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Hromada C, Szwarc-Hofbauer D, Quyen Nguyen M, Tomasch J, Purtscher M, Hercher D, Teuschl-Woller AH. Strain-induced bands of Büngner formation promotes axon growth in 3D tissue-engineered constructs. J Tissue Eng 2024; 15:20417314231220396. [PMID: 38249993 PMCID: PMC10798132 DOI: 10.1177/20417314231220396] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Treatment of peripheral nerve lesions remains a major challenge due to poor functional recovery; hence, ongoing research efforts strive to enhance peripheral nerve repair. In this study, we aimed to establish three-dimensional tissue-engineered bands of Büngner constructs by subjecting Schwann cells (SCs) embedded in fibrin hydrogels to mechanical stimulation. We show for the first time that the application of strain induces (i) longitudinal alignment of SCs resembling bands of Büngner, and (ii) the expression of a pronounced repair SC phenotype as evidenced by upregulation of BDNF, NGF, and p75NTR. Furthermore, we show that mechanically aligned SCs provide physical guidance for migrating axons over several millimeters in vitro in a co-culture model with rat dorsal root ganglion explants. Consequently, these constructs hold great therapeutic potential for transplantation into patients and might also provide a physiologically relevant in vitro peripheral nerve model for drug screening or investigation of pathologic or regenerative processes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carina Hromada
- Department Life Science Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria
- The Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
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- Department Life Science Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria
- The Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
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- The Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Centre in Cooperation with AUVA, Vienna, Austria
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- Department Life Science Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria
- The Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
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- Department Life Science Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria
- The Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
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- Department Life Science Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria
- The Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Centre in Cooperation with AUVA, Vienna, Austria
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- Department Life Science Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria
- The Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
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McGregor C, Sabatier M, English A. Early regeneration of axons following peripheral nerve injury is enhanced if p75 NTR is eliminated from the surrounding pathway. Eur J Neurosci 2020; 53:663-672. [PMID: 32812660 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The common neurotrophin receptor, p75NTR , has been proposed to be an inhibitor of axon regeneration after peripheral nerve injury, but whether this effect is on the regenerating axons, immune cells migrating into the injury site, or cells in the pathway surrounding the axons is not clear. Cut nerves in mice expressing fluorescent proteins in axons were repaired with grafts from non-fluorescent hosts to study axon elongation when p75NTR was eliminated separately from axons and immune cells in the proximal stump of cut nerves, from cells in the regeneration pathway, or both. Two weeks later, axons from wild type mice regenerating into grafts devoid of p75NTR had elongated more than twice as far as axons in grafts from wild type mice. No enhancement of regeneration of axons in p75NTR knockout mice was observed, whether nerves were repaired with grafts from wild type mice or from p75NTR knockout mice. To evaluate whether inhibition of p75NTR could be used to improve regeneration, nerves in wild type mice repaired without grafts were exposed to a specific inhibitor of the p75NTR receptor, LM11A-31, at the time of nerve repair. This local blockade of p75NTR resulted in successful regeneration of axons of nearly three times as many motoneurons and reinnervation of twice as many muscle fibers by regenerating motor axons as untreated controls. Expression of p75NTR surrounding regenerating axons contributes to poor regeneration during the first 2 weeks after peripheral nerve injury. Inhibition of p75NTR might be a therapeutic target for treatments of peripheral nerve injuries.
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- Claire McGregor
- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Jiang X, Wang Y, Zhang B, Fei X, Guo X, Jia Y, Yu W. Acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid regulates the repair of rat sciatic nerve injury by promoting the proliferation of Schwann cells. Life Sci 2020; 254:116887. [PMID: 31606377 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
AIMS This study aimed to study the effects of acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (AKBA) on the regeneration of injured peripheral nerves and the ability of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway to regulate the proliferation of Schwann cells and the formation of myelin. MAIN METHODS A sciatic nerve crush injury model rats were randomly divided into the model control, low-, medium-, and high-dose AKBA groups. The repair of myelin damage was observed through Luxol Fast Blue staining and the expression of neurofilament-200 (NF200) protein was detected through immunohistochemical tests. The relative expression levels of ERK, Phosphorylated-ERK (p-ERK), c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK), and Phosphorylated-JNK (p-JNK) proteins were detected in vitro in Schwann cells treated with AKBA. The effect of AKBA on P0 and P75 protein expression in Schwann cells was detected through siRNA-mediated ERK gene knockout. KEY FINDINGS AKBA promotes the repair of rat sciatic nerve injury by elevating the phosphorylation of the ERK signaling pathway and by regulating the proliferation and myelination of Schwann cells. SIGNIFICANCE This test can provide data support for AKBA to repair sciatic nerve injury, provide a theoretical basis for further revealing AKBA repair mechanism, and provide reference for clinical development of sciatic nerve injury drugs.
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Gonçalves NP, Mohseni S, El Soury M, Ulrichsen M, Richner M, Xiao J, Wood RJ, Andersen OM, Coulson EJ, Raimondo S, Murray SS, Vægter CB. Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Is Independent From Schwann Cell p75 NTR Expression. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:235. [PMID: 31191256 PMCID: PMC6548843 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Schwann cell reprogramming and differentiation are crucial prerequisites for neuronal regeneration and re-myelination to occur following injury to peripheral nerves. The neurotrophin receptor p75NTR has been identified as a positive modulator for Schwann cell myelination during development and implicated in promoting nerve regeneration after injury. However, most studies base this conclusion on results obtained from complete p75NTR knockout mouse models and cannot dissect the specific role of p75NTR expressed by Schwann cells. In this present study, a conditional knockout model selectively deleting p75NTR expression in Schwann cells was generated, where p75NTR expression is replaced with that of an mCherry reporter. Silencing of Schwann cell p75NTR expression was confirmed in the sciatic nerve in vivo and in vitro, without altering axonal expression of p75NTR. No difference in sciatic nerve myelination during development or following sciatic nerve crush injury was observed, as determined by quantification of both myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fiber densities, myelinated axonal diameter and myelin thickness. However, the absence of Schwann cell p75NTR reduced motor nerve conduction velocity after crush injury. Our data indicate that the absence of Schwann cell p75NTR expression in vivo is not critical for axonal regrowth or remyelination following sciatic nerve crush injury, but does play a key role in functional recovery. Overall, this represents the first step in redefining the role of p75NTR in the peripheral nervous system, suggesting that the Schwann cell-axon unit functions as a syncytium, with the previous published involvement of p75NTR in remyelination most likely depending on axonal/neuronal p75NTR and/or mutual glial-axonal interactions.
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- Nádia P Gonçalves
- Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Nordic-EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,The International Diabetic Neuropathy Consortium, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Division of Cell Biology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Nordic-EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Nordic-EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Nordic-EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Nordic-EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,The International Diabetic Neuropathy Consortium, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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McGregor CE, English AW. The Role of BDNF in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Activity-Dependent Treatments and Val66Met. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 12:522. [PMID: 30687012 PMCID: PMC6336700 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite the ability of peripheral nerves to spontaneously regenerate after injury, recovery is generally very poor. The neurotrophins have emerged as an important modulator of axon regeneration, particularly brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF regulation and signaling, as well as its role in activity-dependent treatments including electrical stimulation, exercise, and optogenetic stimulation are discussed here. The importance of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the BDNF gene, Val66Met, which is present in 30% of the human population and may hinder the efficacy of these treatments in enhancing regeneration after injury is considered. Preliminary data are presented on the effectiveness of one such activity-dependent treatment, electrical stimulation, in enhancing axon regeneration in mice expressing the met allele of the Val66Met polymorphism.
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- Claire Emma McGregor
- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Sun Y, Lim Y, Li F, Liu S, Lu JJ, Haberberger R, Zhong JH, Zhou XF. ProBDNF collapses neurite outgrowth of primary neurons by activating RhoA. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35883. [PMID: 22558255 PMCID: PMC3338794 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Neurons extend their dendrites and axons to build functional neural circuits, which are regulated by both positive and negative signals during development. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a positive regulator for neurite outgrowth and neuronal survival but the functions of its precursor (proBDNF) are less characterized. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Here we show that proBDNF collapses neurite outgrowth in murine dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons and cortical neurons by activating RhoA via the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR). We demonstrated that the receptor proteins for proBDNF, p75NTR and sortilin, were highly expressed in cultured DRG or cortical neurons. ProBDNF caused a dramatic neurite collapse in a dose-dependent manner and this effect was about 500 fold more potent than myelin-associated glycoprotein. Neutralization of endogenous proBDNF by using antibodies enhanced neurite outgrowth in vitro and in vivo, but this effect was lost in p75NTR(-/-) mice. The neurite outgrowth of cortical neurons from p75NTR deficient (p75NTR(-/-)) mice was insensitive to proBDNF. There was a time-dependent reduction of length and number of filopodia in response to proBDNF which was accompanied with a polarized RhoA activation in growth cones. Moreover, proBDNF treatment of cortical neurons resulted in a time-dependent activation of RhoA but not Cdc42 and the effect was absent in p75NTR(-/-) neurons. Rho kinase (ROCK) and the collapsin response mediator protein-2 (CRMP-2) were also involved in the proBDNF action. CONCLUSIONS proBDNF has an opposing role in neurite outgrowth to that of mature BDNF. Our observations suggest that proBDNF collapses neurites outgrowth and filopodial growth cones by activating RhoA through the p75NTR signaling pathway.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport/metabolism
- Animals
- Antibodies/pharmacology
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/pharmacology
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Ganglia, Spinal/cytology
- Ganglia, Spinal/drug effects
- Ganglia, Spinal/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Nerve Fibers/drug effects
- Nerve Fibers/physiology
- Neurites/drug effects
- Neurites/physiology
- Protein Precursors/pharmacology
- Protein Precursors/physiology
- Pseudopodia/drug effects
- Pseudopodia/physiology
- Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/deficiency
- Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/genetics
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Time-Lapse Imaging
- rho GTP-Binding Proteins/agonists
- rho GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics
- rho GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- rhoA GTP-Binding Protein
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- Ying Sun
- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
- Division of Health Science, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
- Division of Health Science, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Division of Health Science, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Division of Health Science, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Division of Health Science, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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Twohig JP, Cuff SM, Yong AA, Wang ECY. The role of tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily members in mammalian brain development, function and homeostasis. Rev Neurosci 2011; 22:509-33. [PMID: 21861782 DOI: 10.1515/rns.2011.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily (TNFRSF) members were initially identified as immunological mediators, and are still commonly perceived as immunological molecules. However, our understanding of the diversity of TNFRSF members' roles in mammalian physiology has grown significantly since the first discovery of TNFRp55 (TNFRSF1) in 1975. In particular, the last decade has provided evidence for important roles in brain development, function and the emergent field of neuronal homeostasis. Recent evidence suggests that TNFRSF members are expressed in an overlapping regulated pattern during neuronal development, participating in the regulation of neuronal expansion, growth, differentiation and regional pattern development. This review examines evidence for non-immunological roles of TNFRSF members in brain development, function and maintenance under normal physiological conditions. In addition, several aspects of brain function during inflammation will also be described, when illuminating and relevant to the non-immunological role of TNFRSF members. Finally, key questions in the field will be outlined.
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- Jason P Twohig
- Department of Infection, Immunity and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, Wales, UK
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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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Li F, Li L, Song XY, Zhong JH, Luo XG, Xian CJ, Zhou XF. Preconditioning selective ventral root injury promotes plasticity of ascending sensory neurons in the injured spinal cord of adult rats - possible roles of brain-derived
neurotrophic factor, TrkB and p75 neurotrophin receptor. Eur J Neurosci 2009; 30:1280-96. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06920.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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