Phenotypic changes of Schwann cells on the proximal stump of injured peripheral nerve during repair using small gap conduit tube |
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Authors: | Shi-jun Zhang Wen-liang Wu Kai-yun Yang Yun-zhen Chen Hai-chun Liu |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China;2. Laboratory of Ears, Nose, and Throat, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China |
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Abstract: | Dedifferentiation of Schwann cells is an important feature of the response to peripheral nerve injury and specific negative myelination reg-ulators are considered to have a major role in this process. However, most experiments have focused on the distal nerve stump, where the Notch signaling pathway is strongly associated with Schwann cell dedifferentiation and repair of the nerve. We observed the phenotypic changes of Schwann cells and changes of active Notch signaling on the proximal stump during peripheral nerve repair using small gap conduit tubulization. Eighty rats, with right sciatic nerve section of 4 mm, were randomly assigned to conduit bridging group and control group (epineurium suture). Glial fibrillary acidic protein expression, in myelinating Schwann cells on the proximal stump, began to up-reg-ulate at 1 day after injury and was still evident at 5 days. Compared with the control group, Notch1 mRNA was expressed at a higher level in the conduit bridging group during the first week on the proximal stump. Hes1 mRNA levels in the conduit bridging group significantly increased compared with the control group at 3, 5, 7 and 14 days post-surgery. The change of the Notch intracellular domain shared a simi-lar trend as Hes1 mRNA expression. Our results confirmed that phenotypic changes of Schwann cells occurred in the proximal stump. The differences in these changes between the conduit tubulization and epineurium suture groups correlate with changes in Notch signaling.This suggests that active Notch signaling might be a key mechanism during the early stage of neural regeneration in the proximal nerve stump. |
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Keywords: | nerve regeneration Schwann cells nerve injury small gap conduit therapy chitin peripheral nerve injury Notch signaling Notch1 Hes1 glial ifbrillary acidic protein S100 neural regeneration |
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