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Chondroitinase ABC Promotes Sprouting of Intact and Injured Spinal Systems after Spinal Cord Injury

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Barritt, A. W., Davies, M., Marchand, F., Hartley, R., Grist, J., Yip, P., McMahon, S. B., Bradbury, E. J.·2006·The Journal of Neuroscience

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Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are inhibitory extracellular matrix molecules that are upregulated after CNS injury. Degradation of CSPGs using the enzyme chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) can promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury. However, the mechanisms underlying this recovery are not clear. Here we investigated the effects of ChABC treatment on promoting plasticity within the spinal cord. We found robust sprouting of both injured (corticospinal) and intact (serotonergic) descending projections as well as uninjured primary afferents after a cervical dorsal column injury and ChABC treatment. Sprouting fibers were observed in aberrant locations in degenerating white matter proximal to the injury in regions where CSPGs had been degraded. Corticospinal and serotonergic sprouting fibers were also observed in spinal gray matter at and below the level of the lesion, indicating increased innervation in the terminal regions of descending projections important for locomotion. Spinal-injured animals treated with a vehicle solution showed no significant sprouting. Interestingly, ChABC treatment in uninjured animals did not induce sprouting in any system. Thus, both denervation and CSPG degradation were required to promote sprouting within the spinal cord. We also examined potential detrimental effects of ChABC-induced plasticity. However, although primary afferent sprouting was observed after lumbar dorsal column lesions and ChABC treatment, there was no increased connectivity of nociceptive neurons or development of mechanical allodynia or thermal hyperalgesia. Thus, CSPG digestion promotes robust sprouting of spinal projections in degenerating and denervated areas of the spinal cord; compensatory sprouting of descending systems could be a key mechanism underlying functional recovery.

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Barritt, A. W., Davies, M., Marchand, F., Hartley, R., Grist, J., Yip, P., McMahon, S. B., & Bradbury, E. J.
Affiliations
King's College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Bradbury, E. J.
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The Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2006-10-18
Volume
26
Issue
42
Pages
10856-10867
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
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W2167208176
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
Keywords
chondroitinase ABC, spinal cord injury, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, axonal sprouting, spinal cord plasticity, corticospinal projections, serotonergic projections, primary afferents, denervation, functional recovery, nociception, mechanical allodynia, thermal hyperalgesia
MeSH terms
Animals, Injections, Spinal, Lumbar Vertebrae, Male, Nerve Regeneration, Neuronal Plasticity, Spinal Cord Injuries, Time Factors, Rats, Wistar, Chondroitin ABC Lyase, Rats

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