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Mikhailova MM, Volobueva MN, Panteleyev AA. Mechanisms driving the initiation and direction of endothelial sprouting in organotypic co-culture of aorta and spinal cord tissues. Cell Biochem Funct 2021; 39:679-687. [PMID: 33904209 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The resumption of blood supply in spinal cord (SC) after injury is a prerequisite of its recovery. To expose the mechanisms of damaged SC revascularization we have used an organotypic SC/aortic fragments (AF) co-culture where, as we showed previously, damaged SC tissue induces AF cell sprouting but repels them away. Supplementation of culture medium with exogenous VEGF-A165 redirects the migrating aortic endothelial cells towards SC tissue. This effect and the pattern of sFlt1 expression (a soluble form of VEGFR1) suggest that the low level of SC-secreted VEGF and the presence of sFlt1 in SC slices together prevent the migration of aortic CD31+ cells to the SC in the absence of exogenous VEGF. VEGF-A165 supplementation sequesters this inhibitory activity of sFlt1 by direct binding thus allowing CD31+ cell migration in to SC tissue. Proteome analysis has shown that migration/proliferation of CD31+ and αSMA+ aortic cells in neuronal culture medium used in our SC/AF model (which obstruct sprouting by itself) was resumed by combined action of several pro- (aFGF, bFGF, Osteopontin, TF, IGFBP2, SDF1) and anti-angiogenic (Endostatin/Collagen18) factors. The mutual influence of AF and SC tissues is a key factor balancing these factors and thus driving endothelial sprouting in SC injury zone.
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- Mariya M Mikhailova
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Kurchatov Complex of NBICS-Technologies, Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Kurchatov Complex of NBICS-Technologies, Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Moscow, Russia
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Wang K, Li M, Jin L, Deng C, Chen Z, Chen H, Han Y, Qian L, Li X, Shen H. Retracted Article: Melatonin protects spinal cord injury by up-regulating IGFBP3 through the improvement of microcirculation in a rat model. RSC Adv 2019; 9:32072-32080. [PMID: 35530801 PMCID: PMC9072846 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04591k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The present study was aimed at the investigation of the effects of melatonin on spinal cord injury (SCI) and the role of IGFBP3 in SCI both in vivo and in vitro. The rats received treatment with 100 mg kg-1 melatonin or both melatonin and pGenesil-1-si-IGFBP3 (50 µg per g bw) after SCI surgery. The motor function in rats was measured using the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan (BBB) scale score; perfusion vessel area was determined by injecting FITC-conjugated lycopersicon esculentum agglutinin lectin (FITC-LEA), whereas the blood-spinal cord barrier permeability was measured using Evans blue. The pericytes were isolated, and the cells were cultured under hypoxia, treated with melatonin or transfected with si-IGFBP3. RT-qPCR and western blotting were conducted for the determination of IGFBP3, VEGF, MMP-2, ICAM-1 and Ang1. The expression of IGFBP3 was significantly down-regulated in the SCI rats, and melatonin significantly enhanced the IGFBP3 level. Melatonin improved the motor function, reduced the neuron injury, and improved the microcirculation in rats. However, the down-regulation of IGFBP3 significantly reversed these effects. Moreover, in both the SCI rat spinal cord tissues and the in vitro pericytes under hypoxia, the expressions of IGFBP3 and Ang1 were significantly down-regulated, whereas those of the proteins MMP-2, VEGF and ICAM-1 were significantly up-regulated, and melatonin dramatically inhibited these changes. Melatonin could protect the rats from SCI by improving the microcirculation through the up-regulation of IGFBP3.
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- Kun Wang
- Department of Spine Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 160 Pujian Rd. Shanghai 200127 China +86-21-68383536 +86-21-68383536
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- Department of Ultrasound, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai 200090 China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 160 Pujian Rd. Shanghai 200127 China +86-21-68383536 +86-21-68383536
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 160 Pujian Rd. Shanghai 200127 China +86-21-68383536 +86-21-68383536
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 160 Pujian Rd. Shanghai 200127 China +86-21-68383536 +86-21-68383536
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 160 Pujian Rd. Shanghai 200127 China +86-21-68383536 +86-21-68383536
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 160 Pujian Rd. Shanghai 200127 China +86-21-68383536 +86-21-68383536
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 160 Pujian Rd. Shanghai 200127 China +86-21-68383536 +86-21-68383536
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 160 Pujian Rd. Shanghai 200127 China +86-21-68383536 +86-21-68383536
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 160 Pujian Rd. Shanghai 200127 China +86-21-68383536 +86-21-68383536
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McCallum-Loudeac J, Anderson G, Wilson MJ. Age and Sex-Related Changes to Gene Expression in the Mouse Spinal Cord. J Mol Neurosci 2019; 69:419-432. [PMID: 31267314 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-019-01371-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The spinal cord is essential for neuronal communication between the brain and rest of the body. To gain further insight into the molecular changes underpinning maturation of the mouse spinal cord, we analysed gene expression differences between 4 weeks of age (prior to puberty onset) and adulthood (8 weeks). We found 800 genes were significantly differentially expressed between juvenile and adult spinal cords. Gene ontology analysis revealed an overrepresentation of genes with roles in myelination and signal transduction among others. The expression of a further 19 genes was sexually dimorphic; these included both autosomal and sex-linked genes. Given the presence of steroid hormone receptors in the spinal cord, we also looked at the impact of two major steroid hormones, oestradiol and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on spinal cord gene expression for selected genes. In gonadectomised male animals, implants with oestradiol and DHT produced significant changes to spinal cord gene expression. This study provides an overview of the global gene expression changes that occur as the spinal cord matures, over a key period of maturation. This confirms that both age and sex are important considerations in studies involving the spinal cord.
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- Jeremy McCallum-Loudeac
- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.
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Sakowski SA, Schuyler AD, Feldman EL. Insulin-like growth factor-I for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 10:63-73. [PMID: 18608100 DOI: 10.1080/17482960802160370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects both upper and lower motorneurons (MN) resulting in weakness, paralysis and subsequent death. Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is a potent neurotrophic factor that has neuroprotective properties in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Due to the efficacy of IGF-I in the treatment of other diseases and its ability to promote neuronal survival, IGF-I is being extensively studied in ALS therapeutic trials. This review covers in vitro and in vivo studies examining the efficacy of IGF-I in ALS model systems and also addresses the mechanisms by which IGF-I asserts its effects in these models, the status of the IGF-I system in ALS patients, results of clinical trials, and the need for the development of better delivery mechanisms to maximize IGF-I efficacy. The knowledge obtained from these studies suggests that IGF-I has the potential to be a safe and efficacious therapy for ALS.
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- Stacey A Sakowski
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Corti S, Locatelli F, Papadimitriou D, Donadoni C, Del Bo R, Crimi M, Bordoni A, Fortunato F, Strazzer S, Menozzi G, Salani S, Bresolin N, Comi GP. Transplanted ALDHhiSSClo neural stem cells generate motor neurons and delay disease progression of nmd mice, an animal model of SMARD1. Hum Mol Genet 2005; 15:167-87. [PMID: 16339214 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1) is an infantile autosomal-recessive motor neuron disease caused by mutations in the immunoglobulin micro-binding protein 2. We investigated the potential of a spinal cord neural stem cell population isolated on the basis of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) activity to modify disease progression of nmd mice, an animal model of SMARD1. ALDH(hi)SSC(lo) stem cells are self-renewing and multipotent and when intrathecally transplanted in nmd mice generate motor neurons properly localized in the spinal cord ventral horns. Transplanted nmd animals presented delayed disease progression, sparing of motor neurons and ventral root axons and increased lifespan. To further investigate the molecular events responsible for these differences, microarray and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analyses of wild-type, mutated and transplanted nmd spinal cord were undertaken. We demonstrated a down-regulation of genes involved in excitatory amino acid toxicity and oxidative stress handling, as well as an up-regulation of genes related to the chromatin organization in nmd compared with wild-type mice, suggesting that they may play a role in SMARD1 pathogenesis. Spinal cord of nmd-transplanted mice expressed high transcript levels for genes related to neurogenesis such as doublecortin (DCX), LIS1 and drebrin. The presence of DCX-expressing cells in adult nmd spinal cord suggests that both exogenous and endogenous neurogeneses may contribute to the observed nmd phenotype amelioration.
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- Stefania Corti
- Dino Ferrari Centre, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, IRCCS Foundation Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli and Regina Elena, Milan, Italy
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Varela-Nieto I, de la Rosa EJ, Valenciano AI, León Y. Cell death in the nervous system: lessons from insulin and insulin-like growth factors. Mol Neurobiol 2003; 28:23-50. [PMID: 14514984 DOI: 10.1385/mn:28:1:23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2002] [Accepted: 02/28/2003] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Programmed cell death is an essential process for proper neural development. Cell death, with its similar regulatory and executory mechanisms, also contributes to the origin or progression of many or even all neurodegenerative diseases. An understanding of the mechanisms that regulate cell death during neural development may provide new targets and tools to prevent neurodegeneration. Many studies that have focused mainly on insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), have shown that insulin-related growth factors are widely expressed in the developing and adult nervous system, and positively modulate a number of processes during neural development, as well as in adult neuronal and glial physiology. These factors also show neuroprotective effects following neural damage. Although some specific actions have been demonstrated to be anti-apoptotic, we propose that a broad neuroprotective role is the foundation for many of the observed functions of the insulin-related growth factors, whose therapeutical potential for nervous system disorders may be greater than currently accepted.
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- Isabel Varela-Nieto
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CSIC-UAM), Arturo Duperier 4, E-28029 Madrid, Spain.
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