Periwound dopaminergic sprouting is dependent on numbers of wound macrophages.
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| Title: | Periwound dopaminergic sprouting is dependent on numbers of wound macrophages. |
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| Authors: | Batchelor, P. E. (AUTHOR), Porritt, M. J. (AUTHOR), Nilsson, S. K. (AUTHOR), Bertoncello, I. (AUTHOR), Donnan, G. A. (AUTHOR), Howells, D. W. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | European Journal of Neuroscience. Mar2002, Vol. 15 Issue 5, p826-832. 7p. |
| Subjects: | Macrophages, Dopaminergic neurons, Rat physiology |
| Abstract: | Abstract Injury to many regions of the central nervous system, including the striatum, results in a periwound or ‘abortive’ sprouting response. In order to directly evaluate whether macrophages play an important role in stimulating periwound sprouting, osteopetrotic (op/op) mice, which when young are deficient in a variety of macrophage subtypes, were given striatal wounds and the degree of dopaminergic sprouting subsequently assessed. Two weeks postinjury, significantly fewer wound macrophages were present in the striata of op/op mice compared with controls (144 ± 30.1 in op/op mice vs. 416.6 ± 82.3 in controls, P < 0.005, analysis performed on a section transecting the middle of the wound). Dopamine transporter immunohistochemistry revealed a marked decrease in the intensity of periwound sprouting in the op/op group of animals. Quantification of this effect using [H3 ]-mazindol autoradiography confirmed that periwound sprouting was reduced significantly in the op/op mice compared with controls (71.4 ± 21.7 fmol/mg protein in op/op mice vs. 210.7 ± 27.1 fmol/mg protein in controls, P < 0.0005). In the two groups of animals the magnitude of the sprouting response in individuals was closely correlated with the number of wound macrophages (R = 0.83, R 2 = 0.69). Our findings provide strong support for the crucial involvement of macrophages in inducing dopaminergic sprouting after striatal injury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Injury to many regions of the central nervous system, including the striatum, results in a periwound or ‘abortive’ sprouting response. In order to directly evaluate whether macrophages play an important role in stimulating periwound sprouting, osteopetrotic (op/op) mice, which when young are deficient in a variety of macrophage subtypes, were given striatal wounds and the degree of dopaminergic sprouting subsequently assessed. Two weeks postinjury, significantly fewer wound macrophages were present in the striata of op/op mice compared with controls (144 ± 30.1 in op/op mice vs. 416.6 ± 82.3 in controls, P < 0.005, analysis performed on a section transecting the middle of the wound). Dopamine transporter immunohistochemistry revealed a marked decrease in the intensity of periwound sprouting in the op/op group of animals. Quantification of this effect using [H3 ]-mazindol autoradiography confirmed that periwound sprouting was reduced significantly in the op/op mice compared with controls (71.4 ± 21.7 fmol/mg protein in op/op mice vs. 210.7 ± 27.1 fmol/mg protein in controls, P < 0.0005). In the two groups of animals the magnitude of the sprouting response in individuals was closely correlated with the number of wound macrophages (R = 0.83, R 2 = 0.69). Our findings provide strong support for the crucial involvement of macrophages in inducing dopaminergic sprouting after striatal injury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 0953816X |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01914.x |
