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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
Erythropoietin (EPO) and its receptor (EPO-R), mediate neuroprotection from axonopathy and apoptosis in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). We examined the impact and potential mechanisms of local EPO signaling on regenerating PNS axons in vivo and in vitro. As a consequence of injury, peripheral nerve axons and DRG neurons have a marked increase in the expression of EPO and EPO-R. Local delivery of EPO via conduit over 2 weeks to rat sciatic nerve following crush injury increased the density and maturity of regenerating myelinated axons growing distally from the crush site. In addition, EPO also rescued retrograde degeneration and atrophy of axons. EPO substantially increased the density and intensity of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) expression within outgrowing axons. Behavioral improvements in sensorimotor function also occurred in rats exposed to near nerve EPO delivery. EPO delivery led to decreased nuclear factor kappaB (NFkB) activation but increased phosphorylation of Akt and STAT3 within nerve and dorsal root ganglia neurons indicating rescue from an injury phenotype. Spinal cord explant studies also demonstrated a similar dose-dependent effect of EPO upon motor axonal outgrowth. Local EPO signaling enhances regenerating peripheral nervous system axons in addition to its known neuroprotection. Exogenous EPO may have a therapeutic role in a large number of peripheral nerve diseases through its impact on regeneration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0306-4522
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
154
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
767-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Erythropoietin, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Hand Strength, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Nerve Crush, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Nerve Regeneration, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Neural Conduction, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Sciatic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:18456410-Spinal Cord
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Local erythropoietin signaling enhances regeneration in peripheral axons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. corytoth@shaw.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't