Axonal regeneration promotion by chondroitinase ABC after spinal cord injury in rats / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To investigate the effect of chondroitinase ABC(ChABC) after spinal cord injury(SCI) in adult rats,and to evaluate the significance of treatment. [Methods]Forty adult Wistar rats were divided into two groups: the control group(group A),the chondroitinase ABC group(group B).The thoracic T10 spinal cord injury model was made by impactor model II manual.After SCI,group B animals received ChABC treatment,while group A animals only received blank saline.The locomotor functions(BBB score) and the neuroelectrophysiological changes(SEP&MEP) of the rats were evaluated.Twelve weeks after SCI,biotinylated dextran amine(BDA) was injected into the cerebral cortex to trace the corticospinal tracts(CST).Then two weeks after the tracing,the animals were killed and the spinal cord frozen sections were made.The tissue sections were processed with Cy3 fluorescence stain,HE stain and anti NF-200 immuohistological stain.The section images were analyzed by Image Pro Plus image analyzing software.All the statistics were performed by SPSS 13.0 software.[Results]At 4 weeks after SCI,group B had obvious higher BBB scores than control group(P