The Neuroprotective Effect of Erythropoietin on the Optic Nerve and Spinal Cord in Rats with Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis through the Activation of the Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Signaling Pathway

Autor: Gloria Aleida Pérez-Carranza, Juliana Marisol Godínez-Rubí, María Guadalupe Márquez-Rosales, Mario Eduardo Flores-Soto, Oscar Kurt Bitzer-Quintero, Ana Cristina Ramírez-Anguiano, Luis Javier Ramírez-Jirano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 25, Iss 17, p 9476 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1422-0067
1661-6596
DOI: 10.3390/ijms25179476
Popis: Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is a demyelinating disease that causes paralysis in laboratory rats. This condition lacks treatment that reverses damage to the myelin sheaths of neuronal cells. Therefore, in this study, treatment with EPO as a neuroprotective effect was established to evaluate the ERK 1/2 signaling pathway and its participation in the EAE model. EPO was administered in 5000 U/Kg Sprague Dawley rats. U0126 was used as an inhibitor of the ERK 1/2 pathway to demonstrate the possible activation of this pathway in the model. Spinal cord and optic nerve tissues were evaluated using staining techniques such as H&E and the Luxol Fast Blue myelin-specific technique, as well as immunohistochemistry of the ERK 1/2 protein. The EPO-treated groups showed a decrease in cellular sampling in the spinal cord tissues but mainly in the optic nerve, as well as an increase in the expression of the ERK 1/2 protein in both tissues. The findings of this study suggest that EPO treatment reduces cellular death in EAE-induced rats by regulating the ERK pathway.
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