Browsing by Subject "Demyelination"

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    De- and remyelination in the CNS white and grey matter induced by cuprizone: The old, the new, and the unexpected
    (F. Hernández y J.F. Madrid. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología., 2011) Skripuletz, Thomas; Gudi, Viktoria; Hackstette, Diane; Stangel, Martin
    The copper chelator cuprizone (bis-cyclohexanone oxaldihydrazone) was established as a neurotoxin in rodents in 1966 by Carlton. During the following years the usefulness of cuprizone feeding in mice to induce oligodendrocyte death with secondary demyelination of the superior cerebellar peduncles was described by Blakemore. In 1998 the cuprizone model experienced a renaissance as the group of Matsushima described the effects of cuprizone on the white matter of the cerebrum and focussed on demyelination in the corpus callosum, where the extent of demyelination could be scored more easily and consistently. Since then the toxic cuprizone model has been widely used to study experimental de- and remyelination in the corpus callosum. Recently, we and others have extended these studies and have shown several new aspects characteristic for this model. Many lessons can be learned from these recent findings that have implications for the basic understanding of remyelination and the design of remyelinating and neuroprotective strategies in demyelinating diseases of the CNS. Although the model is often mentioned in the context of multiple sclerosis, it must always be kept in mind that this model has a fundamentally different induction of demyelination. We highlight the important findings delineated from this model and critically discuss both the advantages and the shortcomings of cuprizone induced demyelination.
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    Region-specific response of central microglial cells to sciatic nerve demyelination through sensory and motor pathways
    (Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Histiologia, 2024) Wu, Shuang; Su, Yuxin; Wang, Yuqing; Wang, Jia; Xu, Dongsheng; Liu, Yihan; Yang, Kunwu; Gao, Junhong; Cui, Jingjing
    Peripheral nerve injury can cause changes in microglial cells on the spinal dorsal and ventral horns. This region-specific response implies that central microglial cells could be activated through both sensory and motor pathways. In order to further determine how peripheral nerve injury activates central microglial cells through neural pathways, the sciatic nerve was selected as the target for neural tract tracing and demyelination. Firstly, we used cholera toxin subunit B (CTB) to map the central sensory and motor territories of the sciatic nerve. Secondly, we applied lysophosphatidylcholine to establish the model of sciatic nerve demyelination and examined the distribution of activated microglial cells via immunofluorescence with ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1. It was shown that CTB labeling included the transganglionically labeled sensory afferents and retrogradely labeled somata of motor neurons along the sensory and motor pathways of the sciatic nerve ipsilateral to the injection, in which sensory afferents terminated on the gracile nucleus, Clarke’s nucleus, and spinal dorsal horn, while motor neurons located on the spinal ventral horn. Consistently, after sciatic nerve demyelination, the activated microglial cells were observed in the same territories as CTB-labeling, showing shortened processes and enlarged cell bodies. These results support the idea that central microglia might be activated by signals from the demyelinated sciatic nerve through both sensory and motor pathways.