Makwana, M;
Werner, A;
Acosta-Saltos, A;
Gonitel, R;
Pararajasingham, A;
Ruff, C;
Rumajogee, P;
... Raivich, G; + view all
(2010)
Peripheral Facial Nerve Axotomy in Mice Causes Sprouting of Motor Axons Into Perineuronal Central White Matter: Time Course and Molecular Characterization.
J COMP NEUROL
, 518
(5)
699 - 721.
10.1002/cne.22240.
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Abstract
Generation of new axonal sprouts plays an important role in neural repair In the current study, we examined the appearance, composition and effects of gene deletions on intrabrainstem sprouts following peripheral facial nerve axotomy Axotomy was followed by the appearance of galanin(+) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)(+) sprouts peaking at day 14, matching both large, neuropeptide(+) subpopulations of axotomized facial motoneurons, but with CGRP(+) sprouts considerably rarer. Strong immunoreactivity for vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) and retrogradely transported MiniRuby following its application on freshly cut proximal facial nerve stump confirmed their axotomized motoneuron origin; the sprouts expressed CD44 and alpha7beta1 integrin adhesion molecules and grew apparently unhindered along neighboring central white matter tracts. Quantification of the galanin(+) sprouts revealed a stronger response following cut compared with crush (day 7-14) as well as enhanced sprouting after recut (day 8 + 6 vs 14; 14 + 8 vs. 22), arguing against delayed appearance of sprouting being the result of the initial phase of reinnervation. Sprouting was strongly diminished in brain Jun-deficient mice but enhanced in alpha7 null animals that showed apparently compensatory up-regulation in beta 1, suggesting important regulatory roles for transcription factors and the sprout-associated adhesion molecules. Analysis of inflammatory stimuli revealed a 50% reduction 12-48 hours following systemic endotoxin associated with neural inflammation and a tendency toward more sprouts in TNFR1/2 null mutants (P = 10%) with a reduced inflammatory response, indicating detrimental effects of excessive inflammation. Moreover, the study points to the usefulness of the facial axotomy model in exploring physiological and molecular stimuli regulating central sprouting. J. Comp. Neurol. 518:699-721, 2010. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Peripheral Facial Nerve Axotomy in Mice Causes Sprouting of Motor Axons Into Perineuronal Central White Matter: Time Course and Molecular Characterization |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/cne.22240 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.22240 |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc. Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Terms and Conditions set out at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/onlineopen#OnlineOpen_Terms |
| Keywords: | growth cones, regeneration, central sprouting, adhesion molecules, transcription factors, inflammation, DORSAL-ROOT GANGLIA, TUMOR-NECROSIS-FACTOR, GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE, RAT SPINAL-CORD, DEFICIENT MICE, SCIATIC-NERVE, LYMPHOCYTE RECRUITMENT, CELLULAR-LOCALIZATION, MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION, NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Cell and Developmental Biology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/95973 |
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