scholarly journals Terminal Schwann Cells Participate in Neuromuscular Synapse Remodeling during Reinnervation following Nerve Injury

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (18) ◽  
pp. 6323-6333 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kang ◽  
L. Tian ◽  
M. Mikesh ◽  
J. W. Lichtman ◽  
W. J. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Schwann Cells ◽  
Nerve Injury ◽  
Neuromuscular Synapse ◽  
Terminal Schwann Cells

scholarly journals Suppressing Sema3A expression in muscle satellite cells affects terminal Schwann cells after muscle and nerve injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasibeh Daneshvar ◽  
Ryuichi Tatsumi ◽  
Yuji Matsuyoshi ◽  
Judy Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Schwann Cells ◽  
Nerve Injury ◽  
Satellite Cells ◽  
Muscle Satellite Cells ◽  
Terminal Schwann Cells

scholarly journals The Scaffolding Protein, Grb2-associated Binder-1, in Skeletal Muscles and Terminal Schwann Cells Regulates Postnatal Neuromuscular Synapse Maturation

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
So Young Park ◽  
So Young Jang ◽  
Yoon Kyoung Shin ◽  
Dong Keun Jung ◽  
Byeol A Yoon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Schwann Cells ◽  
Skeletal Muscles ◽  
Neuromuscular Synapse ◽  
Scaffolding Protein ◽  
Synapse Maturation ◽  
Terminal Schwann Cells

scholarly journals Terminal Schwann Cells Participate in the Competition Underlying Neuromuscular Synapse Elimination

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (45) ◽  
pp. 17724-17736 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. W. Smith ◽  
M. Mikesh ◽  
Y. i. Lee ◽  
W. J. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Schwann Cells ◽  
Neuromuscular Synapse ◽  
Synapse Elimination ◽  
Terminal Schwann Cells

Terminal Schwann cells guide the reinnervation of muscle after nerve injury

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (5-8) ◽  
pp. 975-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyuno Kang ◽  
Le Tian ◽  
Wesley Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Schwann Cells ◽  
Nerve Injury ◽  
Terminal Schwann Cells

Transplantation of Schwann cells in a collagen tube for the repair of large, segmental peripheral nerve defects in rats

2013 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 720-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yerko A. Berrocal ◽  
Vania W. Almeida ◽  
Ranjan Gupta ◽  
Allan D. Levi
Keyword(s):  
Sciatic Nerve ◽  
Peripheral Nerve ◽  
Schwann Cells ◽  
Nerve Injury ◽  
Peripheral Nerve Injury ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Myelinated Axons ◽  
Segmental Nerve ◽  
Green Fluorescent

Object Segmental nerve defects pose a daunting clinical challenge, as peripheral nerve injury studies have established that there is a critical nerve gap length for which the distance cannot be successfully bridged with current techniques. Construction of a neural prosthesis filled with Schwann cells (SCs) could provide an alternative treatment to successfully repair these long segmental gaps in the peripheral nervous system. The object of this study was to evaluate the ability of autologous SCs to increase the length at which segmental nerve defects can be bridged using a collagen tube. Methods The authors studied the use of absorbable collagen conduits in combination with autologous SCs (200,000 cells/μl) to promote axonal growth across a critical size defect (13 mm) in the sciatic nerve of male Fischer rats. Control groups were treated with serum only–filled conduits of reversed sciatic nerve autografts. Animals were assessed for survival of the transplanted SCs as well as the quantity of myelinated axons in the proximal, middle, and distal portions of the channel. Results Schwann cell survival was confirmed at 4 and 16 weeks postsurgery by the presence of prelabeled green fluorescent protein–positive SCs within the regenerated cable. The addition of SCs to the nerve guide significantly enhanced the regeneration of myelinated axons from the nerve stump into the proximal (p < 0.001) and middle points (p < 0.01) of the tube at 4 weeks. The regeneration of myelinated axons at 16 weeks was significantly enhanced throughout the entire length of the nerve guide (p < 0.001) as compared with their number in a serum–only filled tube and was similar in number compared with the reversed autograft. Autotomy scores were significantly lower in the animals whose sciatic nerve was repaired with a collagen conduit either without (p < 0.01) or with SCs (p < 0.001) when compared with a reversed autograft. Conclusions The technique of adding SCs to a guidance channel significantly enhanced the gap distance that can be repaired after peripheral nerve injury with long segmental defects and holds promise in humans. Most importantly, this study represents some of the first essential steps in bringing autologous SC-based therapies to the domain of peripheral nerve injuries with long segmental defects.

scholarly journals S100ß and fibroblast growth factor-2 are present in cultured Schwann cells and may exert paracrine actions on the peripheral nerve injury

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 555-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Duobles ◽  
Thais de Sousa Lima ◽  
Beatriz de Freitas Azevedo Levy ◽  
Gerson Chadi
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Sciatic Nerve ◽  
Fibroblast Growth Factor ◽  
Schwann Cells ◽  
Nerve Injury ◽  
Satellite Cells ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 ◽  
Fibroblast Growth ◽  
Cultured Schwann Cells

PURPOSE: The neurotrophic factor fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2, bFGF) and Ca++ binding protein S100ß are expressed by the Schwann cells of the peripheral nerves and by the satellite cells of the dorsal root ganglia (DRG). Recent studies have pointed out the importance of the molecules in the paracrine mechanisms related to neuronal maintenance and plasticity of lesioned motor and sensory peripheral neurons. Moreover, cultured Schwann cells have been employed experimentally in the treatment of central nervous system lesions, in special the spinal cord injury, a procedure that triggers an enhanced sensorymotor function. Those cells have been proposed to repair long gap nerve injury. METHODS: Here we used double labeling immunohistochemistry and Western blot to better characterize in vitro and in vivo the presence of the proteins in the Schwann cells and in the satellite cells of the DRG as well as their regulation in those cells after a crush of the rat sciatic nerve. RESULTS: FGF-2 and S100ß are present in the Schwann cells of the sciatic nerve and in the satellite cells of the DRG. S100ß positive satellite cells showed increased size of the axotomized DRG and possessed elevated amount of FGF-2 immunoreactivity. Reactive satellite cells with increased FGF-2 labeling formed a ring-like structure surrounding DRG neuronal cell bodies.Reactive S100ß positive Schwann cells of proximal stump of axotomized sciatic nerve also expressed higher amounts of FGF-2. CONCLUSION: Reactive peripheral glial cells synthesizing FGF-2 and S100ß may be important in wound repair and restorative events in the lesioned peripheral nerves.

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