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Wang YX, Bai JZ, Lyu Z, Zhang GH, Huo XL. Oscillating field stimulation promotes axon regeneration and locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury. Neural Regen Res 2021; 17:1318-1323. [PMID: 34782577 PMCID: PMC8643069 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.327349] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Oscillating field stimulation (OFS) is a potential method for treating spinal cord injury. Although it has been used in spinal cord injury (SCI) therapy in basic and clinical studies, its underlying mechanism and the correlation between its duration and nerve injury repair remain poorly understood. In this study, we established rat models of spinal cord contusion at T10 and then administered 12 weeks of OFS. The results revealed that effectively promotes the recovery of motor function required continuous OFS for more than 6 weeks. The underlying mechanism may be related to the effects of OFS on promoting axon regeneration, inhibiting astrocyte proliferation, and improving the linear arrangement of astrocytes. This study was approved by the Animal Experiments and Experimental Animal Welfare Committee of Capital Medical University (supplemental approval No. AEEI-2021-204) on July 26, 2021.
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- Yi-Xin Wang
- Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Surgery, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, Rehabilitation Research Center; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Surgery, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, Rehabilitation Research Center; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Surgery, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, Rehabilitation Research Center; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences; School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences; School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhang C, Rong W, Zhang GH, Wang AH, Wu CZ, Huo XL. Early electrical field stimulation prevents the loss of spinal cord anterior horn motoneurons and muscle atrophy following spinal cord injury. Neural Regen Res 2018; 13:869-876. [PMID: 29863018 PMCID: PMC5998640 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.232483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Our previous study revealed that early application of electrical field stimulation (EFS) with the anode at the lesion and the cathode distal to the lesion reduced injury potential, inhibited secondary injury and was neuroprotective in the dorsal corticospinal tract after spinal cord injury (SCI). The objective of this study was to further evaluate the effect of EFS on protection of anterior horn motoneurons and their target musculature after SCI and its mechanism. Rats were randomized into three equal groups. The EFS group received EFS for 30 minutes immediately after injury at T10. SCI group rats were only subjected to SCI and sham group rats were only subjected to laminectomy. Luxol fast blue staining demonstrated that spinal cord tissue in the injury center was better protected; cross-sectional area and perimeter of injured tissue were significantly smaller in the EFS group than in the SCI group. Immunofluorescence and transmission electron microscopy showed that the number of spinal cord anterior horn motoneurons was greater and the number of abnormal neurons reduced in the EFS group compared with the SCI group. Wet weight and cross-sectional area of vastus lateralis muscles were smaller in the SCI group to in the sham group. However, EFS improved muscle atrophy and behavioral examination showed that EFS significantly increased the angle in the inclined plane test and Tarlov's motor grading score. The above results confirm that early EFS can effectively impede spinal cord anterior horn motoneuron loss, promote motor function recovery and reduce muscle atrophy in rats after SCI.
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- Cheng Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Medical Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhang W, Zhu LQ, Huo XL, Qin J, Yuan GY. Association between adiponectin gene T45G polymorphism and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease risk: a meta-analysis. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr7190. [PMID: 26909902 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15017190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Numerous epidemiological investigations have evaluated the association between adiponectin gene T45G polymorphism and risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the results of these studies have proven to be inconsistent. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to obtain a more accurate estimation of this association. Published articles were retrieved from PubMed and Web of Science databases and pooled odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using fixed- or random-effect models. Five case-control studies incorporating 597 cases and 701 controls were included in this meta-analysis. No association between adiponectin gene T45G polymorphism and NAFLD was established (TT vs GG: OR = 0.83, 95%CI = 0.37-1.86; TG vs GG: OR = 0.76, 95%CI = 0.33-1.79; dominant model: OR = 0.83, 95%CI = 0.37-1.84; recessive model: OR = 1.10, 95%CI = 0.69-1.76). Moreover, in a subgroup analysis, no significant correlation was found among Asian subjects. In conclusion, the T45G polymorphism of the adiponectin gene may not constitute an NAFLD risk factor. However, this needs to be further validated in single large well-designed future studies.
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- W Zhang
- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps-Four Division Hospital, Yining, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps-Four Division Hospital, Yining, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Wang AH, Zhang GH, Zhang C, Huo XL, Song T. Injury potentials of spinal cord in ex vivo compression injury model. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2015; 2015:4659-4662. [PMID: 26737333 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2015.7319433] [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: 06/05/2023]
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The effect of applied electric field on neuroprotection and axonal regeneration has been studied in previous studies of acute spinal cord injury (SCI). However, due to the complexity of the microenvironment of the lesion site, the underlying mechanism of applied electric field is not yet fully understood. Thus, the injury potential, a significant index of the microenvironment change, was investigated in ex vivo spinal cords compression injury. Spinal cords isolated from rat were cultured in a double sucrose gap recording chamber. Both compound action potential (CAP) and injury potential were measured. Compression induced the decreasement of compound action potential, but the amplitude of CAP increased gradually after decompression. Compression also lead to the appearance of injury potential, represented by the voltage difference between the gap potential before and after compression, and the injury potential decreased with time logarithmicly after decompression. Intracellular Na(+) and Ca(2+) concentrations were measured and results showed that after injury these ions flowed into intracellular space. Therefore, the current approach can provide a basis for investigating the formation mechanism of the injury potential and help understand the pathophysiology of the SCI.
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Xiang J, Cheng YM, Wang YY, Liu Y, Huo XL, Fujiwara H. Volumetrically Mapping Ictal Activity in Childhood Epilepsy with Neuromagnetic Signals in Multiple-frequency Bands. Neuroimage 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(09)70720-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Wang YL, Zhai Y, Huo XL, Zhang JN. [The effect of low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation on neuropeptide-Y expression and apoptosis of hippocampus neurons in epilepsy rats induced by pilocarpine]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2007; 45:1685-1687. [PMID: 18476527] [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: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the effect of low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-TMS) on changing neuropeptide-Y (NPY) expression and apoptosis of hippocampus neurons in epilepsy rats induced by pilocarpine (PLO). METHODS Thirty male Sprague Dawley rats (240 g +/- 20 g) were randomly divided into 2 groups. I group simply celiac injected pilocarpine. II group celiac injected PLO after LF-TMS. Pathological item included HE staining, NPY immunohistochemical staining and apoptosis staining. RESULTS HE staining revealed neurons of hippocampus were obviously death and cell's structure was destroyed in PLO group. The PLO + LF-TMS group was less injured and destroyed. Using One-Way ANOVA, NPY immunohistochemical staining shown the positive cell number was increased at all areas of hippocampus in PLO group contrasting with the low positive cell number in the PLO + LF-TMS group. In PLO group the number of apoptosis cell at hippocampus areas was significant higher than the PLO + LF-TMS group. CONCLUSIONS Using the PLO evoked epilepsy model, LF-TMS alleviated neurons injury at hippocampus area, so LF-TMS might playing an important role in resisting the progressing of epilepsy. The positive cell number of NPY increased at all areas of hippocampus, which indicated the close relation between NPY and epilepsy. NPY might have some function on resisting epilepsy.
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- Yong-Li Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China.
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Yang W, Huo XL, Song T. [Effects of extremely low frequency pulsed electromagnetic field on different-derived osteoblast-like cells]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2007; 25:710-713. [PMID: 18230298] [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: 05/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of the extremely low frequency pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) on the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblast-like cells. METHODS The MC3T3-E1 cell and the primary osteoblast cell derived from 2-day-old Sprague Dawley (SD) rat calvaria were exposed to PEMF with a magnetic flux density of 1.55 mT at 48 Hz for 24 or 48 h. MTS was applied to analyze cell proliferation and flow cytometry to detect cell cycle. The intracellular alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity was measured by colorimetry. RESULTS PEMF of 1.55 mT at 48 Hz decreased significantly the cell percentage of S or G(2)M phase (P < 0.05), but did not affect cell number of MC3T3-E1 cells. Although the number of the primary osteoblast cells did not alter by MTS assay after exposure to PEMF for 24 h continuously, the cell percentage of G(2)M phase increased significantly (P < 0.01). When the culture time extended to 48 h, the cell number increased greatly (P < 0.01) and the cell percentage of G(2)M phase decreased significantly despite of the exposure type (P < 0.01). After the primary osteoblast cells were exposed to PEMF for 24 h continuously, the ALP activity decreased significantly (P < 0.05), whereas it increased significantly after exposure to PEMF for 48 h continuously (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION PEMF of 1.55 mT at 48 Hz does not affect proliferation and differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cell, but it promotes proliferation of primary osteoblast cell, inhibits differentiation at proliferation stage and promotes differentiation at differentiation stage of primary osteoblast cell.
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- Wei Yang
- Bioelectromagnetic Lab, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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Xu T, Yang W, Huo XL, Song T. Abnormal spectra alteration observed in Triton calibration method for measuring [Ca2+]i with fluorescence indicator, fura-2. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 58:219-26. [PMID: 15026208 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbbm.2003.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 04/22/2003] [Revised: 08/18/2003] [Accepted: 11/11/2003] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We compared two commonly used calibration methods for measuring the concentration of intracellular free calcium ([Ca2+]i) by ratiometric fluorescence dye, fura-2 in mouse neuroblastoma-rat glioma hybrid cells (NG108-15). One calibration method, the Triton method, employs detergent Triton X-100, while the other, the Ionomycin method, uses a calcium-specific ionophore, Ionomycin. In the Triton method, we observed that at excitation 380 nm, the fura-2 fluorescence intensity of steady-state cells abnormally situated beyond the limiting intensity for calibration. By excitation scan, we demonstrated that this abnormality was caused by the change of fura-2 isosbestic points, which in turn was due to cell lysis after the addition of Triton X-100. This problem was resolved in the Ionomycin method by avoidance of cell lysis. Our results showed the correlation between inconsistent isosbestic points and cell lysis. As the basis for [Ca2+]i calibration, the proportionality between the fluorescence intensity and the concentration of dye species was impaired because of inconsistent isosbestic points. This inconsistency can be eliminated by a preliminary experiment of excitation scan to test the feasibility of different calibration methods.
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- T Xu
- Bioelectromagnetic Lab, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
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