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Cell ; 173(1): 153-165.e22, 2018 03 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29502968

ABSTRACT

CNS injury often severs axons. Scar tissue that forms locally at the lesion site is thought to block axonal regeneration, resulting in permanent functional deficits. We report that inhibiting the generation of progeny by a subclass of pericytes led to decreased fibrosis and extracellular matrix deposition after spinal cord injury in mice. Regeneration of raphespinal and corticospinal tract axons was enhanced and sensorimotor function recovery improved following spinal cord injury in animals with attenuated pericyte-derived scarring. Using optogenetic stimulation, we demonstrate that regenerated corticospinal tract axons integrated into the local spinal cord circuitry below the lesion site. The number of regenerated axons correlated with improved sensorimotor function recovery. In conclusion, attenuation of pericyte-derived fibrosis represents a promising therapeutic approach to facilitate recovery following CNS injury.


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Cicatrix/pathology , Spinal Cord Injuries/pathology , Animals , Axons/physiology , Axons/radiation effects , Disease Models, Animal , Evoked Potentials/radiation effects , Extracellular Matrix/metabolism , Fibrosis , Light , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , Pericytes/cytology , Pericytes/metabolism , Photic Stimulation , Pyramidal Tracts/physiology , Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta/genetics , Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta/metabolism , Recovery of Function , Regeneration , Sensorimotor Cortex/physiology , Spinal Cord Injuries/physiopathology
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PLoS Genet ; 12(9): e1006294, 2016 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27657503

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Regularly performed endurance training has many beneficial effects on health and skeletal muscle function, and can be used to prevent and treat common diseases e.g. cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes and obesity. The molecular adaptation mechanisms regulating these effects are incompletely understood. To date, global transcriptome changes in skeletal muscles have been studied at the gene level only. Therefore, global isoform expression changes following exercise training in humans are unknown. Also, the effects of repeated interventions on transcriptional memory or training response have not been studied before. In this study, 23 individuals trained one leg for three months. Nine months later, 12 of the same subjects trained both legs in a second training period. Skeletal muscle biopsies were obtained from both legs before and after both training periods. RNA sequencing analysis of all 119 skeletal muscle biopsies showed that training altered the expression of 3,404 gene isoforms, mainly associated with oxidative ATP production. Fifty-four genes had isoforms that changed in opposite directions. Training altered expression of 34 novel transcripts, all with protein-coding potential. After nine months of detraining, no training-induced transcriptome differences were detected between the previously trained and untrained legs. Although there were several differences in the physiological and transcriptional responses to repeated training, no coherent evidence of an endurance training induced transcriptional skeletal muscle memory was found. This human lifestyle intervention induced differential expression of thousands of isoforms and several transcripts from unannotated regions of the genome. It is likely that the observed isoform expression changes reflect adaptational mechanisms and processes that provide the functional and health benefits of regular physical activity.

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