Motor denervation induces altered muscle fibre type densities and atrophy in a rat model of neuropathic pain

被引:15
作者
Daemen, MARC
Kurvers, HAJM
Bullens, PHJ
Slaaf, DW
Freling, G
Kitslaar, PJEHM
van den Wildenburg, FAJM
机构
[1] Univ Hosp Maastricht, Dept Gen Surg, Maastricht, Netherlands
[2] Univ Maastricht, Cardiovasc Res Inst, Dept Biophys, Maastricht, Netherlands
[3] Univ Hosp Maastricht, Dept Pathol, Maastricht, Netherlands
关键词
chronic constriction injury; nerve-injury; partial denervation; motor disturbances;
D O I
10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00304-8
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Loose ligation of a sciatic nerve in rats (chronic constriction injury; CCI) provokes sensory, autonomic, and motor disturbances like those observed in humans with partial peripheral nerve injury. So far, it is unknown whether these motor disturbances result from (mechanical) allodynia or from damage to the motor neuron. These considerations prompted us to assess, in CCI rats, the density of motor axons in both the ligated sciatic nerve and the ipsilateral femoral nerve. To this end, we determined the number of cholinesterase positive fibres. II has been demonstrated previously that muscle fibre type density may be used as a measure of motor denervation and/or hypokinesia. Therefore, the myofibrillar ATPase reaction was employed to assess fibre type density in biopsies obtained from the lateral gastrocnemius muscle (innervated by sciatic nerve) and rectus femoris muscle (innervated by femoral nerve). We observed axonal degeneration of motor fibres within the loosely ligated sciatic nerve, both at an intermediate (day 21) and at a late stage (day 90) after nerve injury. The reduction in the number of motor nerve fibres was more pronounced distal to the site of the ligatures than proximal. A (less pronounced) reduction of motor fibres was observed in the ipsilateral (non-ligated) femoral nerve. In line with these findings, we observed altered fibre type densities in muscle tissue innervated by the ligated sciatic nerve as well as the non-ligated femoral nerve indicative of motor denervation rather than hypokinesia. The findings of this study suggest that the motor disorder induced by partial nerve injury involves degeneration of motor nerve fibres not only within the primarily affected nerve but also within adjacent large peripheral nerves. This spread outside the territory of the primarily affected nerve suggests degeneration of motor neurons at the level of the central nervous system. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
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