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A rat model of spinal cord injury was established using the weight drop method. A cavity formed 14 days following spinal cord injury, and compact scar tissue formed by 56 days. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay results demonstrated that glial fibrillary acidic protein and telomerase expression increased gradually after injury, peaked at 28 days, and then gradually decreased. Spearman rank correlation showed a positive correlation between glial fibrillary acidic protein expression and telomerase expression in the glial scar. These results suggest that telomerase promotes glial scar formation.  相似文献   

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Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a cause of major neurological disability, and no satisfactory treatment is currently available. Traumatic SCI directly damages the cell bodies and/or processes of neurons and triggers a series of endogenous processes, including neuroinflammatory response and reactive astrogliosis. In this study, we found that triptolide, one of the major active components of the traditional Chinese herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F, inhibited astrogliosis and inflammation and promoted spinal cord repair. Triptolide was shown to prevent astrocytes from reactive activation by blocking the JAK2/STAT3 pathway in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, astrocytic gliosis and glial scar were greatly reduced in injured spinal cord treated with triptolide. Triptolide treatment was also shown to decrease the ED‐1 or CD11b‐positive inflammatory cells at the lesion site. Using neurofilament staining and anterograde tracing, a significantly greater number of regenerative axons were observed in the triptolide‐treated rats. Importantly, behavioral tests revealed that injured rats receiving triptolide had improved functional recovery as assessed by the Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan open‐field scoring, grid‐walk, and foot‐print analysis. These results suggested that triptolide promoted axon regeneration and locomotor recovery by attenuating glial scaring and inflammation, and shed light on the potential therapeutic benefit for SCI. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.  相似文献   

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MicroRNAs are a class of recently discovered,small non-coding RNAs that have been shown to play essential roles in a vast majority of biological processes.Very little is known about the role of microRNAs during spinal cord injury.This review summarizes the changes in expression levels of microRNAs after spinal cord injury.These aberrant changes suggest that microRNAs play an important role in inflammation,oxidative stress,apoptosis,glial scar formation and axonal regeneration.Given their small size and specificity of action,microRNAs could be potential therapeutics for treating spinal cord injury in the future.There are rapidly developing techniques for manipulating microRNA levels in animals;we review different chemical modification and delivery strategies.These may provide platforms for designing efficient microRNA delivery protocols for use in the clinic.  相似文献   

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In spinal cord injury (SCI), absence of functional recovery and lack of spontaneous axonal regeneration are attributed, among other factors, to the formation of a glial scar that forms both physical and chemical barriers. The glial scar is composed mainly of reactive astrocytes that overexpress two intermediate filament proteins, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin (VIM). To promote regeneration and sprouting of spared axons after spinal cord trauma and with the objective of translation to clinics, we designed an original in vivo gene transfer strategy to reduce glial scar formation after SCI, based on the RNA interference (RNAi)‐mediated inhibition of GFAP and VIM. We first show that direct injection of lentiviral vectors expressing short hairpin RNA (shRNA) against GFAP and VIM in a mouse model of SCI allows efficient and specific targeting of astrocytes. We then demonstrate that the lentiviral‐mediated and stable expression of shGFAP and shVIM leads to a strong reduction of astrogliosis, improves functional motor recovery, and promotes axonal regrowth and sprouting of spared axons. This study thus examplifies how the nonneuronal environment might be a major target within the lesioned central nervous system to promote axonal regeneration (and sprouting) and validates the use of lentiviral‐mediated RNAi in SCI. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.  相似文献   

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Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in glial activation and neuroinflammation, which play pivotal roles in the secondary injury mechanisms with both pro‐ and antiregeneration effects. Presently, little is known about the endogenous molecular mechanisms that regulate glial functions in the injured spinal cord. We previously reported that the expression of neuregulin‐1 (Nrg‐1) is acutely and chronically declined following traumatic SCI. Here, we investigated the potential ramifications of Nrg‐1 dysregulation on glial and immune cell reactivity following SCI. Using complementary in vitro approaches and a clinically‐relevant model of severe compressive SCI in rats, we demonstrate that immediate delivery of Nrg‐1 (500 ng/day) after injury enhances a neuroprotective phenotype in inflammatory cells associated with increased interleukin‐10 and arginase‐1 expression. We also found a decrease in proinflammatory factors including IL‐1β, TNF‐α, matrix metalloproteinases (MMP‐2 and 9) and nitric oxide after injury. In addition, Nrg‐1 modulates astrogliosis and scar formation by reducing inhibitory chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans after SCI. Mechanistically, Nrg‐1 effects on activated glia are mediated through ErbB2 tyrosine phosphorylation in an ErbB2/3 heterodimer complex. Furthermore, Nrg‐1 exerts its effects through downregulation of MyD88, a downstream adaptor of Toll‐like receptors, and increased phosphorylation of Erk1/2 and STAT3. Nrg‐1 treatment with the therapeutic dosage of 1.5 μg/day significantly improves tissue preservation and functional recovery following SCI. Our findings for the first time provide novel insights into the role and mechanisms of Nrg‐1 in acute SCI and suggest a positive immunomodulatory role for Nrg‐1 that can harness the beneficial properties of activated glia and inflammatory cells in recovery following SCI.  相似文献   

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To determine whether olomoucine acts synergistically with bone morphogenetic protein-4 in the treatment of spinal cord injury, we established a rat model of acute spinal cord contusion by impacting the spinal cord at the T8 vertebra. We injected a suspension of astrocytes derived from glial-restricted precursor cells exposed to bone morphogenetic protein-4 (GDAsBMP) into the spinal cord around the site of the injury, and/or olomoucine intraperitoneally. Olomoucine effectively inhibited astrocyte proliferation and the formation of scar tissue at the injury site, but did not prevent proliferation of GDAsBMP or inhibit their effects in reducing the spinal cord lesion cavity. Furthermore, while GDAsBMP and olomoucine independently resulted in small improve- ments in locomotor function in injured rats, combined administration of both treatments had a significantly greater effect on the restoration of motor function. These data indicate that the combined use of olomoucine and GDAsBMP creates a better environment for nerve regeneration than the use of either treatment alone, and contributes to spinal cord repair after injury.  相似文献   

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Thermomineral water from the Atomic Spa Gornja Trepca has been used for a century in the treatment of neurologic disease. The thermomineral water contains microelements, including lithium and magnesium, which show neural regeneration-promoting effects after central nervous system injury. In this study, we investigated the effects of oral intake of thermomineral water from the Atomic Spa Gornja Trepca on nerve regeneration in a 3-month-old mouse model of spinal cord injury. The mice receiving oral intake of thermomineral water showed better locomotor recovery than those without administration of thermomineral water at 8 and 12 weeks after lower thoracic spinal cord compression. At 12 weeks after injury, sprouting of catecholaminergic axons was better in mice that drank thermomineral water than in those without administration of thermomineral water, but there was no difference in glial reaction to injury between mice with and without administration of thermomineral water. These findings suggest that thermomineral water can promote the nerve regeneration but cannot reduce glial scar formation in a mouse model of spinal cord injury.  相似文献   

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目的 观察脊髓损伤(SCI)后轴突变化及其与胶质瘢痕的关系.方法 应用Allen's法建立大鼠脊髓损伤模型,通过行为学评分、免疫荧光及神经束路示踪等观察SCI后轴突的病理变化,及其与胶质瘢痕的关系,并测量胶质瘢痕的厚度.结果 SCI后损伤处的轴突呈断裂、扭曲状,SCI后1 周损伤轴突呈再生趋势,2周时再生明显,与此相应动物运动功能逐渐恢复,4周时胶质瘢痕形成,再生的轴突被瘢痕阻挡.头尾侧胶质瘢痕厚度(107.00±20.12)μm大于两侧边厚度(69.92±24.37)μm.结论 SCI后轴突仍具有再生能力,但被胶质瘢痕所阻挡,瘢痕厚度的测量为将来去除胶质瘢痕提供了实验依据.  相似文献   

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Remyelination plays a key role in functional recovery of axons after spinal cord injury. Glial cells are the most abundant cells in the central nervous system. When spinal cord injury occurs, many glial cells at the lesion site are immediately activated, and different cells differentially affect inflammatory reactions after injury. In this review, we aim to discuss the core role of oligodendrocyte precursor cells and crosstalk with the rest of glia and their subcategories in the remyelination process. Activated astrocytes influence prolif-eration, differentiation, and maturation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells, while activated microglia alter remyelination by regulating the inflammatory reaction after spinal cord injury. Understanding the interac-tion between oligodendrocyte precursor cells and the rest of glia is necessary when designing a therapeutic plan of remyelination after spinal cord injury.  相似文献   

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慢性脊髓损伤胶质瘢痕边界定位的实验研究   总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1  
目的 探讨如何精确地定位慢性脊髓损伤胶质瘢痕边界.以期能得到在切除瘢痕时对其边界切实可行的定位方法 ,为进行神经干细胞移植治疗慢性脊髓损伤提供基础理论支持.方法 首先,用胸段脊髓半截断的方法 制作犬慢性脊髓损伤模型,以骨窗上端第1个椎板下缘的后正中点为立体空间的坐标"原点",测量半截断损伤的脊髓节段上端及下端到原点的距离.其次,模型犬饲养12周,应用MRI扫描脊髓正中矢状位,分别测量MRI矢状位上异常信号的上、下界到原点的距离;然后应用B超对脊髓进行检测,检查脊髓上超声信号变化情况.再次,对脊髓标本进行纵向切片并染色,显微镜下观察切片上胶质纤维染色结果并测量其长度.最后,比较MRI矢状位脊髓异常信号长度与病理切片上瘢痕长度的差异. 结果 MRI上异常信号的范围(14.7±0.94)mm]大于手术损伤范围(10mm),其均值差值约为4.7 mm.B超检测能分辨脊髓上的异常信号变化.而且信号变化明显、边界清晰,达到肉眼分辨水平.病理切片上测量到的胶质瘢痕范围[(18.6±1.19)mm]大于MRI上测量得出的异常信号范围,其均值差值约为3.9 mm. 结论 通过MRI矢状位扫描.同时引入立体定向原理可基本上定位胶质瘢痕边界;病理学测量结果对影像学定位具有进一步纠正的应用价值;B超可帮助检测瘢痕是否有残留,进一步保证完全切除瘢痕.  相似文献   

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In the aftermath of spinal cord injury, glial restricted precursors (GRPs) and immature astrocytes offer the potential to modulate the inlfammatory environment of the injured spinal cord and promote host axon re-generation. Nevertheless clinical application of cellular therapy for the repair of spinal cord injury requires strict quality-assured protocols for large-scale production and preservation that necessitates long-term in vitro expansion. Importantly, such processes have the potential to alter the phenotypic and functional properties and thus therapeutic potential of these cells. Furthermore, clinical use of cellular therapies may be limited by the inlfammatory microenvironment of the injured spinal cord, altering the phenotypic and functional properties of grafted cells. This report simulates the process of large-scale GRP production and demonstrates the permissive properties of GRP following long-termin vitro culture. Furthermore, we de-ifned the phenotypic and functional properties of GRP in the presence of inlfammatory factors, and call attention to the importance of the microenvironment of grafted cells, underscoring the importance of modulating the environment of the injured spinal cord.  相似文献   

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Cell transplantation is one strategy for encouraging regeneration after spinal cord injury and a range of cell types have been investigated for their repair potential. However, variations in study design complicate determination of which cells are most effective. In this study we have carried out a direct comparison of the regenerative and integrative properties of several cell preparations following transplantation into the lesioned rat spinal cord. Transplants included: (i) purified olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) and (ii) fibroblast‐like cells, from olfactory bulb (OBFB‐L), (iii) a 50:50 mixture of (i) and (ii) (OEC/OBFB‐L), (iv) dissociated nasal mucosa (OM), (v) purified peripheral nerve Schwann cells (SCs), (vi) peripheral nerve fibroblasts, and (vii) skin fibroblasts (SF). All transplants supported axonal regeneration: OECs and SCs promoted the greatest regeneration while OBFB‐like cells were least efficient and mixed cell populations were less effective than purified populations. Tract‐tracing experiments demonstrated that none of the cell types promoted regeneration beyond the lesion. Although all cell types prevented cavity formation, the extent of astrocytic hypertrophy [GFAP immunoreactivity (IR) at the transplant/lesion site] differed markedly. OECs and SCs were associated with the least GFAP‐IR, fibroblasts and fibroblast‐like cells resulted in greater GFAP‐IR while hypertrophy surrounding transplants of OM was most extensive. These differences in host‐transplant reactivity were confirmed by transplanting cells into normal spinal cord where the cellular interaction is not complicated by injury. Thus, purified glial cells have advantages for transplant‐mediated repair, combining maximal support for axonal regeneration with a minimal astrocytic reaction around the transplant site. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.  相似文献   

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To evaluate the effects of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor transplantation combined with adipose-derived stem cells-transdifferentiated motoneuron delivery on spinal cord con-tusion injury, we developed rat models of spinal cord contusion injury, 7 days later, injected adipose-derived stem cells-transdifferentiated motoneurons into the epicenter, rostral and caudal regions of the impact site and simultaneously transplanted glial cell line-derived neuro-trophic factor-gelfoam complex into the myelin sheath. Motoneuron-like cell transplantation combined with glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor delivery reduced cavity formations and increased cell density in the transplantation site. The combined therapy exhibited superior promoting effects on recovery of motor function to transplantation of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, adipose-derived stem cells or motoneurons alone. These ifndings suggest that motoneuron-like cell transplantation combined with glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor delivery holds a great promise for repair of spinal cord injury.  相似文献   

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BACKGROUND: Studies have demonstrated that astrocytes may possess similar properties to neural stem cells/neural precursor cells and have the potential to differentiate into neurons. OBJECTIVE: To observe neuroepithelial stem cell protein (nestin) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression following spinal cord injury, and to explore whether nestin+/GFAP+ cells, which are detected at peak levels in gray and white matter around the ependymal region of the central canal in injured spinal cord, possess similar properties of neural stem cells. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: A randomized, controlled experiment. The study was performed at the Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education between January 2004 and December 2006. MATERIALS: Rabbit anti-rat nestin, β-tubulinⅢ, mouse anti-rat GFAP, galactocerebroside (GaLC) antibodies were utilized, as well as flow cytometry. METHODS: A total of 60 male, Sprague Dawley rats, aged 8 weeks, were randomly assigned to control (n = 12) and model (n = 48) groups. The spinal cord injury model was established in the model group by aneurysm clip compression, while the control animals were not treated. The gray and white matter around the ependymal region of the central canal exhibited peak expression of nestin+/GFAP+ cells. These cells were harvested and prepared into single cell suspension, followed by primary and passage cultures. The cells were incubated with serum-containing neural stem cell complete medium. MAINOUTCOME MEASURES: Nestin and GFAP expression in injured spinal cord was determined using immunohistochemistry and double-labeled immunofluorescence at 1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 28, and 56 days post-injury. In addition, cell proliferation and differentiation were detected using immunofluorescence cytochemistry and flow cytometry. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, the model group exhibited significantly increased nestin and GFAP expression (P 〈 0.05), which reached peak levels between 3 and 7 days. The majority of cells in the ependymal region around the central canal were nestin+/GFAP- cells, while the gray and white matter around the ependymal region were full of nestin+/GFAP+ cells, with an astrocytic-like appearance. A large number of nestin+/GFAP+cells were observed in the model group cell culture, and the cells formed clonal spheres and displayed strong nestin-positive immunofluorescence staining. Following induced differentiation, a large number of GaLC-nestin, β-tubulin Ⅲ-nestin, and GFAP-nestin positive cells were observed. However, no obvious changes were seen in the control group. Cells in S stage, as well as the percentage of proliferating cells, in the model group were significantly greater than in the control group (P 〈 0.01), CONCLUSION: Spinal cord injury in the adult rat induced high expression of nestin+/GFAP+ in the gray and white matter around the ependymal region of the central canal. These nestin+/GFAP+ cells displayed the potential to self-renew and differentiate into various cells. The cells could be neural stem cells of the central nervous system.  相似文献   

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Schwann cells are glial cells of peripheral nervous system, responsible for axonal myelination and ensheathing, as well as tissue repair following a peripheral nervous system injury. They are one of several cell types that are widely studied and most commonly used for cell transplantation to treat spinal cord injury, due to their intrinsic characteristics including the ability to secrete a variety of neurotrophic factors. This mini review summarizes the recent findings of endogenous Schwann cells after spinal cord injury and discusses their role in tissue repair and axonal regeneration. After spinal cord injury, numerous endogenous Schwann cells migrate into the lesion site from the nerve roots, involving in the construction of newly formed repaired tissue and axonal myelination. These invading Schwann cells also can move a long distance away from the injury site both rostrally and caudally. In addition, Schwann cells can be induced to migrate by minimal insults (such as scar ablation) within the spinal cord and integrate with astrocytes under certain circumstances. More importantly, the host Schwann cells can be induced to migrate into spinal cord by transplantation of different cell types, such as exogenous Schwann cells, olfactory ensheathing cells, and bone marrow-derived stromal stem cells. Migration of endogenous Schwann cells following spinal cord injury is a common natural phenomenon found both in animal and human, and the myelination by Schwann cells has been examined effective in signal conduction electrophysiologically. Therefore, if the inherent properties of endogenous Schwann cells could be developed and utilized, it would offer a new avenue for the restoration of injured spinal cord.  相似文献   

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《中国神经再生研究》2016,(7):1043-1045
A combined approach in spinal cord injury (SCI) therapy is the modulation of the cellular and molecular processes involved in glial scarring. Aldaynoglial cells are neural cell precursors with a high capacity to differentiate into neurons, promote axonal growth, wrapping and myelination of resident neurons. These important characteristics of aldaynoglia can be combined with speciifc inhibition of the RhoGTPase ac-tivity in astroglia and microglia that cause reduction of glial proliferation, retraction of glial cell processes and myelin production by oligodendrocytes. Previously we used experimental central nervous system (CNS) injury models, like spinal cord contusion and striatal lacunar infarction and observed that adminis-tration of RhoGTPase glycolipid inhibitor or aldaynoglial cells, respectively, produced a signiifcant gain of functional recovery in treated animals. The combined therapy with neuro-regenerative properties strategy is highly desirable to treat SCI for functional potentiation of neurons and oligodendrocytes, resulting in better locomotor recovery. Here we suggest that treatment of spinal lesions with aldaynoglia from neu-rospheres plus local administration of a RhoGTPase inhibitor could have an additive effect and promote recovery from SCI.  相似文献   

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Wanner IB  Deik A  Torres M  Rosendahl A  Neary JT  Lemmon VP  Bixby JL 《Glia》2008,56(15):1691-1709
Astrocytes respond to central nervous system (CNS) injury with reactive astrogliosis and participate in the formation of the glial scar, an inhibitory barrier for axonal regeneration. Little is known about the injury-induced mechanisms underlying astrocyte reactivity and subsequent development of an axon-inhibitory scar. We combined two key aspects of CNS injury, mechanical trauma and co-culture with meningeal cells, to produce an in vitro model of the scar from cultures of highly differentiated astrocytes. Our model displayed widespread morphological signs of astrocyte reactivity, increases in expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and accumulation of GFAP in astrocytic processes. Expression levels of scar-associated markers, phosphacan, neurocan, and tenascins, were also increased. Importantly, neurite growth from various CNS neuronal populations was significantly reduced when neurons were seeded on the scar-like cultures, compared with growth on cultures of mature astrocytes. Quantification of neurite growth parameters on the scar model demonstrated significant reductions in neuronal adhesion and neurite lengths. Interestingly, neurite outgrowth of postnatal neurons was reduced to a greater extent than that of embryonic neurons, and outgrowth inhibition varied among neuronal populations. Scar-like reactive sites and neurite-inhibitory patches were found throughout these cultures, creating a patchwork of growth-inhibitory areas mimicking a CNS injury site. Thus, our model showed relevant aspects of scar formation and produced widespread inhibition of axonal regeneration; it should be useful both for examining mechanisms underlying scar formation and to assess various treatments for their potential to improve regeneration after CNS injury. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.  相似文献   

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Deficits in intrinsic neuronal capacities in the spinal cord,a lack of growth support,and suppression of axonal outgrowth by inhibitory molecules mean that spinal cord injury almost always has devastating consequences.As such,one of the primary targets for the treatment of spinal cord injury is to develop strategies to antagonize extrinsic or intrinsic axonal growth-inhibitory factors or enhance the factors that support axonal growth.Among these factors,a series of individual protein level disorders have been identified during the generation of axons following spinal cord injury.Moreover,an increasing number of studies have indicated that post-translational modifications of these proteins have important implications for axonal growth.Some researchers have discovered a variety of post-translational modifications after spinal cord injury,such as tyrosination,acetylation,and phosphorylation.In this review,we reviewed the post-translational modifications for axonal growth,functional recovery,and neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury,a better understanding of which may elucidate the dynamic change of spinal cord injury-related molecules and facilitate the development of a new therapeutic strategy for spinal cord injury.  相似文献   

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背景:温度敏感性磁性纳米颗粒即磁性纳米颗粒-Pluronic具有温度响应药物控制释放能力,并能穿透血脑屏障。 目的:实验检测其携带神经节苷脂(GM-1)能力及在活体组织中药物释放能力,以及对脊髓损伤修复再生的影响。 设计、时间及地点:随机对照动物实验,于2006-09/2007-02在首都医科大学北京神经科学研究所和中国科学院过程工程研究所完成。 材料:神经节苷脂由阿根廷Trb Pharma药厂生产。磁性纳米颗粒-Pluronic的制备及其负载神经节苷脂由中国科学院过程工程研究所制备。 方法:将20只SD大鼠制作急性完全横断脊髓损伤模型,随机分为4组:①治疗组:于脊髓断端间注射磁性纳米颗粒-Pluronic-GM-1 100 μL+纤维蛋白胶100 μL。②对照组1:于脊髓断端间注射磁性纳米颗粒-Pluronic 100 μL+纤维蛋白胶100 μL。③对照组2:于脊髓断端间注射纤维蛋白胶100 μL。④空白组:单纯横断不予以任何治疗。 主要观察指标:4周后,应用免疫组织化学方法结合图像分析方法,对脊髓横断处远端、近端进行神经纤维计数及胶质细胞网格框架结构定量分析,以了解神经再生情况。 结果:20只大鼠均进入结果分析。①脊髓横断区神经纤维数量:治疗组近端、远端均高于其他3组(P < 0.05),2个对照组高于空白组(P < 0.05),对照组2高于对照组1(P < 0.05)。②脊髓横断区胶质纤维面积比:治疗组近端、远端均高于其他3组(P < 0.05),2个对照组近端明显高于空白组(P < 0.05),对照组2远端高于空白组(P < 0.05)。 结论:磁性纳米颗粒-Pluronic具有药物携带及释放作用,其携带神经节苷脂对脊髓损伤具有一定程度的修复及促进神经再生的作用。  相似文献   

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