Electrical stimulation of intact peripheral sensory axons in rats promotes outgrowth of their central projections

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作者
Udina, Esther [1 ]
Furey, Matthew [1 ]
Busch, Sarah [3 ]
Silver, Jerry [3 ]
Gordon, Tessa [1 ]
Fouad, Karim [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alberta, Ctr Neurosci, Fac Med & Dent, Div Phys Med & Rehabil, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
[2] Univ Alberta, Fac Rehabil Med, Div Neurosci, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
[3] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Neurosci, Sch Med, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
关键词
electrical stimulation; axonal regeneration; conditioning lesion; DRG; neurite outgrowth; spinal cord; cAMP; peripheral nerve; rat;
D O I
10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.11.007
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
A lesion of a peripheral nerve before a second injury (conditioning lesion, CL), enhances peripheral and central regeneration of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) axons. This effect is mediated by elevated neuronal cAMP. Here we wanted to investigate whether electrical stimulation (ES) of an intact nerve, which has been shown to accelerate peripheral axon outgrowth, is also effective in promoting axon regeneration of injured DRG axons in vitro and of the central DRG axons in vivo and, whether this effect is mediated by elevation of cAMP. For the in vitro assay, the intact sciatic nerve of adult rats was stimulated at 20 Hz for 1 h, 7 days before harvest and primary culture of DRG neurons on a growth permissive substrate. In the in vivo study, the central axons of the lumbosacral DRGs were cut in the Th8 dorsal column, and the sciatic nerve was either cut or left intact, and subjected to I h ES at 20 Hz or 200 Hz. In vitro, ES increased neurite outgrowth 4-fold as compared to non-stimulated DRG neurons. In vivo, ES at 20 Hz significantly increased axon outgrowth into the central lesion site as compared to the Sham control. The 20 Hz ES was as effective as the CL in increasing axon outgrowth into the lesion site but not in promoting axonal elongation even though 20 Hz ES increased intracellular cAMP levels in DRG neurons as effectively as the CL. Thus elevation of cAMP may account for the central axonal outgrowth after ES and a CL. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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