THE EFFECT OF MECHANICAL STRAIN OR HYPOXIA ON CELL DEATH IN SUBPOPULATIONS OF RAT DORSAL ROOT GANGLION NEURONS IN VITRO
THE EFFECT OF MECHANICAL STRAIN OR HYPOXIA ON CELL DEATH IN SUBPOPULATIONS OF RAT DORSAL ROOT GANGLION NEURONS IN VITRO
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.07.009
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发表时间:
2010-12-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Priestley, J. V.
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作者:
Gladman, S. J.;Ward, R. E.;Priestley, J. V.
Spinal nerves and their associated dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells can be subject to mechanical deformation and hypoxia associated with pathology such as disc herniation, spinal stenosis and spine trauma There is very limited information on the response of adult DRG neurons to such stressors In this study we used an in vitro approach to examine the response of adult DRG cells to (a) mechanical, hypoxic, and combined injuries, and (b) to compare the effects on injury on nociceptive and non nociceptive neurons, as well as on non-neuronal cells Mechanical injury (20% tensile strain) led to significant neuronal cell death (assessed by ethidium homodimei 1 labelling), which was proportional to strain duration (5 min, 1 h 6 h or 18 h) Hypoxia (2% O-2 for 24 h) also promoted death of DRG neurons, and was further enhanced when mechanical strain and hypoxia were combined Both mechanical strain and hypoxia significantly de creased the maximum neurite length Conversely, death of non neuronal cells was only increased by hypoxia and not by mechanical strain Total cell death in response to mechanical injury or hypoxia was similar in both non nociceptive (neurofilament, NF-200 immunoreactive) and nociceptive (calcitonun gene related peptide CGRP immunoreactive) neurons but apoptosis (assessed by activated caspase 3 immuno staining) was significantly higher in CGRP than NF-200 neurons Surprisingly, cell death of non peptidergic nociceptors (identified by Griffonia simplicifolia IB4 lectin binding) was already high in control cultures and was not increased further by either mechanical stretch or hypoxia These results provide detailed information on the response of adult DRG subpopulations to hypoxia and mechanical strain, and de scribe in vitro models that could be useful for screening potential neuroprotective agents (C) 2010 IBRO Published by Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved