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NO mediates microglial response to acute spinal cord injury under ATP control in vivo.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20468054     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To understand the pathomechanisms of spinal cord injuries will be a prerequisite to develop efficient therapies. By investigating acute lesions of spinal cord white matter in anesthetized mice with fluorescently labeled microglia and axons using in vivo two-photon laser-scanning microscopy (2P-LSM), we identified the messenger nitric oxide (NO) as a modulator of injury-activated microglia. Local tissue damages evoked by high-power laser pulses provoked an immediate attraction of microglial processes. Spinal superfusion with NO synthase and guanylate cyclase inhibitors blocked these extensions. Furthermore, local injection of the NO-donor spermine NONOate (SPNO) or the NO-dependent second messenger cGMP induced efficient migration of microglial cells toward the injection site. High-tissue levels of NO, achieved by uniform superfusion with SPNO and mimicking extended tissue damage, resulted in a fast conversion of the microglial shape from ramified to ameboid indicating cellular activation. When the spinal white matter was preconditioned by increased, ambient ATP (known as a microglial chemoattractant) levels, the attraction of microglial processes to local NO release was augmented, whereas it was abolished at low levels of tissue ATP. Because both signaling molecules, NO and ATP, mediate acute microglial reactions, coordinated pharmacological targeting of NO and purinergic pathways will be an effective mean to influence the innate immune processes after spinal cord injury.
Authors:
Payam Dibaj; Fabien Nadrigny; Heinz Steffens; Anja Scheller; Johannes Hirrlinger; Eike D Schomburg; Clemens Neusch; Frank Kirchhoff
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Glia     Volume:  58     ISSN:  1098-1136     ISO Abbreviation:  Glia     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-14     Completed Date:  2010-08-26     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8806785     Medline TA:  Glia     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1133-44     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism*
Animals
Axons / drug effects,  physiology
Cell Movement / drug effects,  physiology
Cell Polarity / drug effects,  physiology
Cyclic GMP / metabolism
Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
Guanylate Cyclase / antagonists & inhibitors,  metabolism
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Microglia / cytology,  drug effects,  physiology*
Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / drug effects,  physiology
Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
Nitric Oxide Donors / pharmacology
Nitric Oxide Synthase / antagonists & inhibitors,  metabolism
Signal Transduction / drug effects
Spermine / analogs & derivatives,  pharmacology
Spinal Cord / drug effects,  physiopathology
Spinal Cord Injuries / physiopathology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Enzyme Inhibitors; 0/Nitric Oxide Donors; 10102-43-9/Nitric Oxide; 136587-13-8/spermine nitric oxide complex; 56-65-5/Adenosine Triphosphate; 71-44-3/Spermine; 7665-99-8/Cyclic GMP; EC 1.14.13.39/Nitric Oxide Synthase; EC 4.6.1.2/Guanylate Cyclase

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