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Delayed treatment with chondroitinase ABC promotes sensorimotor recovery and plasticity after stroke in aged rats

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Soleman, Sara, Yip, Ping K., Duricki, Denise A., Moon, Lawrence D.F.·2012·Brain

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Stroke is the dominant cause of sensorimotor disability that primarily affects the elderly. We now show that neuroplasticity and functional recovery after stroke is constrained by inhibitory chondroitin sulphates. In two blinded, randomized preclinical trials, degradation of chondroitin sulphate using chondroitinase ABC reactivated neuroplasticity and promoted sensorimotor recovery after stroke in elderly rats. Three days after stroke, chondroitinase ABC was microinjected into the cervical spinal cord to induce localized plasticity of forelimb sensorimotor spinal circuitry. Chondroitinase ABC effectively removed chondroitin sulphate from the extracellular matrix and perineuronal nets. Three different tests of sensorimotor function showed that chondroitinase ABC promoted recovery of forelimb function. Anterograde and retrograde tracing showed that chondroitinase ABC also induced sprouting of the contralesional corticospinal tract in the aged treated hemicord. Chondroitinase ABC did not neuroprotect the peri-infarct region. We show for the first time delayed chondroitinase ABC treatment promotes neuroanatomical and functional recovery after focal ischaemic stroke in an elderly nervous system.

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Authors
Soleman, S., Yip, P. K., Duricki, D. A., & Moon, L. D. F.
Affiliations
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Queen Mary University of London (GB)
Venue
Brain
Published
2012-03-06
Volume
135
Issue
4
Pages
1210-1223
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2116378996
Cited by
123
References
67
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FWCI
11.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Brain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/E527098/1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nerve injury and regeneration
Keywords
chondroitinase ABC, chondroitin sulfate, stroke, sensorimotor recovery, neuroplasticity, aged rats, spinal cord, perineuronal nets, extracellular matrix, forelimb function, treatment delay
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Aging, Amidines, Analysis of Variance, Animals, Biotin, Dextrans, Disease Models, Animal, Double-Blind Method, Female, Forelimb, Injections, Spinal, Functional Laterality, Male, Movement Disorders, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans, Psychomotor Performance, Pyramidal Tracts, Sensation Disorders, Time Factors, Chondroitin ABC Lyase, Recovery of Function, Gait Disorders, Neurologic, Rats, Long-Evans, Brain Infarction, Stroke, Receptors, N-Acetylglucosamine, Plant Lectins, Rats

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