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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
The putative neurotrophic effects of the immunophilin ligand GPI-1046 were evaluated in established experimental systems of neuron survival and axon growth in vitro and in vivo. GPI-1046 marginally increased neurite outgrowth of chick dorsal root ganglia in culture under conditions where a very robust effect of nerve growth factor was seen. GPI-1046 failed to protect dopaminergic neurons from 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium in culture or to protect cultured cortical neurons from experimentally induced apoptosis in vitro. In adult rats in vivo, daily administration of GPI-1046 (10 mg/kg, s.c.) for three days enhanced the maximal regeneration distance of both motor and large myelinated sensory axons measured using an electrophysiological assay. However, detailed morphometric analysis of these animals failed to provide evidence for an increase in axon numbers in GPI-1046-treated animals. The ability of GPI-1046 to promote the recovery of dopaminergic function following unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of the substantia nigra was also tested in rats. In the first study, the duration of amphetamine (3 mg/kg, s.c.)-induced circling, but not the maximal number of rotations, was significantly reduced in animals treated with GPI-1046 for five days (10 mg/kg/day). In a second study, testing the effects of delayed GPI-1046 administration, chronic treatment with GPI-1046 (10 mg/kg/day) for two weeks, beginning one month after surgery, did not alter circling responses. Morphometric analysis failed to reveal any changes in either the density of tyrosine hyroxylase-positive fibres in dopaminergic target areas or in cell numbers in the substantia nigra in both experiments. Thus, while GPI-1046 produced marginal effects on neurite outgrowth in dorsal root ganglia cultures and on functional paramaters of nerve regeneration in vivo, we failed to obtain evidence in support of the notion of a general neuroprotective effect of the compound or for an effect on morphologic nerve regeneration in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0306-4522
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
257-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10051205-1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Nerve Crush, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Nerve Regeneration, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Neurites, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Neuroprotective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Oxidopamine, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Pyrrolidines, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Sciatic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:10051205-Substantia Nigra
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of the neurotrophic effects of GPI-1046 on neuron survival and regeneration in culture and in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories, Neuroscience Research Centre, Harlow, Essex, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article