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Post-acute delivery of erythropoietin induces stroke recovery by promoting perilesional tissue remodelling and contralesional pyramidal tract plasticity

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Reitmeir, Raluca, Kilic, Ertugrul, Kilic, Ülkan, Bacigaluppi, Marco, ElAli, Ayman, Salani, Giuliana, Pluchino, Stefano, Gassmann, Max +1 more·2011·Brain

Abstract

The promotion of post-ischaemic motor recovery remains a major challenge in clinical neurology. Recently, plasticity-promoting effects have been described for the growth factor erythropoietin in animal models of neurodegenerative diseases. To elucidate erythropoietin's effects in the post-acute ischaemic brain, we examined how this growth factor influences functional neurological recovery, perilesional tissue remodelling and axonal sprouting of the corticorubral and corticobulbar tracts, when administered intra-cerebroventricularly starting 3 days after 30 min of middle cerebral artery occlusion. Erythropoietin administered at 10 IU/day (but not at 1 IU/day), increased grip strength of the contralesional paretic forelimb and improved motor coordination without influencing spontaneous locomotor activity and exploration behaviour. Neurological recovery by erythropoietin was associated with structural remodelling of ischaemic brain tissue, reflected by enhanced neuronal survival, increased angiogenesis and decreased reactive astrogliosis that resulted in reduced scar formation. Enhanced axonal sprouting from the ipsilesional pyramidal tract into the brainstem was observed in vehicle-treated ischaemic compared with non-ischaemic animals, as shown by injection of dextran amines into both motor cortices. Despite successful remodelling of the perilesional tissue, erythropoietin enhanced axonal sprouting of the contralesional, but not ipsilesional pyramidal tract at the level of the red and facial nuclei. Moreover, molecular biological and histochemical studies revealed broad anti-inflammatory effects of erythropoietin in both hemispheres together with expression changes of plasticity-related molecules that facilitated contralesional axonal growth. Our study establishes a plasticity-promoting effect of erythropoietin after stroke, indicating that erythropoietin acts via recruitment of contralesional rather than of ipsilesional pyramidal tract projections.

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Reitmeir, R., Kilic, E., Kilic, Ü., Bacigaluppi, M., ElAli, A., Salani, G., Pluchino, S., Gassmann, M., & Hermann, D. M.
Affiliations
  • Essen University Hospital (DE)
  • IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (IT)
  • University of Zurich (CH)
Venue
Brain
Published
2010-12-22
Volume
134
Issue
1
Pages
84-99
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2151922165
Cited by
156
References
55
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FWCI
9.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Brain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • reroDoc Digital Library (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
  • Yale University
  • Universität Zürich
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disorders and Treatments
Keywords
erythropoietin, stroke recovery, motor recovery, corticobulbar tract, middle cerebral artery occlusion, angiogenesis, reactive astrogliosis, anti-inflammatory activity, red nucleus, facial nucleus, brainstem projections, neuroplasticity
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Animals, Brain, Brain Ischemia, Erythropoietin, Exploratory Behavior, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Motor Activity, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Blotting, Western, Hand Strength, Recovery of Function, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Stroke, Rotarod Performance Test, Mice

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