Transgenic inhibition of Nogo-66 receptor function allows axonal sprouting and improved locomotion after spinal injury |
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Authors: | Li Shuxin Kim Ji-Eun Budel Stephane Hampton Thomas G Strittmatter Stephen M |
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Institution: | Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208018, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. |
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Abstract: | Axon growth after spinal injury is thought to be limited in part by myelin-derived proteins that act via the Nogo-66 Receptor (NgR). To test this hypothesis, we sought to study recovery from spinal cord injury (SCI) after inhibiting NgR transgenically with a soluble function-blocking NgR fragment. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (gfap) gene regulatory elements were used to generate mice that secrete NgR(310)ecto from astrocytes. After mid-thoracic dorsal over-hemisection injury, gfap::ngr(310)ecto mice exhibit enhanced raphespinal and corticospinal axonal sprouting into the lumbar spinal cord. Recovery of locomotion is improved in the gfap::ngr(310)ecto mice. These data indicate that the NgR ligands, Nogo-66, MAG, and OMgp, play a role in limiting axonal growth in the injured adult CNS and that NgR(310)ecto might provide a therapeutic means to promote recovery from SCI. |
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