to empty conduits when measurable regeneration did occur. Taking into account all study animals (i.e., regenerated and nonregenerated), histological assessment showed that keratin-treated nerves had significantly greater myelin thickness than empty conduits. These data support the findings of our earlier study and suggest that keratin hydrogel fillers have the potential to be used clinically to improve conduit repair.
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- Paulina S Hill
- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Chaiyasate K, Schaffner A, Jackson IT, Mittal V. Comparing FK-506 with Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (b-FGF) on the Repair of a Peripheral Nerve Defect Using an Autogenous Vein Bridge Model. J INVEST SURG 2009; 22:401-5. [DOI: 10.3109/08941930903410775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The extracellular matrix of peripheral nerve plays a vital role in terms of normal nerve fibre function and also in the regenerative response following nerve injury. Nerve fibre loss is a major feature of diabetic neuropathy; however, the regenerative response is limited and this may be associated with changes in the composition of the extracellular matrix. Glycoproteins and collagens are major components of the extracellular matrix and are known to be important in terms of axonal growth. This work has therefore examined whether changes in the expression of two major glycoproteins, laminin and tenascin, and three collagen types (IV, V and VI) occur in the endoneurial and perineurial connective tissue compartments of human diabetic nerve. Despite being known to have a positive effect in terms of axonal growth, laminin levels were not elevated in the diabetic nerves. However, the pattern of tenascin expression did differ between the two groups being found in association with axon myelin units in the diabetic samples only. The pattern of collagen IV expression was the same in both tissue groups and was not found to be up-regulated. However, levels of collagen V and VI were both significantly increased in the endoneurium and for collagen VI also in the perineurium.
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- Rebecca Hill
- The Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Hull, UK.
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Zehbe R, Gross U, Schubert H. Inverse inkjet printed gold micro electrodes for the structured deposition of epithelial cells and fibrin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 24:537-42. [PMID: 17869176 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioeng.2007.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The micro structured deposition of vital cells is an important challenge in tissue engineering, biosensor technology, and in all research dealing with cell-cell and cell-substrate contacts. Hence, an inkjet printing technology has been developed to manufacture Au-based micro electrodes by sputter coating inversely printed polyester-foils. These electrodes feature minimal structure sizes of 35 microm and consist of an anode and a cathode part. They were used with fibrinogenic epithelial cell suspensions to deposit human keratinocytes (HaCaT), mouse fibroblasts (L-929) and the protein fibrin by applying DC voltage. Subsequently cells were electrophoretically attracted to the anode, following exactly its shape, while the insoluble fibrin was simultaneously precipitated due to the electrically mediated polymerization of the soluble fibrinogen molecule. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that this technique is suitable to co-deposit both cell types in a layered fashion. The lower voltage boundary for successful deposition was set at approximately 0.8 V needed for the conversion of fibrinogen into fibrin, while the upper voltage boundary was set at approximately 1.85 V, when commencing electrolysis inhibited the deposition of vital cells. Subsequent to the anodic cell-fibrin deposition, cells were cultivated for up to 4 days and then characterized by FDA+EB staining, methyl violet staining, MNF staining and SEM. The conversion from fibrinogen into fibrin was studied using ATR/FTIR.
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- Rolf Zehbe
- Technical University Berlin, Institute of Materials Science and Technologies, Englische Strasse 20, Berlin 10587, Germany.
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Pastorino L, Caneva Soumetz F, Ruggiero C. Nanofunctionalisation for the treatment of peripheral nervous system injuries. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2005:5854-7. [PMID: 17281591 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A construct based on the electrostatic layer-by-layer self assembly technique has been fabricated, to be used as a tailored device to encourage nerve regeneration. A multilayered nanocoating composed by three precursor bilayers of cationic and anionic polyelectrolytes followed by bilayers of poly-D-lysine (PDL) and antibody specific to Transforming Growth Factor beta1 (anti-TGF-beta1) has been deposited on HYAFF 11. Initially the assembly process has been monitored by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) in order to select the optimal working conditions for nanocoating deposition. Structural studies of the resulting multilayers confirmed stepwise deposition of anti-TGF-beta1 with an average layer thickness of 2.6 nm and an average layer mass of 117 ng. Atomic Force Microscopy has been used to characterize multilayer uniformity. Finally, the immunological activity of the multilayered structure has been assessed. The results show that anti-TGF-beta1 can be included in its active form in a predetermined multilayered structure onto HYAFF11 with quantitative control of layer thickness and weight, providing a high potential tool in tissue engineering.
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- L Pastorino
- D.I.S.T, University of Genova, Via Opera Pia 13, 16145 Genova, Italy
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Zehbe R, Gross U, Knabe C, Radlanski RJ, Schubert H. Anodic cell-protein deposition on inverse inkjet printed micro structured gold surfaces. Biosens Bioelectron 2007; 22:1493-500. [PMID: 16914304 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2006.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2006] [Revised: 04/05/2006] [Accepted: 07/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The transformation of fibrinogen into fibrin is biologically activated in a complex multi-step process known as the coagulation cascade. This transformation can also be triggered by anodic surfaces. It has been suggested that this mechanism is a result of an electron transfer from the anode to the fibrinogen molecule resulting in the formation of fibrin. In this study we used this pathway to simultaneously deposit vital cells (fibroblasts and keratinocytes) and fibrin on micro structured gold electrodes. The electrodes were produced using a novel inverse inkjet-printing technology in combination with subsequent gold-sputtering, resulting in minimal structure-sizes of 35 microm (+/-6 microm). Cell deposition and fibrin-coagulation were found to occur on the anode only, following exactly the micro structured electrode surface. Successful deposition was limited by the minimal voltage (0.8 V) needed for the formation of fibrin and the maximum voltage (1.85 V) resulting in the deterioration of the Au-electrodes due to electrolysis and possible damaging of the deposited cells due to the formation of molecular chlorine. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that this technique is suitable to co-cultivate different cell types in a layered fashion. Subsequent to the electrically mediated anodic cell-protein deposition, cells were cultivated for up to 4 days and then characterized by vital fluorescence staining, methyl violet-staining and scanning electron microscopy. Cell-vitality was found to be dependent on the experimental setup; in this study non-vital cells were only observed, when sequentially depositing two different cell types. Finally, the coagulation mechanism was studied using HPLC, SDS-gel-chromatography and ATR/FTIR.
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- R Zehbe
- Technical University Berlin, Institute of Material Science and Technologies, Englische Strasse 20, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
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Lee KS, Baek JR, Lee GH, Choi GW. Comparative Study of Scar Formation at the Site of Sciatic Nerve Repair in Rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.4055/jkoa.2007.42.2.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kwang Suk Lee
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon Medical College, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Alluin O, Feron F, Desouches C, Dousset E, Pellissier JF, Magalon G, Decherchi P. Metabosensitive Afferent Fiber Responses after Peripheral Nerve Injury and Transplantation of an Acellular Muscle Graft in Association with Schwann Cells. J Neurotrauma 2006; 23:1883-94. [PMID: 17184196 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Studies dedicated to the repair of peripheral nerve focused almost exclusively on motor or mechanosensitive fiber regeneration. Poor attention has been paid to the metabosensitive fibers from group III and IV (also called ergoreceptor). Previously, we demonstrated that the metabosensitive response from the tibialis anterior muscle was partially restored when the transected nerve was immediately sutured. In the present study, we assessed motor and metabosensitive responses of the regenerated axons in a rat model in which 1 cm segment of the peroneal nerve was removed and immediately replaced by an autologous nerve graft or an acellular muscle graft. Four groups of animals were included: control animals (C, no graft), transected animals grafted with either an autologous nerve graft (Gold Standard-GS) or an acellular muscle filled with Schwann Cells (MSC) or Culture Medium (MCM). We observed that (1) the tibialis anterior muscle was atrophied in GS, M(SC) and M(CM) groups, with no significant difference between grafted groups; (2) the contractile properties of the reinnervated muscles after nerve stimulation were similar in all groups; (3) the metabosensitive afferent responses to electrically induced fatigue was smaller in M(SC) and MCM groups; and (4) the metabosensitive afferent responses to two chemical agents (KCl and lactic acid) was decreased in GS, M(SC) and M(CM) groups. Altogether, these data indicate a motor axonal regeneration and an immature metabosensitive afferent fiber regrowth through acellular muscle grafts. Similarities between the two groups grafted with acellular muscles suggest that, in our conditions, implanted Schwann cells do not improve nerve regeneration. Future studies could include engineered conduits that mimic as closely as possible the internal organization of uninjured nerve.
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- Olivier Alluin
- Laboratoire des Déterminants Physiologiques de l'Activité Physique (UPRES EA 3285), Institut Fédératif de Recherche (IFR) 107, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Compressive neuropathies are highly prevalent, debilitating conditions with variable functional recovery after surgical decompression. Chronic nerve compression injury induces concurrent Schwann cell proliferation and apoptosis in the early stages of the disorder, independent of axonal injury. These proliferating Schwann cells locally demyelinate and remyelinate in the region of injury. Furthermore, Schwann cells upregulate vascular endothelial growth factor secondary to chronic nerve compression injury and induce neovascularization to facilitate the recruitment of macrophages. In contrast to Wallerian degeneration, macrophage recruitment occurs gradually with chronic nerve compression injury and continues for a longer time. Schwann cells change their gene and protein expression in response to mechanical stimuli as shear stress decreases the expression of myelin associated glycoprotein and myelin basic protein mRNA and protein for in vitro promyelinating Schwann cells. The local down-regulation of myelin associated glycoprotein in the region of compression injury creates an environment allowing axonal sprouting that may be reversed with intraneural injections of purified myelin associated glycoprotein. These studies suggest that while the reciprocal relationship between neurons and glial cells is maintained, chronic nerve compression injury is a Schwann cell-mediated disease.
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- Ranjan Gupta
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Biomedical Engineering in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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