Inhibition of p38 MAP kinase activity enhances axonal regeneration
| Autor: | W. Marie Campana, Yasufumi Sekiguchi, Andrew A. Protter, Robert R. Myers, Satya Medicherla, Brian W. Scott, Shinichi Kikuchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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MAPK/ERK pathway
medicine.medical_specialty Programmed cell death Wallerian degeneration Nerve Crush Blotting Western Schwann cell Nerve fiber Biology p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Rats Sprague-Dawley Developmental Neuroscience Internal medicine medicine Animals Enzyme Inhibitors Phosphorylation Cells Cultured Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Axotomy medicine.disease Immunohistochemistry Sciatic Nerve Nerve Regeneration Rats Enzyme Activation Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure nervous system Neurology Immunology Crush injury Electrophoresis Polyacrylamide Gel Female Tumor necrosis factor alpha Schwann Cells Sciatic nerve Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases |
| Zdroj: | Experimental Neurology. 184:606-614 |
| ISSN: | 0014-4886 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0014-4886(03)00297-8 |
| Popis: | Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF)-induced cellular signaling through the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) pathway plays a critical role in Wallerian degeneration and subsequent regeneration, processes that depend on Schwann cell (SC) activity. TNF dose-dependently induces Schwann cell and macrophage activation in vivo and apoptosis in primary SC cultures in vitro, while inhibition of p38 MAPK is thought to block these cellular processes. We show with Western blots that after sciatic nerve crush injury, phosphorylated p38 (p-p38) MAPK is significantly increased (P < 0.01) in distal nerve segments. In tissue sections, p38 co-localized immunohistochemically with activated Schwann cells (GFAP) and to a lesser degree with macrophages (ED-1). In other experiments, animals were gavaged with Scios SD-169 (10 or 30 mg/kg) or excipient (PEG300) 1 day before and daily after crush injury to the sciatic nerve. SD-169 is a proprietary oral inhibitor of p38 MAPK activity. The rate of axonal regeneration was determined by the functional pinch test and was significantly increased in treated animals 8 days after crush injury (P < 0.05; 30 mg/kg dose). In SD-169-treated animals with nerve transection, nerve fibers regenerating through a silicone chamber were morphologically more mature than untreated nerves when observed 28 days after transection. TNF immunofluorescence of distal nerve segments after crush injury suggested that SD-169 reduced SC TNF protein. In support of these findings, SD-169 significantly reduced (P < 0.05) TNF-mediated primary SC death in culture experiments. We conclude that inhibition of p38 activity promotes axonal regeneration through interactions with SC signaling and TNF activity. |
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