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Follis RM, Tep C, Genaro-Mattos TC, Kim ML, Ryu JC, Morrison VE, Chan JR, Porter N, Carter BD, Yoon SO. Metabolic Control of Sensory Neuron Survival by the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor in Schwann Cells. J Neurosci 2021; 41:8710-8724. [PMID: 34507952 PMCID: PMC8528492 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3243-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
We report that the neurotrophin receptor p75 contributes to sensory neuron survival through the regulation of cholesterol metabolism in Schwann cells. Selective deletion of p75 in mouse Schwann cells of either sex resulted in a 30% loss of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons and diminished thermal sensitivity. P75 regulates Schwann cell cholesterol biosynthesis in response to BDNF, forming a co-receptor complex with ErbB2 and activating ErbB2-mediated stimulation of sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 (SREBP2), a master regulator of cholesterol synthesis. Schwann cells lacking p75 exhibited decreased activation of SREBP2 and a reduction in 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) reductase (DHCR7) expression, resulting in accumulation of the neurotoxic intermediate, 7-dehyrocholesterol in the sciatic nerve. Restoration of DHCR7 in p75 null Schwann cells in mice significantly attenuated DRG neuron loss. Together, these results reveal a mechanism by which the disruption of lipid metabolism in glial cells negatively influences sensory neuron survival, which has implications for a wide range of peripheral neuropathies.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Although expressed in Schwann cells, the role of p75 in myelination has remained unresolved in part because of its dual expression in sensory neurons that Schwann cells myelinate. When p75 was deleted selectively among Schwann cells, myelination was minimally affected, while sensory neuron survival was reduced by 30%. The phenotype is mainly due to dysregulation of cholesterol biosynthesis in p75-deficient Schwann cells, leading to an accumulation of neurotoxic cholesterol precursor, 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC). Mechanism-wise, we discovered that in response to BDNF, p75 recruits and activates ErbB2 independently of ErbB3, thereby stimulating the master regulator, sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 (SREBP2). These results together highlight a novel role of p75 in Schwann cells in regulating DRG neuron survival by orchestrating proper cholesterol metabolism.
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- Rose M Follis
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Arts and Sciences, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Arts and Sciences, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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Mobini S, Kuliasha CA, Siders ZA, Bohmann NA, Jamal SM, Judy JW, Schmidt CE, Brennan AB. Microtopographical patterns promote different responses in fibroblasts and Schwann cells: A possible feature for neural implants. J Biomed Mater Res A 2021; 109:64-76. [PMID: 32419308 PMCID: PMC8059778 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The chronic reliability of bioelectronic neural interfaces has been challenged by foreign body reactions (FBRs) resulting in fibrotic encapsulation and poor integration with neural tissue. Engineered microtopographies could alleviate these challenges by manipulating cellular responses to the implanted device. Parallel microchannels have been shown to modulate neuronal cell alignment and axonal growth, and Sharklet™ microtopographies of targeted feature sizes can modulate bio-adhesion of an array of bacteria, marine organisms, and epithelial cells due to their unique geometry. We hypothesized that a Sharklet™ micropattern could be identified that inhibited fibroblasts partially responsible for FBR while promoting Schwann cell proliferation and alignment. in vitro cell assays were used to screen the effect of Sharklet™ and channel micropatterns of varying dimensions from 2 to 20 μm on fibroblast and Schwann cell metrics (e.g., morphology/alignment, nuclei count, metabolic activity), and a hierarchical analysis of variance was used to compare treatments. In general, Schwann cells were found to be more metabolically active and aligned than fibroblasts when compared between the same pattern. 20 μm wide channels spaced 2 μm apart were found to promote Schwann cell attachment and alignment while simultaneously inhibiting fibroblasts and warrant further in vivo study on neural interface devices. No statistically significant trends between cellular responses and geometrical parameters were identified because mammalian cells can change their morphology dependent on their environment in a manner dissimilar to bacteria. Our results showed although surface patterning is a strong physical tool for modulating cell behavior, responses to micropatterns are highly dependent on the cell type.
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- Sahba Mobini
- Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida, USA
- Instituto de Micro y Nanotecnología, IMN-CNM, CSIC (CEI UAM+CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Molecular and Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (UAM-CSIC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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- Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technology, University of Florida, USA
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- Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, USA
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- Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida, USA
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- Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida, USA
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- Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technology, University of Florida, USA
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- Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida, USA
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- Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida, USA
- Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida, USA
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Mikdache A, Fontenas L, Albadri S, Revenu C, Loisel-Duwattez J, Lesport E, Degerny C, Del Bene F, Tawk M. Elmo1 function, linked to Rac1 activity, regulates peripheral neuronal numbers and myelination in zebrafish. Cell Mol Life Sci 2019; 77:161-177. [PMID: 31161284 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03167-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Peripheral nervous system development involves a tight coordination of neuronal birth and death and a substantial remodelling of the myelinating glia cytoskeleton to achieve myelin wrapping of its projecting axons. However, how these processes are coordinated through time is still not understood. We have identified engulfment and cell motility 1, Elmo1, as a novel component that regulates (i) neuronal numbers within the Posterior Lateral Line ganglion and (ii) radial sorting of axons by Schwann cells (SC) and myelination in the PLL system in zebrafish. Our results show that neuronal and myelination defects observed in elmo1 mutant are rescued through small GTPase Rac1 activation. Inhibiting macrophage development leads to a decrease in neuronal numbers, while peripheral myelination is intact. However, elmo1 mutants do not show defective macrophage activity, suggesting a role for Elmo1 in PLLg neuronal development and SC myelination independent of macrophages. Forcing early Elmo1 and Rac1 expression specifically within SCs rescues elmo1-/- myelination defects, highlighting an autonomous role for Elmo1 and Rac1 in radial sorting of axons by SCs and myelination. This uncovers a previously unknown function of Elmo1 that regulates fundamental aspects of PNS development.
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- Aya Mikdache
- U1195, Inserm, University Paris Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 94276, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- U1195, Inserm, University Paris Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 94276, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4328, USA
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France
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- U1195, Inserm, University Paris Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 94276, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- U1195, Inserm, University Paris Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 94276, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- U1195, Inserm, University Paris Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 94276, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- U1195, Inserm, University Paris Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 94276, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
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Sun L, Wang M, Chen S, Sun B, Guo Y, He C, Mo X, Zhu B, You Z. Molecularly engineered metal-based bioactive soft materials - Neuroactive magnesium ion/polymer hybrids. Acta Biomater 2019; 85:310-319. [PMID: 30586648 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.12.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The development of bioactive soft materials that can guide cell behavior and have biomimetic mechanical properties is an active and challenging topic in regenerative medicine. A common strategy to create a bioactive soft material is the integration of biomacromolecules with polymers. However, limited by their complex structures and sensitivity to temperature and chemicals, it is relatively difficult to maintain the bioactivity of biomacromolecules during their preparation, storage, and application. Here, a new kind of bioactive soft material based on the molecular integration of metal ions and polymers is designed and exemplified by a hybrid of magnesium ion (Mg2+) and poly(glycerol-sebacate-maleate) (PGSM-Mg). Mg2+ was firmly incorporated into PGSM molecules through a complexation interaction as evidenced by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The PGSM matrix provided the soft nature and facile processing of the hybrid, which could serve as an injectable material and be fabricated into elastic porous three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds. The Mg2+ immobilized in the PGSM chain conferred neuroactivity to the resultant hybrid. PGSM-Mg exhibited adequate biodegradability and a sustained release of Mg2+. PGSM-Mg 3D scaffolds promoted the adhesion and proliferation of Schwann cells (SCs) more effectively than poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) scaffolds. Furthermore, SCs on PGSM-Mg scaffolds expressed significantly more neural specific genes than those on PLGA, PGS, and PGSM, including nerve growth factor (NGF) and neurotrophic factor-3 (NTF3). All these results indicated that Mg2+ immobilized through molecular integration could efficiently regulate the bioactivity of polymers. In view of the wide availability, diverse bioactivity, and high stability of metal ions, the strategy of molecular coupling of metal ions and polymers is expected to be a new general approach to construct bioactive soft materials. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Bioactive soft materials are designed on the basis of the molecular integration of metal ions and polymers. Immobilized metal ions offer a new way to endow bioactivity to polymers. Different from biomolecules such as proteins and genes, metal ions are quite stable and can resist harsh processing conditions. Further, the polymeric matrix provides the soft nature and facile processing of the hybrid. Different from stiff metal-containing inorganic materials, the hybrid is a biomimetic soft material and can be readily processed just like its polymer precursor under mild conditions. In view of the diversity of metal ions and polymers, this strategy is expected to be a new powerful and general approach to construct bioactive soft materials for a wide range of biomedical applications.
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- Lijie Sun
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fiber and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fiber and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fiber and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fiber and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fiber and Polymer Materials, International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Fiber and Low-dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, China.
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González Porto SA, Domenech N, González Rodríguez A, Avellaneda Oviedo EM, Blanco FJ, Arufe Gonda MC, Álvarez Jorge Á, Sánchez Ibañez J, Rendal Vázquez E. The addition of albumin improves Schwann cells viability in nerve cryopreservation. Cell Tissue Bank 2018; 19:507-517. [PMID: 29700649 DOI: 10.1007/s10561-018-9700-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The purpose of the current study was to establish a valid protocol for nerve cryopreservation, and to evaluate if the addition of albumin supposed any advantage in the procedure. We compared a traditional cryopreservation method that uses dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as cryoprotectant, to an alternative method that uses DMSO and albumin. Six Wistar Lewis rats were used to obtain twelve 20 mm fragments of sciatic nerve. In the first group, six fragments were cryopreserved in 199 media with 10% DMSO, with a temperature decreasing rate of 1 °C per minute. In the second group, six fragments were cryopreserved adding 4% human albumin. The unfreezing process consisted of sequential washings with saline in the first group, and saline and 20% albumin in the second group at 37 °C until the crioprotectant was removed. Structural evaluation was performed through histological analysis and electronic microscopy. The viability was assessed with the calcein-AM (CAM) and 4',6-diamino-2-fenilindol (DAPI) staining. Histological results showed a correct preservation of peripheral nerve architecture and no significant differences were found between the two groups. However, Schwann cells viability showed in the CAM-DAPI staining was significantly superior in the albumin group. The viability of Schwann cells was significantly increased when albumin was added to the nerve cryopreservation protocol. However, no significant structural differences were found between groups. Further studies need to be performed to assess the cryopreserved nerve functionality using this new method.
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- Sara Alicia González Porto
- Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain.
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- Biobanco A Coruña- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain
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- Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación de Proteómica-PBR2-ProteoRed/ISCIII-Servicio de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Grupo de Terapia Celular y Medicina Regenerativa (TCMR-CHUAC), CIBER BBN/ISCIII, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Ciencias Biomédicas, Medicina y Fisioterapia, Facultade de Oza, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain
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- Unidad de Criobiología, Banco de Tejidos, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), A Coruña, Spain
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- Unidad de Criobiología, Banco de Tejidos, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), A Coruña, Spain
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Gökbuget D, Pereira JA, Opitz L, Christe D, Kessler T, Marchais A, Suter U. The miRNA biogenesis pathway prevents inappropriate expression of injury response genes in developing and adult Schwann cells. Glia 2018; 66:2632-2644. [PMID: 30295958 PMCID: PMC6585637 DOI: 10.1002/glia.23516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Proper function of the nervous system depends on myelination. In peripheral nerves, Schwann cells (SCs) myelinate axons and the miRNA biogenesis pathway is required for developmental myelination and myelin maintenance. However, regulatory roles of this pathway at different stages of myelination are only partially understood. We addressed the requirement of the core miRNA biogenesis pathway components Dgcr8, Drosha, and Dicer in developing and adult SCs using mouse mutants with a comparative genetics and transcriptomics approach. We found that the microprocessor components Dgcr8 and Drosha are crucial for axonal radial sorting and to establish correct SC numbers upon myelination. Transcriptome analyses revealed a requirement of the microprocessor to prevent aberrantly increased expression of injury-response genes. Those genes are predicted targets of abundant miRNAs in sciatic nerves (SNs) during developmental myelination. In agreement, Dgcr8 and Dicer are required for proper maintenance of the myelinated SC state, where abundant miRNAs in adult SNs are predicted to target injury-response genes. We conclude that the miRNA biogenesis pathway in SCs is crucial for preventing inappropriate activity of injury-response genes in developing and adult SCs.
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- Deniz Gökbuget
- ETH Zurich, Department of BiologyInstitute of Molecular Health SciencesZurichSwitzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of BiologyInstitute of Molecular Health SciencesZurichSwitzerland
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- ETH Zurich/University of ZurichFunctional Genomics Center ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of BiologyInstitute of Molecular Health SciencesZurichSwitzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of BiologyInstitute of Molecular Health SciencesZurichSwitzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of BiologyInstitute of Agricultural SciencesZurichSwitzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of BiologyInstitute of Molecular Health SciencesZurichSwitzerland
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Zolfaghari D, Tebyanian H, Soufdoost RS, Emamgholi A, Barkhordari A, Herfedoost GR, Kaka GR, Rashidiani J. Modified PLGA nanofibers as a nerve regenerator with Schwann cells. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2018; 64:66-71. [PMID: 30511623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Polylactide-co-glycolide acid (PLGA) is known as a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer. This polymer has been highly used in tissue engineering. In this study, the biological behavior of Schwann cells (Rat) was investigated in co-culture with L lysine/gelatine coated PLGA nano-fiber. In this study, PLGA was dissolved in a hexafluoro propanol based solvent and nanofiber prepared by an electronic method. They were coated with gelatin and poly-L-lysine individually. These polymer properties were investigated by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis and contact angle measurement. After extraction of rat Schwann cells, the cells were cultured in three groups of nano-fiber; nano-fiber PLGA, nano-fiber gelatine coated PLGA and nano-fiber poly-L-lysine coated PLGA. Cell death and Cell proliferation were evaluated by Acridine orange staining (living cell with a green nucleus and dead cell with an orange nucleus) and morphology was investigated by SEM in 2, 4 and 6 days. The diameter of electronic nanofiber PLGA was between 270 to 700 nm. Average contact angles of PLGA, PLGA coated with gelatine, coated with poly-L-lysine and PLGA were 40.12, 64.58 and 107.66degrees, respectively. The findings showed a significant reduction of cell proliferation in PLGA nanofiber ( it was important than PLGA without nano-fiber (P <0.05)). But, this amount was increased in nanofiber which coated with poly-L-lysine and gelatine. PLGA nanofiber-poly-L-lysine was more biocompatible than PLGA nanofiber-gelatine and this comparison was done with rat Schwann cells.
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- Davood Zolfaghari
- Neuroscience Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Prevention of Oral and Dental Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nanobiotechnology Research Centre, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nanobiotechnology Research Centre, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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Ma KH, Duong P, Moran JJ, Junaidi N, Svaren J. Polycomb repression regulates Schwann cell proliferation and axon regeneration after nerve injury. Glia 2018; 66:2487-2502. [PMID: 30306639 PMCID: PMC6289291 DOI: 10.1002/glia.23500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The transition of differentiated Schwann cells to support of nerve repair after injury is accompanied by remodeling of the Schwann cell epigenome. The EED-containing polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) catalyzes histone H3K27 methylation and represses key nerve repair genes such as Shh, Gdnf, and Bdnf, and their activation is accompanied by loss of H3K27 methylation. Analysis of nerve injury in mice with a Schwann cell-specific loss of EED showed the reversal of polycomb repression is required and a rate limiting step in the increased transcription of Neuregulin 1 (type I), which is required for efficient remyelination. However, mouse nerves with EED-deficient Schwann cells display slow axonal regeneration with significantly low expression of axon guidance genes, including Sema4f and Cntf. Finally, EED loss causes impaired Schwann cell proliferation after injury with significant induction of the Cdkn2a cell cycle inhibitor gene. Interestingly, PRC2 subunits and CDKN2A are commonly co-mutated in the transition from benign neurofibromas to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST's). RNA-seq analysis of EED-deficient mice identified PRC2-regulated molecular pathways that may contribute to the transition to malignancy in neurofibromatosis.
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- Ki H. Ma
- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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Villalón E, Barry DM, Byers N, Frizzi K, Jones MR, Landayan DS, Dale JM, Downer NL, Calcutt NA, Garcia ML. Internode length is reduced during myelination and remyelination by neurofilament medium phosphorylation in motor axons. Exp Neurol 2018; 306:158-168. [PMID: 29772247 PMCID: PMC5994378 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2018.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
The distance between nodes of Ranvier, referred to as internode length, positively correlates with axon diameter, and is optimized during development to ensure maximal neuronal conduction velocity. Following myelin loss, internode length is reestablished through remyelination. However, remyelination results in short internode lengths and reduced conduction rates. We analyzed the potential role of neurofilament phosphorylation in regulating internode length during remyelination and myelination. Following ethidium bromide induced demyelination, levels of neurofilament medium (NF-M) and heavy (NF-H) phosphorylation were unaffected. Preventing NF-M lysine-serine-proline (KSP) repeat phosphorylation increased internode length by 30% after remyelination. To further analyze the role of NF-M phosphorylation in regulating internode length, gene replacement was used to produce mice in which all KSP serine residues were replaced with glutamate to mimic constitutive phosphorylation. Mimicking constitutive KSP phosphorylation reduced internode length by 16% during myelination and motor nerve conduction velocity by ~27% without altering sensory nerve structure or function. Our results suggest that NF-M KSP phosphorylation is part of a cooperative mechanism between axons and Schwann cells that together determine internode length, and suggest motor and sensory axons utilize different mechanisms to establish internode length.
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- Eric Villalón
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States; C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for the Study of Itch, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States; C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- Department of Quantitative and Systems Biology, University of California Merced, Merced, CA 95343, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States; C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- Department of Biological Science, Moberly Area Community College, Moberly, MO 65270, United States
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States; C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States.
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Negro S, Stazi M, Marchioretto M, Tebaldi T, Rodella U, Duregotti E, Gerke V, Quattrone A, Montecucco C, Rigoni M, Viero G. Hydrogen peroxide is a neuronal alarmin that triggers specific RNAs, local translation of Annexin A2, and cytoskeletal remodeling in Schwann cells. RNA 2018; 24:915-925. [PMID: 29643068 PMCID: PMC6004060 DOI: 10.1261/rna.064816.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Schwann cells are key players in neuro-regeneration: They sense "alarm" signals released by degenerating nerve terminals and differentiate toward a proregenerative phenotype, with phagocytosis of nerve debris and nerve guidance. At the murine neuromuscular junction, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a key signal of Schwann cells' activation in response to a variety of nerve injuries. Here we report that Schwann cells exposed to low doses of H2O2 rewire the expression of several RNAs at both transcriptional and translational levels. Among the genes positively regulated at both levels, we identified an enriched cluster involved in cytoskeleton remodeling and cell migration, with the Annexin (Anxa) proteins being the most represented family. We show that both Annexin A2 (Anxa2) transcript and protein accumulate at the tips of long pseudopods that Schwann cells extend upon H2O2 exposure. Interestingly, Schwann cells reply to this signal and to nerve injury by locally translating Anxa2 in pseudopods, and undergo an extensive cytoskeleton remodeling. Our results show that, similarly to neurons, Schwann cells take advantage of local protein synthesis to change shape and move toward damaged axonal terminals to facilitate axonal regeneration.
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- Samuele Negro
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, 38123 Povo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy
- CNR Institute of Neuroscience, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics, CNR Unit at Trento, 38123 Povo, Italy
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Kagiava A, Karaiskos C, Richter J, Tryfonos C, Lapathitis G, Sargiannidou I, Christodoulou C, Kleopa KA. Intrathecal gene therapy in mouse models expressing CMT1X mutations. Hum Mol Genet 2018; 27:1460-1473. [PMID: 29462293 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddy056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Gap junction beta-1 (GJB1) gene mutations affecting the gap junction protein connexin32 (Cx32) cause the X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT1X), a common inherited neuropathy. Targeted expression of virally delivered Cx32 in Schwann cells following intrathecal injection of lentiviral vectors in the Cx32 knockout (KO) mouse model of the disease has led to morphological and functional improvement. To examine whether this approach could be effective in CMT1X patients expressing different Cx32 mutants, we treated transgenic Cx32 KO mice expressing the T55I, R75W or N175D CMT1X mutations. All three mutants were localized in the perinuclear compartment of myelinating Schwann cells consistent with retention in the ER (T55I) or Golgi (R75W, N175D) and loss of physiological expression in the non-compact myelin. Following intrathecal delivery of the GJB1 gene we detected the virally delivered wild-type (WT) Cx32 in non-compact myelin of T55I KO mice, but only rarely in N175D KO or R75W KO mice, suggesting dominant-negative effects of the R75W and N175D mutants but not of the T55I mutant on co-expressed WT Cx32. GJB1 treated T55I KO mice showed improved motor performance, lower ratios of abnormally myelinated fibers and reduction of inflammatory cells in spinal roots and peripheral nerves compared with mock-treated littermates. Either partial (N175D KO) or no (R75W KO) improvement was observed in the other two mutant lines. Thus, certain CMT1X mutants may interfere with gene addition therapy for CMT1X. Whereas gene addition can be used for non-interfering CMT1X mutations, further studies will be needed to develop treatments for patients harboring interfering mutations.
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- A Kagiava
- Neuroscience Laboratory, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Neuroscience Laboratory, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Molecular Virology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Molecular Virology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Neuroscience Laboratory, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Neuroscience Laboratory, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Molecular Virology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Neuroscience Laboratory, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
- Neurology Clinics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) enables visualization of the ultrastructure of the myelin sheath. Schwann cells on the posterior lateral line nerves and motor nerves can be imaged by TEM. Here, we detail the multiday processing of larval trunks and dissected posterior lateral line for TEM, as well as how to trim embedded samples, section, and stain grids for imaging.
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- Rebecca L Cunningham
- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Our understanding of the processes controlling peripheral nervous system myelination have been significantly benefited by the development of an in vitro myelinating culture system in which primary Schwann cells are cocultured together with primary sensory neurons. In this chapter, we describe the protocol currently used in our laboratories to establish Schwann cells neuronal myelinating cocultures. We also include a detailed description of the various substrates that can be used to establish it.
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- Carla Taveggia
- Division of Neuroscience and INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Neuroscience and INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Wise AK, Pujol R, Landry TG, Fallon JB, Shepherd RK. Structural and Ultrastructural Changes to Type I Spiral Ganglion Neurons and Schwann Cells in the Deafened Guinea Pig Cochlea. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2017; 18:751-769. [PMID: 28717876 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-017-0631-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Sensorineural hearing loss is commonly caused by damage to cochlear sensory hair cells. Coinciding with hair cell degeneration, the peripheral fibres of type I spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) that normally form synaptic connections with the inner hair cell gradually degenerate. We examined the time course of these degenerative changes in type I SGNs and their satellite Schwann cells at the ultrastructural level in guinea pigs at 2, 6, and 12 weeks following aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss. Degeneration of the peripheral fibres occurred prior to the degeneration of the type I SGN soma and was characterised by shrinkage of the fibre followed by retraction of the axoplasm, often leaving a normal myelin lumen devoid of axoplasmic content. A statistically significant reduction in the cross-sectional area of peripheral fibres was evident as early as 2 weeks following deafening (p < 0.001, ANOVA). This was followed by a decrease in type I SGN density within Rosenthal's canal that was statistically significant 6 weeks following deafening (p < 0.001, ANOVA). At any time point examined, few type I SGN soma were observed undergoing degeneration, implying that once initiated, soma degeneration was rapid. While there was a significant reduction in soma area as well as changes to the morphology of the soma, the ultrastructure of surviving type I SGN soma appeared relatively normal over the 12-week period following deafening. Satellite Schwann cells exhibited greater survival traits than their type I SGN; however, on loss of neural contact, they reverted to a non-myelinating phenotype, exhibiting an astrocyte-like morphology with the formation of processes that appeared to be searching for new neural targets. In 6- and 12-week deafened cochlea, we observed cellular interaction between Schwann cell processes and residual SGNs that distorted the morphology of the SGN soma. Understanding the response of SGNs, Schwann cells, and the complex relationship between them following aminoglycoside deafening is important if we are to develop effective therapeutic techniques designed to rescue SGNs.
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- Andrew K Wise
- The Bionics Institute, 384-388 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia.
- Department of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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- The Bionics Institute, 384-388 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia
- INSERM Unit 1051, INM, Montpellier, France
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- The Bionics Institute, 384-388 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia
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- The Bionics Institute, 384-388 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia
- Department of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- The Bionics Institute, 384-388 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia
- Department of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Groh J, Klein I, Hollmann C, Wettmarshausen J, Klein D, Martini R. CSF-1-activated macrophages are target-directed and essential mediators of Schwann cell dedifferentiation and dysfunction in Cx32-deficient mice. Glia 2015; 63:977-86. [PMID: 25628221 DOI: 10.1002/glia.22796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We investigated connexin 32 (Cx32)-deficient mice, a model for the X-linked form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy (CMT1X), regarding the impact of low-grade inflammation on Schwann cell phenotype. Whereas we previously identified macrophages as amplifiers of the neuropathy, we now explicitly focus on the impact of the phagocytes on Schwann cell dedifferentiation, a so far not-yet addressed disease-related mechanism for CMT1X. Using mice heterozygously deficient for Cx32 and displaying both Cx32-positive and -negative Schwann cells in one and the same nerve, we could demonstrate that macrophage clusters rather than single macrophages precisely associate with mutant but not with Cx32-positive Schwann cells. Similarly, in an advanced stage of Schwann cell perturbation, macrophage clusters were strongly associated with NCAM- and L1-positive, dedifferentiated Schwann cells. To clarify the role of macrophages regarding Schwann cell dedifferentiation, we generated Cx32-deficient mice additionally deficient for the macrophage-directed cytokine colony-stimulating factor (CSF)-1. In the absence of CSF-1, Cx32-deficient Schwann cells not only showed the expected amelioration in myelin preservation but also failed to upregulate the Schwann cell dedifferentiation markers NCAM and L1. Another novel and unexpected finding in the double mutants was the retained activation of ERK signaling, a pathway which is detrimental for Schwann cell homeostasis in myelin mutant models. Our findings demonstrate that increased ERK signaling can be compatible with the maintenance of Schwann cell differentiation and homeostasis in vivo and identifies CSF-1-activated macrophages as crucial mediators of detrimental Schwann cell dedifferentiation in Cx32-deficient mice.
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- Janos Groh
- Department of Neurology, Developmental Neurobiology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg
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Liu L, Liu Z, Huang L, Sun Z, Ma T, Zhu S, Quan X, Yang Y, Huang J, Luo Z. Pulsed magnetic field promotes proliferation and neurotrophic genes expression in Schwann cells in vitro. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015; 8:2343-2353. [PMID: 26045741 PMCID: PMC4440050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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As one of the most classic supportive cells, Schwann cells (SCs) have been considered as potential candidates for nerve regeneration. However, SCs cultured in vitro are found with attenuated biological activities, which limits their application. Pulsed magnetic field (PMF) has been demonstrated to be safe and efficient to regulate several cells activities. However, it is still unclear the effect of PMF on proliferation and expression of neurotrophic factors in SCs. Therefore, the present study was designed to examine such possible effects. The tolerance of SCs to PMF was examined by flow cytometry and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The proliferation of cells was detected by an EdU labeling assay and a Prestoblue assay. The expression and secretion of neurotrophic factors in SCs was assayed by RT-PCR and ELISA. We found that 2.0 mT was the optimal intensity that caused relatively little apoptosis with profound proliferation in SCs. The gene expression and protein level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial cell derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were up-regulated following PMF stimulation, additionally, the gene expression and protein level of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) was not enhanced by PMF. Our results suggested that PMF could improve SC proliferation and biological function, which might shed a light on the potential utilization of PMF in nerve regeneration via SC activation.
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- Liang Liu
- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopedic, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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BACKGROUND This study evaluated whether Schwann-like cells (SLCs) induced from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) transplanted into acellular nerve grafts (ANGs) could repair nerve defects compared with nerve isografts and ANGs with BM-MSCs. METHODS BM-MSCs extracted, separated and purified from the bone marrow of rats, and some of the BM-MSCs were cultured with mixed induction agents that could induce BM-MSCs into SLCs. Either SLCs or BM-MSCs were seeded onto 10-mm ANGs, and the isografts were chosen as the control. The walking-track test, tibialis anterior muscle weight measurement, electrophysiological examination, toluidine blue staining, transmission electron micrographs and immunostaining of S-100 and VEGF in these three groups were evaluated in a 10-mm rat sciatic injury-repair model. RESULTS The walking-track test, tibialis anterior muscle weight measurement and electrophysiological examination of the sciatic nerve suggested the groups of ANGs with SLCs and isografts obtained better results than the BM-MSC group (P<0.05). Meanwhile, the results of the SLCs and isograft groups were similar (P>0.05). All the histomorphometric analyses (toluidine blue staining, transmission electron micrographs and immunostaining of S-100 and VEGF) showed that there were more regenerating nerve fibers in the group of ANGs with SLCs than the BM-MSCs (P<0.05), but there was no significant difference between the SLC and isograft groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS SLCs seeded in ANGs and isografts show better functional regeneration compared with BM-MSCs seeded in ANGs. Additionally, SLCs combined with ANGs present almost the same outcome as the isografts. Therefore, SLCs with ANGs can be a good choice in nerve defect repairs.
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- Lihong Fan
- The first department of Orthopedics, the Second Affilliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 157 Xiwu Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710004, China
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- The first department of Orthopedics, the Second Affilliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 157 Xiwu Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710004, China
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- The first department of Orthopedics, the Second Affilliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 157 Xiwu Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710004, China
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- The first department of Orthopedics, the Second Affilliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 157 Xiwu Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710004, China
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- The first department of Orthopedics, the Second Affilliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 157 Xiwu Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710004, China
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Faroni A, Castelnovo LF, Procacci P, Caffino L, Fumagalli F, Melfi S, Gambarotta G, Bettler B, Wrabetz L, Magnaghi V. Deletion of GABA-B receptor in Schwann cells regulates remak bundles and small nociceptive C-fibers. Glia 2014; 62:548-65. [PMID: 24474699 DOI: 10.1002/glia.22625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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The mechanisms regulating the differentiation into non-myelinating Schwann cells is not completely understood. Recent evidence indicates that GABA-B receptors may regulate myelination and nociception in the peripheral nervous system. GABA-B receptor total knock-out mice exhibit morphological and molecular changes in peripheral myelin. The number of small myelinated fibers is higher and associated with altered pain sensitivity. Herein, we analyzed whether these changes may be produced by a specific deletion of GABA-B receptors in Schwann cells. The conditional mice (P0-GABA-B1(fl/fl)) show a morphological phenotype characterized by a peculiar increase in the number of small unmyelinated fibers and Remak bundles, including nociceptive C-fibers. The P0-GABA-B1(fl/fl) mice are hyperalgesic and allodynic. In these mice, the morphological and behavioral changes are associated with a downregulation of neuregulin 1 expression in nerves. Our findings suggest that the altered pain sensitivity derives from a Schwann cell-specific loss of GABA-B receptor functions, pointing to a role for GABA-B receptors in the regulation of Schwann cell maturation towards the non-myelinating phenotype.
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- Alessandro Faroni
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133, Milan, Italy; Blond McIndoe Laboratories, The University of Manchester, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, M13 9PT, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Manolea H, Vasile N, Opri M, Fronie A, Popescu MR. Immunohistochemical and electron microscopy aspects of the nerve structures from the dental pulp. Rom J Morphol Embryol 2014; 55:147-152. [PMID: 24715180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this study, we have done an immunohistochemical and an electron microscopy examination of normal and inflamed human dental pulp specimens in order to evaluate the morphological aspects of the nerve structures from the dental pulp. The S100 protein immunohistochemical marking allowed us to observe the trajectory of the pulp nervous structures, which appear as continuous bands of high intensity at radicular level, coronary branch out and some branches cross the odontoblastic layer and penetrate in predentin along the dentinal tubules. It appears that not only the nerve structures are positive S100 protein but also macrophages or dendritic cells. The electron microscopic part presents the ultrastructure details of the nervous structures observed on the samples from normal and inflamed pulp conjunctive tissues. Even in acute pulpitis no ultrastructural changes occur in the nerve fibers, prolonged exposure to noxious factors may lead to changes like nerve sprouting.
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- Horia Manolea
- Department of Dental Materials, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania;
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Corpas LDS, Lambrichts I, Quirynen M, Collaert B, Politis C, Vrielinck L, Martens W, Struys T, Jacobs R. Peri-implant bone innervation: histological findings in humans. Eur J Oral Implantol 2014; 7:283-292. [PMID: 25237672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to describe nerve fibres around osseointegrated implants in humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve mechanically failed implants, retrieved from 10 patients were collected from three dental centres over a period of 5 years. After implant removal, decalcified semi-thin sections (0.5 μm) were stained with thionic methylene blue for light microscopic analysis. In addition, an ultrastructural analysis was performed on serial ultra-thin sections (0.06 μm) using transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS Both myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibres could be identified inside the Haversian canals of the osteonal bone near the implant threads. Myelinated fibres were also located at the woven bone around the implant. However, no differentiated nerve endings could be observed around the implants. CONCLUSIONS This study shows the presence of nerve fibres in human peri-implant bone. Previous studies in animals showed that those fibres participate in the process of bone modelling and remodelling. Yet, the role of peri-implant bone innervation in the osseoperception phenomenon cannot be ruled out since the mechanism of mechanoreception in bone is not fully understood.
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Li X, Liao D, Gong P, Dong Y, Sun G. Biological behavior of neurally differentiated periodontal ligament stem cells on different titanium implant surfaces. J Biomed Mater Res A 2013; 102:2805-12. [PMID: 24124075 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Revised: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We investigated the biological behavior of periodontal ligament stem cells (PDLSCs) induced to differentiate into Schwann cells (SCs) on the surfaces of titanium discs. Two types of titanium surfaces, sand blasted and acid etched (SA) and smooth polished, were prepared on titanium discs, and the behavior of SC-like cells on these discs was investigated. Cell morphology was examined by scanning electron microscopy, and cell proliferation was assessed using assays for methylthiazol tetrazolium metabolism and total protein content. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting analyses were used to determine the gene and protein expression, respectively, of SC markers by PDLSCs. Differentiated PDLSCs could adhere, proliferate, differentiate, and express SC marker genes and proteins on the prepared titanium surfaces, and the highest levels of SC marker protein expression were observed in PDLSCs on SA titanium surfaces. SA titanium surfaces show good biocompatibility for the SC-like cells, which is important for the application of these cells in peri-implant nerve tissue engineering, through which they are expected to improve the osseoperception of dental implants.
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- Xiaojie Li
- Department of Dentistry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Akyüz N, Rost S, Mehanna A, Bian S, Loers G, Oezen I, Mishra B, Hoffmann K, Guseva D, Laczynska E, Irintchev A, Jakovcevski I, Schachner M. Dermatan 4-O-sulfotransferase1 ablation accelerates peripheral nerve regeneration. Exp Neurol 2013; 247:517-30. [PMID: 23360803 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chondroitin sulfate (CS) and dermatan sulfate (DS) proteoglycans are major components of the extracellular matrix implicated in neural development, plasticity and regeneration. While it is accepted that CS are major inhibitors of neural regeneration, the contributions of DS to regeneration have not been assessed. To enable a novel approach in studies on DS versus CS roles during development and regeneration, we generated a mouse deficient in the dermatan 4-O-sulfotransferase1 (Chst14(-/-)), a key enzyme in the synthesis of iduronic acid-containing modules found in DS but not CS. In wild-type mice, Chst14 is expressed at high levels in the skin and in the nervous system, and is enriched in astrocytes and Schwann cells. Ablation of Chst14, and the assumed failure to produce DS, resulted in smaller body mass, reduced fertility, kinked tail and increased skin fragility compared with wild-type (Chst14(+/+)) littermates, but brain weight and gross anatomy were unaffected. Neurons and Schwann cells from Chst14(-/-) mice formed longer processes in vitro, and Chst14(-/-) Schwann cells proliferated more than Chst14(+/+) Schwann cells. After femoral nerve transection/suture, functional recovery and axonal regrowth in Chst14(-/-) mice were initially accelerated but the final outcome 3months after injury was not better than that in Chst14(+/+) littermates. These results suggest that while Chst14 and its enzymatic products might be of limited importance for neural development, they may contribute to the regeneration-restricting environment in the adult mammalian nervous system.
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- Nuray Akyüz
- Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Badawoud MH, Hassan SM. Effects of exposure to lead on the peripheral motor system of the rat. An ultrastructural study. Neurosciences (Riyadh) 2013; 18:52-57. [PMID: 23291798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the morphological changes in the peripheral motor system of the rat induced by exposure to lead. METHODS This study was conducted at the Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from January 2011 to January 2012. Female adult albino rats (n=10) were given lead acetate in their drinking water (500mg/L) for a period of 30 days. Female adult albino rats (n=5) were used as control. The soleus and gastrocnemius muscles were dissected and processed for electron microscopy. RESULTS Lead administration induced morphological changes in all constituents of the peripheral motor system of the rat, including; extension of long processes by Schwann cells, engorgement of nerve terminals, withdrawal of some terminals, and muscle fiber alterations. CONCLUSION Lead toxicity is detrimental to all constituents of the peripheral motor system of the rat. The histopathological changes explain some of the clinical manifestations of lead toxicity.
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- Mohammed H Badawoud
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Wang M, Liu C, Hao Y, Zhang Y, Zhang X. Poly (dextrogyr-levogyr) lactide acid-triiodothyronine scaffold for peripheral nerve regeneration. Neuro Endocrinol Lett 2013; 34:62-70. [PMID: 23524626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2012] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the poly(dextrogyr-levogyr) lactide acid-triiodothyronine (PDLLA-T3) seeded with Schwann cells conduit for repairing sciatic nerve defect. MATERIALS & METHODS The rats were divided into three groups: autologous nerve transplantation (Group A), PDLLA-T3 + Schwann cells (Group B) and PDLLA + Schwann cells (Group C). RESULTS Myelin sheath thickness was significantly greater in Group A compared with Group B and Group C. The regenerated nerves had nearly normal structure in Group A, and in Groups B and C nerve tissues filled in the anastomotic site and angiogenesis was noted. The mean number of myelinated nerve fibers and neurons in Group B was greater than in Group C. CONCLUSIONS PDLLA-T3 is superior to PDLLA alone for repairing nerve defects.
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- Min Wang
- Department of Orthopaedics, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing City, China.
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Kokurina TN, Sotnikov OS, Novakovskaia SA, Egorov AS, Kozhevets RV, Solnushkin SD, Chikhman VN. [Interdependent changes of the axon and Schwann cell in the process of reactive remodeling of a myelinated nerve fiber]. Morfologiia 2013; 143:35-42. [PMID: 23898720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Using the inverted phase-contrast microscope, the living undamaged frog sciatic nerve fibers and the fibers mechanically injured to varying degrees, were studied. It was found that the swelling of myelin incisures (MI) (of Schmidt-Lanterman) occured according to the principles similar to those controlling the changes of the myelin gap (node of Ranvier) and depended on the swelling of a Schwann cell (SC) perikaryon. It was detected that this was a single process, which which could be united in a complex of nonspecific changes of a myelinated nerve fiber. It was also demonstrated that under the action of mechanical injury and hypotonic solution, swelling of MI, nodes of Ranvier and SC perikaryon occurred without modifications of outer fiber diameter, due to the pronounced local axon thinning. Electron microscopic study of the cytoskeletal axonal structures showed that there was not a simple local contraction of an axon, but a significant local increase in the density of cytoskeletal components of the axoplasm (by 200-275%). Reactive reversible remodeling of a myelinated fiber suggests a new type of interaction between the axon and SC, the mechanism of reversible translocation of liquid axoplasmic fraction to the glial cell cytoplasm.
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BACKGROUND Interaction of Schwann cells with axons triggers signal transduction that drives expression of Pou3f1 and Egr2 transcription factors, which in turn promote myelination. Signal transduction appears to be mediated, at least in part, by cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) because elevation of cAMP levels can stimulate myelination in the absence of axon contact. The mechanisms by which the myelinating signal is conveyed remain unclear. RESULTS By analyzing mutations that disrupt myelination in zebrafish, we learned that Dynein cytoplasmic 1 heavy chain 1 (Dync1h1), which functions as a motor for intracellular molecular trafficking, is required for peripheral myelination. In dync1h1 mutants, Schwann cell progenitors migrated to peripheral nerves but then failed to express Pou3f1 and Egr2 or make myelin membrane. Genetic mosaic experiments revealed that robust Myelin Basic Protein expression required Dync1h1 function within both Schwann cells and axons. Finally, treatment of dync1h1 mutants with a drug to elevate cAMP levels stimulated myelin gene expression. CONCLUSION Dync1h1 is required for retrograde transport in axons and mutations of Dync1h1 have been implicated in axon disease. Our data now provide evidence that Dync1h1 is also required for efficient myelination of peripheral axons by Schwann cells, perhaps by facilitating signal transduction necessary for myelination.
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- Melissa M Langworthy
- Departments of Pediatrics and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, MS 8108, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, MS 8108, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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OBJECTIVE Interruption of energy supply to peripheral axons is a cause of axon loss. We determined whether glycogen was present in mammalian peripheral nerve, and whether it supported axon conduction during aglycemia. METHODS We used biochemical assay and electron microscopy to determine the presence of glycogen, and electrophysiology to monitor axon function. RESULTS Glycogen was present in sciatic nerve, its concentration varying directly with ambient glucose. Electron microscopy detected glycogen granules primarily in myelinating Schwann cell cytoplasm, and these diminished after exposure to aglycemia. During aglycemia, conduction failure in large myelinated axons (A fibers) mirrored the time course of glycogen loss. Latency to compound action potential (CAP) failure was directly related to nerve glycogen content at aglycemia onset. Glycogen did not benefit the function of slow-conducting, small-diameter unmyelinated axons (C fibers) during aglycemia. Blocking glycogen breakdown pharmacologically accelerated CAP failure during aglycemia in A fibers, but not in C fibers. Lactate was as effective as glucose in supporting sciatic nerve function, and was continuously released into the extracellular space in the presence of glucose and fell rapidly during aglycemia. INTERPRETATION Our findings indicated that glycogen is present in peripheral nerve, primarily in myelinating Schwann cells, and exclusively supports large-diameter, myelinated axon conduction during aglycemia. Available evidence suggests that peripheral nerve glycogen breaks down during aglycemia and is passed, probably as lactate, to myelinated axons to support function. Unmyelinated axons are not protected by glycogen and are more vulnerable to dysfunction during periods of hypoglycemia. .
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- Angus M Brown
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
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Arthur-Farraj P, Latouche M, Wilton D, Quintes S, Chabrol E, Banerjee A, Woodhoo A, Jenkins B, Rahman M, Turmaine M, Wicher G, Mitter R, Greensmith L, Behrens A, Raivich G, Mirsky R, Jessen K. c-Jun reprograms Schwann cells of injured nerves to generate a repair cell essential for regeneration. Neuron 2012; 75:633-47. [PMID: 22920255 PMCID: PMC3657176 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 552] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The radical response of peripheral nerves to injury (Wallerian degeneration) is the cornerstone of nerve repair. We show that activation of the transcription factor c-Jun in Schwann cells is a global regulator of Wallerian degeneration. c-Jun governs major aspects of the injury response, determines the expression of trophic factors, adhesion molecules, the formation of regeneration tracks and myelin clearance and controls the distinctive regenerative potential of peripheral nerves. A key function of c-Jun is the activation of a repair program in Schwann cells and the creation of a cell specialized to support regeneration. We show that absence of c-Jun results in the formation of a dysfunctional repair cell, striking failure of functional recovery, and neuronal death. We conclude that a single glial transcription factor is essential for restoration of damaged nerves, acting to control the transdifferentiation of myelin and Remak Schwann cells to dedicated repair cells in damaged tissue.
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- Peter J. Arthur-Farraj
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Metabolomics Unit, CICbioGune, Parque Tecnológico de Bizcaia, 48160 Derio, Bizcaia, Spain
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Neuro-Oncology Group, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 20, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, London Research Institute, CRUK, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders, University College London Institute of Neurology, Queen Square House, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, London Research Institute, CRUK, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Perinatal Brain Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Lavasani M, Gehrmann S, Gharaibeh B, Clark KA, Kaufmann RA, Péault B, Goitz RJ, Huard J. Venous graft-derived cells participate in peripheral nerve regeneration. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24801. [PMID: 21966370 PMCID: PMC3179479 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Based on growing evidence that some adult multipotent cells necessary for tissue regeneration reside in the walls of blood vessels and the clinical success of vein wrapping for functional repair of nerve damage, we hypothesized that the repair of nerves via vein wrapping is mediated by cells migrating from the implanted venous grafts into the nerve bundle. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To test the hypothesis, severed femoral nerves of rats were grafted with venous grafts from animals of the opposite sex. Nerve regeneration was impaired when decellularized or irradiated venous grafts were used in comparison to untreated grafts, supporting the involvement of venous graft-derived cells in peripheral nerve repair. Donor cells bearing Y chromosomes integrated into the area of the host injured nerve and participated in remyelination and nerve regeneration. The regenerated nerve exhibited proper axonal myelination, and expressed neuronal and glial cell markers. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE These novel findings identify the mechanism by which vein wrapping promotes nerve regeneration.
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- Mitra Lavasani
- Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Center for Biologic Imaging, Departments of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Wang Y, Zhao Z, Zhao B, Qi HX, Peng J, Zhang L, Xu WJ, Hu P, Lu SB. Biocompatibility evaluation of electrospun aligned poly (propylene carbonate) nanofibrous scaffolds with peripheral nerve tissues and cells in vitro. Chin Med J (Engl) 2011; 124:2361-2366. [PMID: 21933569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Peripheral nerve regeneration across large gaps is clinically challenging. Scaffold design plays a pivotal role in nerve tissue engineering. Recently, nanofibrous scaffolds have proven a suitable environment for cell attachment and proliferation due to similarities of their physical properties to natural extracellular matrix. Poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) nanofibrous scaffolds have been investigated for vascular tissue engineering. However, no reports exist of PPC nanofibrous scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering. This study aimed to evaluate the potential role of aligned and random PPC nanofibrous scaffolds as substrates for peripheral nerve tissue and cells in nerve tissue engineering. METHODS Aligned and random PPC nanofibrous scaffolds were fabricated by electrospinning and their chemical characterization were carried out using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) from Sprague-Dawley rats were cultured on the nanofibrous substrates for 7 days. Neurite outgrowth and Schwann-cell migration from DRG were observed and quantified using immunocytochemistry and SEM. Schwann cells derived from rat sciatic nerves were cultured in electrospun PPC scaffold-extract fluid for 24, 48, 72 hours and 7 days. The viability of Schwann cells was evaluated by 3-[4,5-dimethyl(thiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl] tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. RESULTS The diameter of aligned and random fibers ranged between 800 nm and 1200 nm, and the thickness of the films was approximately 10 - 20 µm. Quantification of aligned fiber films revealed approximately 90% alignment of all fibers along the longitudinal axis. However, with random fiber films, the alignment of fibers was random through all angle bins. Rat DRG explants were grown on PPC nanofiber films for up to 1 week. On the aligned fiber films, the majority of neurite outgrowth and Schwann cell migration from the DRG extended unidirectionally, parallel to the aligned fibers. However, on the random fiber films, neurite outgrowth and Schwann cell migration were randomly distributed. A comparison of cumulative neurite lengths from cultured DRGs indicated that neurites grew faster on aligned PPC films ((2537.6 ± 987.3) µm) than randomly-distributed fibers ((493.5 ± 50.6) µm). The average distance of Schwann cell migration on aligned PPC nanofibrous films ((2803.5 ± 943.6) µm) were significantly greater than those on random fibers ((625.3 ± 47.8) µm). The viability of Schwann cells cultured in aligned PPC scaffold extract fluid was not significantly different from that in the plain DMEM/F12 medium at all time points after seeding. CONCLUSIONS The aligned PPC nanofibrous film, but not the randomly-oriented fibers, significantly enhanced peripheral nerve regeneration in vitro, indicating the substantial role of topographical cues in stimulating endogenous nerve repair mechanisms. Aligned PPC nanofibrous scaffolds may be a promising biomaterial for nerve regeneration.
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- Yu Wang
- Orthopedics Research Institute of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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Sakuta M. [One hundred books which built up neurology--Theodor Schwann "Microskopische Untersuchungen Uber die Uebereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen"]. Brain Nerve 2011; 63:88-89. [PMID: 21516882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Morral JA, Davis AN, Qian J, Gelman BB, Koeppen AH. Pathology and pathogenesis of sensory neuropathy in Friedreich's ataxia. Acta Neuropathol 2010; 120:97-108. [PMID: 20339857 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-010-0675-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Revised: 03/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) causes a complex neuropathological phenotype with characteristic lesions of dorsal root ganglia (DRG); dorsal spinal roots; dorsal nuclei of Clarke; spinocerebellar and corticospinal tracts; dentate nuclei; and sensory nerves. This report presents a systematic morphological analysis of sural nerves obtained by autopsy of six patients with genetically confirmed FRDA. The outstanding lesion consisted of lack of myelinated fibers whereas axons were present in normal numbers. On cross-sections, only 11% of all class III-beta-tubulin-positive axons were myelinated in FRDA, contrasting with 36% in normal control nerves. Despite their paucity, thin myelinated fibers assembled compact sheaths containing the peripheral myelin proteins PMP-22, P(0), and myelin basic protein. The nerves displayed major modifications in Schwann cells that were apparent by laminin 2 and S100alpha immunocytochemistry. Few S100alpha-immunoreactive cells remained detectable whereas laminin 2 reaction product was abundant. The normal honeycomb-like distribution of laminin 2 around myelinated fibers was replaced by confluent regions of reaction product that enveloped clusters of closely apposed thin axons. Electron microscopy not only confirmed the lack of myelin but also showed abnormal Schwann cells and axons. Ferritin localized to normal Schwann cell cytoplasm. In the sensory nerves of patients with FRDA, the distribution of this protein strongly resembled laminin 2, but there was no net increase of the total ferritin-reactive area. Ferroportin reaction product occurred in all axons of sural nerves in FRDA, which was at variance with dorsal spinal roots. In the pathogenesis of sensory neuropathy in FRDA, two mechanisms are likely: hypomyelination due to faulty interaction between axons and Schwann cells; and slow axonal degeneration. Neurons of DRG, satellite cells, Schwann cells, and axons of sensory nerves and dorsal spinal roots derive from the neural crest, and hypomyelination in FRDA may be attributed to defects of regulation or migration of shared precursor cells. Sural nerves in FRDA showed no convincing change in ferritin and ferroportin, militating against local iron dysmetabolism. The result stands out in contrast to the previously reported changes in dorsal spinal roots of patients with FRDA.
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Zhuravleva ZN, Kositsyn NS. Morphofunctional interactions of peripheral nerve fibers of the iris with neurons developing in the anterior chamber of the eye in rats. Neurosci Behav Physiol 2010; 40:615-9. [PMID: 20535569 DOI: 10.1007/s11055-010-9304-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2008] [Revised: 12/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Electron microscopic studies were performed on intraocular transplants of embryonic septal and hippocampal tissue developing in the anterior chamber of the eye in rats for 3-4 months. The aim of the study was to seek ultrastructural identification of peripheral nerve fibers entering transplants from the iris, and to assess their ability to establish true synaptic contacts with transplanted CNS neurons. Bundles of myelinated and unmyelinated axons surrounded by Schwann cell cytoplasm were seen within the perivascular spaces of ingrowing blood vessels. Both types of peripheral fiber were also identified in the neuropil areas of transplants. At the ultrastructural level, unmyelinated axons were found to be free of glial Schwann cell sheaths and to form typical asymmetrical synapses with the dendrites and dendritic spines of transplant neurons. These results provide evidence of the high morphofunctional plasticity of both parts (central, peripheral) of the nervous system.
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- Z N Zhuravleva
- Laboratory for the Systemic Organization of Neurons, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia.
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Schwann cells are attractive candidates for repair of the injured spinal cord. Transplanted Schwann cells are permissive to regeneration, but their ability to promote regeneration into distal spinal cord remains weak despite their production of growth-promoting neurotrophins. Schwann cell activation such as that which accompanies peripheral nerve injury results in massive upregulation of the p75(NTR) pan-neurotrophin-receptor. Here we test the hypothesis that this p75(NTR) upregulation following dorsal root injury limits availability of endogenous neurotrophin to axons and restricts regeneration of injured axons into the spinal cord. We injured dorsal roots (fourth cervical to second thoracic) in mice lacking the neurotrophin-binding domain of p75(NTR) and in wild-type littermates. Axonal regeneration was assessed by selective tracing of neurotrophin-responsive and non-responsive dorsal root ganglion neurons. Functional reinnervation of the spinal cord was assessed in behavioural experiments and via Fos immunohistochemistry following formalin injection into the forepaw. We also measured levels of nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 following nerve injury in knockout and wild-type mice, and used Trk-Fc receptor chimeras to block nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 signalling in dorsal root ganglion/Schwann cell co-cultures and following dorsal root injury in vivo. The roles of neuronal and glial p75(NTR) were assessed in transplant experiments in vivo and in co-cultures. We found that nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3-responsive axons regenerated into the spinal cord of p75(NTR) knockout mice where they made functional connections with dorsal horn neurons. Despite equivalent levels of nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 in wild-type and knockout mice, successful regeneration in knockouts was neurotrophin-dependent. Transplantation of p75(-/-) neurons into a wild-type environment, p75(-/-) peripheral nerve grafts into the injured p75(+/+) spinal cord, and dissociated sensory neuron/Schwann cell co-cultures showed that the absence of p75(NTR) from glia, not from neurons, promotes regeneration. These findings indicate that Schwann cell p75(NTR) restricts neurotrophin availability to the extent that it prevents spontaneous sensory axon regeneration into the spinal cord. The implication is that inactivating p75(NTR) in Schwann (or olfactory ensheathing) cells may enable axons to grow beyond transplants, improving the outcome of spinal cord injury.
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Kaplan S, Geuna S, Ronchi G, Ulkay MB, von Bartheld CS. Calibration of the stereological estimation of the number of myelinated axons in the rat sciatic nerve: a multicenter study. J Neurosci Methods 2010; 187:90-9. [PMID: 20064555 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2009] [Revised: 12/31/2009] [Accepted: 01/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Several sources of variability can affect stereological estimates. Here we measured the impact of potential sources of variability on numerical stereological estimates of myelinated axons in the adult rat sciatic nerve. Besides biological variation, parameters tested included two variations of stereological methods (unbiased counting frame versus 2D-disector), two sampling schemes (few large versus frequent small sampling boxes), and workstations with varying degrees of sophistication. All estimates were validated against exhaustive counts of the same nerve cross sections to obtain calibrated true numbers of myelinated axons (gold standard). In addition, we quantified errors in particle identification by comparing light microscopic and electron microscopic images of selected consecutive sections. Biological variation was 15.6%. There was no significant difference between the two stereological approaches or workstations used, but sampling schemes with few large samples yielded larger differences (20.7+/-3.7% SEM) of estimates from true values, while frequent small samples showed significantly smaller differences (12.7+/-1.9% SEM). Particle identification was accurate in 94% of cases (range: 89-98%). The most common identification error was due to profiles of Schwann cell nuclei mimicking profiles of small myelinated nerve fibers. We recommend sampling frequent small rather than few large areas, and conclude that workstations with basic stereological equipment are sufficient to obtain accurate estimates. Electron microscopic verification showed that particle misidentification had a surprisingly variable and large impact of up to 11%, corresponding to 2/3 of the biological variation (15.6%). Thus, errors in particle identification require further attention, and we provide a simple nerve fiber recognition test to assist investigators with self-testing and training.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
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Smithson LJ, Kawaja MD. A comparative examination of biomarkers for olfactory ensheathing cells in cats and guinea pigs. Brain Res 2009; 1284:41-53. [PMID: 19524557 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2009] [Revised: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We investigated the neurochemical characteristics of olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) in adult cats and in adult guinea pigs. Three conventional biomarkers for OECs, p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR), S100, and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), as well as two recently identified biomarkers, smooth muscle alpha-actin (SMA) and calponin, were used. We found that 1) antibodies against SMA and S100 yielded positive immunostaining of mucosal and bulbar OECs in cats and guinea pigs; 2) antibodies against GFAP gave positive immunostaining of mucosal and bulbar OECs in cats; and 3) antibodies against calponin yielded positive immunostaining of bulbar OECs in adult cats. Unexpectedly, antibodies against p75NTR failed to positively stain mucosal and bulbar OECs in cats and guinea pigs, and antibodies against GFAP and calponin failed to positively stain mucosal and bulbar OECs in guinea pigs. These findings show the importance for empirical testing of all biomarkers for OECs among different mammalian species when attempting to identify these cells in vivo, in vitro, and following intraspinal implantation.
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- Laura J Smithson
- Centre For Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada K7L 3N6
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Alanne MH, Pummi K, Heape AM, Grènman R, Peltonen J, Peltonen S. Tight junction proteins in human Schwann cell autotypic junctions. J Histochem Cytochem 2009; 57:523-9. [PMID: 19153196 PMCID: PMC2690405 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2009.951681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2008] [Accepted: 01/07/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Tight junctions (TJs) form physical barriers in various tissues and regulate paracellular transport of ions, water, and molecules. Myelinating Schwann cells form highly organized structures, including compact myelin, nodes of Ranvier, paranodal regions, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures, periaxonal cytoplasmic collars, and mesaxons. Autotypic TJs are formed in non-compacted myelin compartments between adjacent membrane lamellae of the same Schwann cell. Using indirect immunofluorescence and RT-PCR, we analyzed the expression of adherens junction (E-cadherin) and TJ [claudins, zonula occludens (ZO)-1, occludin] components in human peripheral nerve endoneurium, showing clear differences with published rodent profiles. Adult nerve paranodal regions contained E-cadherin, claudin-1, claudin-2, and ZO-1. Schmidt-Lanterman incisures contained E-cadherin, claudin-1, claudin-2, claudin-3, claudin-5, ZO-1, and occludin. Mesaxons contained E-cadherin, claudin-1, claudin-2, claudin-3, ZO-1, and occludin. None of the proteins studied were associated with nodal inter-Schwann cell junctions. Fetal nerve expression of claudin-1, claudin-3, ZO-1, and occludin was predominantly punctate, with a mesaxonal labeling pattern, but paranodal (ZO-1, claudin-3) and Schmidt-Lanterman incisure (claudins-1 and -3) expression profiles typical of compact myelin were visible by gestational week 37. The clear differences observed between human and published rodent nerve profiles emphasize the importance of human studies when translating the results of animal models to human diseases.
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- Maria H Alanne
- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Desaki J, Nishida N. A small lamellar corpuscle within a small nerve bundle outside the tendon of the rat soleus muscle. J Electron Microsc (Tokyo) 2009; 58:67-72. [PMID: 19193826 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfp001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A small nerve bundle outside the tendon of the adult rat soleus muscle contained a small lamellar corpuscle similar in structural organization to the ordinary paciniform corpuscle. A terminal axon composing this corpuscle was originated from a side branch of an afferent nerve fiber and surrounded by a number (approximately 15) of closely packed flattened lamellae of modified Schwann cells, while the stem nerve fiber freely terminated within the nerve bundle. These findings suggested that an afferent nerve fiber retracted after degeneration might extend a new branch within the nerve bundle and unexpectedly form a lamellar corpuscle within it.
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Zhuravleva ZN, Kositsin NS. [Morpho-functional interactions of the iris peripheral nervous fibers with the neurons developing in the rat anterior eye chamber]. Morfologiia 2009; 135:41-46. [PMID: 19860328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The intraocular grafts of the septal or hippocampal embryonic tissues developing in the rat anterior eye chamber for three to four months were investigated by electron microscopy. The aim of this study was both the ultrastructural identification of the peripheral nervous fibers entering the grafts from host iris and the estimation of their capacity to establish true synaptic contacts with the central nervous system neurons of the grafts. The bundles of myelinated and unmyelinated axons, surrounded by the Schwann cell cytoplasm, were observed within the perivascular spaces of the ingrowing blood vessels. In the neuropil areas of the grafts, both types of the peripheral nervous fibers were also identified. It was demonstrated on the ultrastructural level that the unmyelinated axons lost their glial envelope of the Schwann cell and formed the typical asymmetric synapses with the dendrites and dendritic spines of the grafted neurons. The results are indicative of the high morpho-functional plasticity of both parts of the nervous system.
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Myelination was a major step in the evolution of the nervous system. Appearing first in jaw fish, myelination allows the fast and secure propagation of action potentials at a low energetic cost, and without exaggerated increase in axonal diameter. In the peripheral nervous system of mammals, myelination results from the tight interactions between Schwann cells and axons, leading to the formation of highly differentiated domains along the axon. The molecular determinants of these interactions are starting to be well identified. Their understanding provides a precise framework to interpret the defects, which occur in pathological circumstances. This review summarizes the present state of knowledge concerning axoglial interactions in peripheral nerves.
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- P-M Martin
- Inserm UMR-S 839, institut du Fer-à-Moulin, 17, rue du Fer-à-Moulin, 75005 Paris, France
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Hayashi A, Moradzadeh A, Tong A, Wei C, Tuffaha SH, Hunter DA, Tung TH, Parsadanian A, Mackinnon SE, Myckatyn TM. Treatment modality affects allograft-derived Schwann cell phenotype and myelinating capacity. Exp Neurol 2008; 212:324-36. [PMID: 18514192 PMCID: PMC2806227 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2008] [Revised: 03/28/2008] [Accepted: 04/04/2008] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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We used peripheral nerve allografts, already employed clinically to reconstruct devastating peripheral nerve injuries, to study Schwann cell (SC) plasticity in adult mice. By modulating the allograft treatment modality we were able to study migratory, denervated, rejecting, and reinnervated phenotypes in transgenic mice whose SCs expressed GFP under regulatory elements of either the S100b (S100-GFP) or nestin (Nestin-GFP) promoters. Well-differentiated SCs strongly expressed S100-GFP, while Nestin-GFP expression was stimulated by denervation, and in some cases, axons were constitutively labeled with CFP to enable in vivo imaging. Serial imaging of these mice demonstrated that untreated allografts were rejected within 20 days. Cold preserved (CP) allografts required an initial phase of SC migration that preceded axonal regeneration thus delaying myelination and maturation of the SC phenotype. Mice immunosuppressed with FK506 demonstrated mild subacute rejection, but the most robust regeneration of myelinated and unmyelinated axons and motor endplate reinnervation. While characterized by fewer regenerating axons, mice treated with the co-stimulatory blockade (CSB) agents anti-CD40L mAb and CTLAIg-4 demonstrated virtually no graft rejection during the 28 day experiment, and had significant increases in myelination, connexin-32 expression, and Akt phosphorylation compared with any other group. These results indicate that even with SC rejection, nerve regeneration can occur to some degree, particularly with FK506 treatment. However, we found that co-stimulatory blockade facilitate optimal myelin formation and maturation of SCs as indicated by protein expression of myelin basic protein (MBP), connexin-32 and phospho-Akt.
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- Department of Neurology and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Box 8518, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Wu J, Williams JP, Rizvi TA, Kordich JJ, Witte D, Meijer D, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Cancelas JA, Ratner N. Plexiform and dermal neurofibromas and pigmentation are caused by Nf1 loss in desert hedgehog-expressing cells. Cancer Cell 2008; 13:105-16. [PMID: 18242511 PMCID: PMC2846699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2007.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2007] [Revised: 10/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/26/2007] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (Nf1) mutation predisposes to benign peripheral nerve (glial) tumors called neurofibromas. The point(s) in development when Nf1 loss promotes neurofibroma formation are unknown. We show that inactivation of Nf1 in the glial lineage in vitro at embryonic day 12.5 + 1, but not earlier (neural crest) or later (mature Schwann cell), results in colony-forming cells capable of multilineage differentiation. In vivo, inactivation of Nf1 using a DhhCre driver beginning at E12.5 elicits plexiform neurofibromas, dermal neurofibromas, and pigmentation. Tumor Schwann cells uniquely show biallelic Nf1 inactivation. Peripheral nerve and tumors contain transiently proliferating Schwann cells that lose axonal contact, providing insight into early neurofibroma formation. We suggest that timing of Nf1 mutation is critical for neurofibroma formation.
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- Jianqiang Wu
- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229
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- Division of Pathology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229
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- Departments of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Departments of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229
- Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229
- Author for correspondence: Nancy Ratner: Tel: 513-636-9469
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Staining by activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3), a neuronal marker of nerve injury, was examined by immunocytochemistry in neurons and Schwann cells after crush or transection (regeneration inhibited) of rat sciatic nerve. ATF3 immunoreactivity peaked in neurons after three days and then gradually subsided to normal within 12 weeks after the crush. The response lasted somewhat longer and declined over time in spinal cord neurons but not in those of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) after transection, indicating a differential regulation of sensory and motor neurons. ATF3 expression was more pronounced in Schwann cells, and remained longer after transection, implying that to some extent regenerating axons produce signals that reduce ATF3 expression in Schwann cells. However, even after transection without repair (no contact with regenerating axons), ATF3 expression in Schwann cells in the distal segment decreased over time suggesting that regenerating axons are not entirely responsible for the down-regulation. These findings have clinical implications on when it is worthwhile to reconstruct nerve injuries.
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- Kazuya Kataoka
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Ebenezer GJ, McArthur JC, Thomas D, Murinson B, Hauer P, Polydefkis M, Griffin JW. Denervation of skin in neuropathies: the sequence of axonal and Schwann cell changes in skin biopsies. Brain 2007; 130:2703-14. [PMID: 17898011 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We compared the pathological changes in cutaneous axons and Schwann cells of individuals with nerve transection to the changes in patients with chronic neuropathies. Following axotomy there was segmentation of axons in the epidermis and dermis on the first day, and loss of axons from the skin was virtually complete by Day 11. Epidermal and small superficial dermal axons were lost before larger caliber and deeper dermal axons. Within the first 50 days following nerve transection, the denervated Schwann cells in the dermis were easily identified by their markers p75 and S100, but by 8 months they had largely disappeared. The chronic neuropathy patients had distally predominant fibre loss, with greater loss of epidermal and dermal fibres in the distal regions of the leg than proximal regions. Several patients had large axonal swellings, often alternating with axonal attenuation, even in regions with normal or nearly normal fibre densities. By electron microscopy the swellings contained accumulations of mitochondria and other particulate organelles as well as neurofilaments. These swellings are likely to represent predegenerative changes in sites of impaired axonal transport, and previous data indicate that the swellings presage fibre loss in the subsequent months. Some of the severely denervated regions had remaining Schwann cells, as judged by immunocytochemistry and by electron microscopy, but others lacked Schwann cells. By analogy with animal experiments, these regions are likely to have had more prolonged denervation. The distribution of axonal loss, the axonal swellings and the changes in Schwann cells all have implications for the design of clinical trials of agents intended to protect cutaneous innervation and to promote regeneration of cutaneous axons in peripheral neuropathies.
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- Gigi J Ebenezer
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287-7613, USA
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Desaki J, Ninomiya S, Fujita M. Temporal occurrence of immature skeletal muscle fibers in the sciatic nerve matrix regenerating within the silicone chamber after nerve transection in the normal rat. J Electron Microsc (Tokyo) 2007; 56:203-208. [PMID: 18094396 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfm018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We examined by light and electron microscopy the immature skeletal muscle fibers in the rat sciatic nerve regenerating within the silicone chamber 14 days after nerve transection. Small myelinated and nonmyelinated nerve fibers associated with Schwann cells from the proximal stump began to approach the midportion of the interstump zone. In the middle segment, fibroblasts or fibroblast-like mesenchymal cells and macrophages were observed everywhere in the newly formed matrix filled with exuded erythrocytes and fibrin clots. In addition to some fibroblast-like mesenchymal cells were closely apposed to each other. However, the proximal and distal segments contained immature muscle fibers with various amount of myofilaments and one or plural centrally located nuclei, thus indicating various phases of the early differentiation of skeletal muscle fibers similar to those observed during an early stage of developing muscle fibers. However, the precise origin of these skeletal muscle fibers remains to be determined.
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Hayashi A, Nakashima K, Yamagishi K, Hoshi T, Suzuki A, Baba H. Localization of annexin II in the paranodal regions and Schmidt-Lanterman incisures in the peripheral nervous system. Glia 2007; 55:1044-52. [PMID: 17549680 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Annexin II (AX II) is a member of the family of calcium-dependent actin- and phospholipid-binding proteins implicated in numerous intracellular functions such as signal transduction, membrane trafficking, and mRNA transport, as well as in the regulation of membrane/cytoskeleton contacts and extracellular functions. AX II is expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) and is upregulated in some pathological conditions. However, expression and localization of this protein in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) is still uncertain. In the present study, we examined the expression and distribution of AX II in the PNS. By western blot analysis, we found that a higher level of AX II was present in sciatic nerve homogenates than in brain homogenates. RT-PCR of total RNA from rat sciatic nerves revealed that AX II was synthesized within the nerves. Immunohistological analysis showed the characteristic distribution of AX II in Schmidt-Lanterman incisures (SLI) as well as in the paranodal regions. Localization of AX II in the PNS was examined in two mutant mouse models, shiverer and cerebroside sulfotransferase knockout mice, both of which show increased numbers of SLI. The paranodal axo-glial junction is also disrupted in the latter. Interestingly, the staining intensities of AX II in these regions were increased markedly in both mutants, suggesting that not only the numbers but also AX II content in each incisure and paranodal loop were affected. From its characteristic distribution and molecular features, AX II may be important for myelin function in the PNS.
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- Akiko Hayashi
- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji 192-0392, Japan
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Cai Z, Blumbergs PC, Finnie JW, Manavis J, Thompson PD. Novel fibroblastic onion bulbs in a demyelinating avian peripheral neuropathy produced by riboflavin deficiency. Acta Neuropathol 2007; 114:187-94. [PMID: 17357800 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0215-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2007] [Revised: 02/20/2007] [Accepted: 02/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The finding of novel fibroblastic onion bulb-like structures in peripheral nerves is reported for the first time in avian riboflavin deficiency. Day old broiler meat chickens were fed a riboflavin deficient diet (1.8 mg/kg) and were killed on postnatal days 6, 11, 16, 21 and 31, whereas control chickens were fed a conventional diet containing 5.0 mg/kg riboflavin. The fibroblastic onion bulb-like structures were found in sciatic and brachial nerves from day 11 onwards and consisted of long cytoplasmic processes of hypertrophied fibroblasts surrounding demyelinated, remyelinated and normally myelinated axons. The fibroblast cytoplasmic processes often enveloped more than one nerve fibre to produce a unique compound-like onion bulb structure. These onion bulb-like structures occurred early in the course of segmental demyelination at the same time as tomacula formation and became increasingly more prominent in the later stages of demyelination and remyelination. The molecular basis of formation of these unique structures requires further study as to the basis of the attraction of the fibroblast processes to nerve fibres associated with myelinating Schwann cells. The model may also be useful in investigating the role of endoneurial fibroblasts in endoneurial fibrosis as the early fibroblastic response in the onion bulbs is distinct from the more usual fibroblastic deposition of collagen in end-stage peripheral nerve disease.
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- Z Cai
- Hanson Institute Centre for Neurological Diseases, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
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Hernández M, Scannone H, Finol HJ, Pineda ME, Fernández I, Vargas AM, Girón ME, Aguilar I, Rodríguez-Acosta A. Alterations in the ultrastructure of cardiac autonomic nervous system triggered by crotoxin from rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus cumanensis) venom. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 59:129-37. [PMID: 17616380 DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2007.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study explored the toxic effects of crotoxin isolated from Crotalus durissus cumanensis venom on the ultrastructure of mice cardiac autonomic nervous system. Mice were intravenously injected with saline (control group) and crotoxin diluted in saline venom (study group) at a dose of 0.107 mg/kg mouse body weight. Samples from the inter-ventricular septum were prepared for electron microscopy after 6 h (G1), 12 h (G2), 24 h (G3) and 48 h (G4). The G1 group showed some cardiomyocyte with pleomorphic mitochondria. Capillary swollen walls, nerve cholinergic endings with depleted acetylcholine vesicles in their interior and other depletions were observed. A space completely lacking in contractile elements was noticed. The G2 group demonstrated a myelinic figure, a subsarcolemic region with few myofibrils and nervous cholinergic terminal with scarce vacuoles in their interior. The G3 group demonstrated a structure with a depleted axonic terminal, mitochondrias varying in size and enhanced electron density. In addition, muscular fibers with myofibrillar structure disorganization, a depleted nervous structure surrounded by a Schwann cell along with an abundance of natriuretic peptides, were seen. An amyelinic terminal with depleted Schwann cell and with scarce vesicles was also observed. Finally, axonic lysis with autophagic vacuoles in their interior and condensed mitochondria was observed in the G4 group. This work describes the first report of ultrastructural damage caused by crotoxin on mice cardiac autonomic nervous system.
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- Miguelina Hernández
- Sección de Inmunoquímica del Instituto de Medicina Tropical Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 47423, Caracas 1041, Venezuela
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Bhangoo SK, Ren D, Miller RJ, Chan DM, Ripsch MS, Weiss C, McGinnis C, White FA. CXCR4 chemokine receptor signaling mediates pain hypersensitivity in association with antiretroviral toxic neuropathy. Brain Behav Immun 2007; 21:581-91. [PMID: 17292584 PMCID: PMC2062574 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2006.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 12/03/2006] [Accepted: 12/03/2006] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are known to produce painful neuropathies and to enhance states of pain hypersensitivity produced by HIV-1 infection. It has also been observed that in some neuropathic pain models, chemokines and their receptors are upregulated, perhaps contributing to the pain state. In order to understand if chemokines are involved in NRTI-mediated sensory neuropathies, we treated rats with the anti-retroviral drug, 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC), which is known to produce an extended period of hyperalgesia and allodynia. Using in situ hybridization, we observed that under normal conditions, CXCR4 chemokine receptors were widely expressed by satellite glia in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and Schwann cells in the sciatic nerve. A limited number of DRG neurons also expressed CXCR4 receptors. The chemokine SDF-1/CXCL12 was similarly expressed in glial cells in the DRG and peripheral nerve. Following a single administration of ddC, expression levels of CXCR4 mRNA in glia and neurons and SDF-1 mRNA in glia increased considerably. The functional nature of increased CXCR4 mRNA expression was confirmed by measuring SDF-1 induced [Ca2+]i increases in acutely isolated DRG neurons and glia. In contrast, the expression of the chemokine receptors CCR2 and CCR5 did not change following ddC treatment. Pain hypersensitivity produced by ddC could be inhibited by treatment with the CXCR4 antagonist, AMD3100. Hence, we postulate that NRTIs produce pain hypersensitivity through the upregulation of CXCR4 signaling in the DRG. Increased numbers of CXCR4 receptors would also explain the synergism observed between NRTI treatment and the proalgesic effects of HIV-1 infection.
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MESH Headings
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Chemokine CXCL12
- Chemokines, CXC/genetics
- Chemokines, CXC/immunology
- Chemokines, CXC/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Ganglia, Spinal/drug effects
- Ganglia, Spinal/metabolism
- Ganglia, Spinal/pathology
- Ganglia, Spinal/ultrastructure
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Neuralgia/chemically induced
- Neuralgia/immunology
- Neuroglia/drug effects
- Neuroglia/metabolism
- Neuroglia/pathology
- Neuroglia/ultrastructure
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/metabolism
- Neurons/pathology
- Neurons/ultrastructure
- Pain Threshold/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, CXCR4/drug effects
- Receptors, CXCR4/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR4/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors/adverse effects
- Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors/immunology
- Schwann Cells/drug effects
- Schwann Cells/metabolism
- Schwann Cells/pathology
- Schwann Cells/ultrastructure
- Sciatic Nerve/drug effects
- Sciatic Nerve/metabolism
- Sciatic Nerve/pathology
- Sciatic Nerve/ultrastructure
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Zalcitabine/adverse effects
- Zalcitabine/immunology
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- Sonia K Bhangoo
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Structural Biochemistry, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Heredia A, Bui CC, Suter U, Young P, Schäffer TE. AFM combines functional and morphological analysis of peripheral myelinated and demyelinated nerve fibers. Neuroimage 2007; 37:1218-26. [PMID: 17689984 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2007] [Revised: 05/28/2007] [Accepted: 06/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Demyelination of the myelinated peripheral or central axon is a common pathophysiological step in the clinical manifestation of several human diseases of the peripheral and the central nervous system such as the majority of Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndromes and multiple sclerosis, respectively. The structural degradation of the axon insulating myelin sheath has profound consequences for ionic conduction and nerve function in general, but also affects the micromechanical properties of the nerve fiber. We have for the first time investigated mechanical properties of rehydrated, isolated peripheral nerve fibers from mouse using atomic force microscopy (AFM). We have generated quantitative maps of elastic modulus along myelinated and demyelinated axons, together with quantitative maps of axon topography. This study shows that AFM can combine functional and morphological analysis of neurological tissue at the level of single nerve fibers.
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- Alejandro Heredia
- Institute of Physics, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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