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| Title |
Immunization with neural derived peptides plus scar removal induces a permissive microenvironment, and improves locomotor recovery after chronic spinal cord injury
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| Published in |
BMC Neuroscience, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12868-016-0331-2 |
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| Authors |
Roxana Rodríguez-Barrera, Adrián Flores-Romero, Ana María Fernández-Presas, Elisa García-Vences, Raúl Silva-García, Mina Konigsberg, Liliana Blancas-Espinoza, Vinnitsa Buzoianu-Anguiano, Karla Soria-Zavala, Paola Suárez-Meade, Antonio Ibarra |
| Abstract |
Immunization with neural derived peptides (INDP) as well as scar removal-separately-have shown to induce morphological and functional improvement after spinal cord injury (SCI). In the present study, we compared the effect of INDP alone versus INDP with scar removal on motor recovery, regeneration-associated and cytokine gene expression, and axonal regeneration after chronic SCI. Scar removal was conducted through a single incision with a double-bladed scalpel along the stump, and scar renewal was halted by adding α,α'-dipyridyl. During the chronic injury stage, two experiments were undertaken. The first experiment was aimed at testing the therapeutic effect of INDP combined with scar removal. Sixty days after therapeutic intervention, the expression of genes encoding for TNFα, IFNγ, IL4, TGFβ, BDNF, IGF1, and GAP43 was evaluated at the site of injury. Tyrosine hydroxylase and 5-hydroxytryptamine positive fibers were also studied. Locomotor evaluations showed a significant recovery in the group treated with scar removal + INDP. Moreover; this group presented a significant increase in IL4, TGFβ, BDNF, IGF1, and GAP43 expression, but a decrease of TNFα and IFNγ. Also, the spinal cord of animals receiving both treatments presented a significant increase of serotonergic and catecholaminergic fibers as compared to other the groups. The second experiment compared the results of the combined approach versus INDP alone. Rats receiving INDP likewise showed improved motor recovery, although on a lesser scale than those who received the combined treatment. An increase in inflammation and regeneration-associated gene expression, as well as in the percentage of serotonergic and catecholaminergic fibers was observed in INDP-treated rats to a lesser degree than those in the combined therapy group. These findings suggest that INDP, both alone and in combination with scar removal, could modify the non-permissive microenvironment prevailing at the chronic phase of SCI, providing the opportunity of improving motor recovery. |
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| Italy | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Unknown | 38 | 100% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 24% |
| Researcher | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 11% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 21% |
| Unknown | 6 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Neuroscience | 10 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 16% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 5% |
| Psychology | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 9 | 24% |
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