The effect of long-term release of Shh from implanted biodegradable microspheres on recovery from spinal cord injury in mice
| Autor: | Natalia Abramova Lowry, Ravi S. Kane, Jeffrey H. Stern, Kristina D. Gracey, Susan K. Goderie, Sally Temple, Michael R. Gooch, Supriya Punyani, Akhilesh Banerjee, Patricia Lederman, Jerry Silver, Carol Charniga |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Biophysics
Bioengineering Biomaterials Mice Implants Experimental Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer medicine Animals Hedgehog Proteins Lactic Acid Progenitor cell Spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Regeneration Spinal Cord Injuries Cell Proliferation business.industry Stem Cells Anatomy Recovery of Function Spinal cord medicine.disease Oligodendrocyte Microspheres Cell biology Mice Inbred C57BL Disease Models Animal medicine.anatomical_structure Biodegradation Environmental Gene Expression Regulation Mechanics of Materials Ventral nerve cord Astrocytes Delayed-Action Preparations Ceramics and Composites Axon guidance Cell activation business Polyglycolic Acid |
| Zdroj: | Biomaterials. 33(10) |
| ISSN: | 1878-5905 |
| Popis: | After spinal cord injury (SCI), loss of cells and damage to ascending and descending tracts can result in paralysis. Current treatments for SCI are based on patient stabilization, and much-needed regenerative therapies are still under development. To activate and instruct stem and progenitor cells or injured tissue to aid SCI repair, it is important to modify the injury environment for a protracted period, to allow time for cell activation, proliferation and appropriate fate differentiation. Shh plays a critical role in spinal cord formation, being involved in multiple processes: it promotes production of motor neurons and oligodendrocytes from ventral cord progenitor cells and serves as an axon guidance molecule. Hence Shh is a candidate pleiotropic beneficial environmental factor for spinal cord regeneration. Here we show that administration of biodegradable microspheres that provide sustained, controlled delivery of Shh resulted in significant functional improvement in two different mouse models of SCI: contusion and dorsal hemioversection. The mechanism is multifactorial, involving increased proliferation of endogenous NG2+ oligodendrocyte lineage cells, decreased astrocytic scar formation and increased sprouting and growth of corticospinal (CST) and raphespinal tract (RST) fibers. Thus, long-term administration of Shh is a potential valuable therapeutic intervention for SCI. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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