Fate of rubrospinal neurons after unilateral section of the cervical spinal cord in adult macaque monkeys: effects of an antibody treatment neutralizing Nogo-A.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_6619ECF4DBC6
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Fate of rubrospinal neurons after unilateral section of the cervical spinal cord in adult macaque monkeys: effects of an antibody treatment neutralizing Nogo-A.
Périodique
Brain Research
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Wannier-Morino P., Schmidlin E., Freund P., Belhaj-Saif A., Bloch J., Mir A., Schwab M.E., Rouiller E.M., Wannier T.
ISSN
0006-8993
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
1217
Pages
96-109
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The present study describes in primates the effects of a spinal cord injury on the number and size of the neurons in the magnocellular part of the red nucleus (RNm), the origin of the rubrospinal tract, and evaluates whether a neutralization of Nogo-A reduces the lesioned-induced degenerative processes observed in RNm. Two groups of monkeys were subjected to unilateral section of the spinal cord affecting the rubrospinal tract; one group was subsequently treated with an antibody neutralizing Nogo-A; the second group received a control antibody. Intact animals were also included in the study. Counting neurons stained with a monoclonal antibody recognizing non-phosphorylated epitopes on neurofilaments (SMI-32) indicated that their number in the contralesional RNm was consistently inferior to that in the ipsilesional RNm, in a proportion amounting up to 35%. The lesion also induced shrinkage of the soma of the neurons detected in the contralesional RNm. Infusing an anti-Nogo-A antibody at the site of the lesion did not increase the proportion of SMI-32 positive rubrospinal neurons in the contralesional RNm nor prevent shrinkage.
Mots-clé
Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology, Axotomy, Cervical Vertebrae, Functional Laterality/physiology, Humans, Macaca, Myelin Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors, Neurofilament Proteins/drug effects, Neurons/pathology, Pyramidal Tracts/pathology, Red Nucleus/pathology, Spinal Cord Injuries/pathology
Pubmed
Web of science
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14/10/2009 12:19
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