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Jonsson, Samuel
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Wiberg, R., Jonsson, S., Novikova, L. N. & Kingham, P. J. (2015). Investigation of the Expression of Myogenic Transcription Factors, microRNAs and Muscle-Specific E3 Ubiquitin Ligases in the Medial Gastrocnemius and Soleus Muscles following Peripheral Nerve Injury. PLOS ONE, 10(12), Article ID e0142699.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Investigation of the Expression of Myogenic Transcription Factors, microRNAs and Muscle-Specific E3 Ubiquitin Ligases in the Medial Gastrocnemius and Soleus Muscles following Peripheral Nerve Injury
2015 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 10, no 12, article id e0142699Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Despite surgical innovation, the sensory and motor outcome after a peripheral nerve injury remains incomplete. One contributing factor to the poor outcome is prolonged denervation of the target organ, leading to apoptosis of both mature myofibres and satellite cells with subsequent replacement of the muscle tissue with fibrotic scar and adipose tissue. In this study, we investigated the expression of myogenic transcription factors, muscle specific microRNAs and muscle-specific E3 ubiquitin ligases at several time points following denervation in two different muscles, the gastrocnemius (containing predominantly fast type fibres) and soleus (slow type) muscles, since these molecules may influence the degree of atrophy following denervation. Both muscles exhibited significant atrophy (compared with the contra-lateral sides) at 7 days following either a nerve transection or crush injury. In the crush model, the soleus muscle showed significantly increased muscle weights at days 14 and 28 which was not the case for the gastrocnemius muscle which continued to atrophy. There was a significantly more pronounced up-regulation of MyoD expression in the denervated soleus muscle compared with the gastrocnemius muscle. Conversely, myogenin was more markedly elevated in the gastrocnemius versus soleus muscles. The muscles also showed significantly contrasting transcriptional regulation of the microRNAs miR-1 and miR-206. MuRF1 and Atrogin-1 showed the highest levels of expression in the denervated gastrocnemius muscle. This study provides further insights regarding the intracellular regulatory molecules that generate and maintain distinct patterns of gene expression in different fibre types following peripheral nerve injury.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
San Francisco: Public Library Science, 2015
National Category
Cell and Molecular Biology
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urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-114579 (URN)10.1371/journal.pone.0142699 (DOI)000367092300002 ()26691660 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-84970934667 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2016-02-16 Created: 2016-01-25 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved
Jonsson, S., Wiberg, R., McGrath, A. M., Novikov, L. N., Wiberg, M., Novikova, L. N. & Kingham, P. J. (2013). Effect of delayed peripheral nerve repair on nerve regeneration, Schwann cell function and target muscle recovery. PLOS ONE, 8(2), Article ID e56484.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Effect of delayed peripheral nerve repair on nerve regeneration, Schwann cell function and target muscle recovery
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2013 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 8, no 2, article id e56484Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Despite advances in surgical techniques for peripheral nerve repair, functional restitution remains incomplete. The timing of surgery is one factor influencing the extent of recovery but it is not yet clearly defined how long a delay may be tolerated before repair becomes futile. In this study, rats underwent sciatic nerve transection before immediate (0) or 1, 3, or 6 months delayed repair with a nerve graft. Regeneration of spinal motoneurons, 13 weeks after nerve repair, was assessed using retrograde labeling. Nerve tissue was also collected from the proximal and distal stumps and from the nerve graft, together with the medial gastrocnemius (MG) muscles. A dramatic decline in the number of regenerating motoneurons and myelinated axons in the distal nerve stump was observed in the 3- and 6-months delayed groups. After 3 months delay, the axonal number in the proximal stump increased 2-3 folds, accompanied by a smaller axonal area. RT-PCR of distal nerve segments revealed a decline in Schwann cells (SC) markers, most notably in the 3 and 6 month delayed repair samples. There was also a progressive increase in fibrosis and proteoglycan scar markers in the distal nerve with increased delayed repair time. The yield of SC isolated from the distal nerve segments progressively fell with increased delay in repair time but cultured SC from all groups proliferated at similar rates. MG muscle at 3- and 6-months delay repair showed a significant decline in weight (61% and 27% compared with contra-lateral side). Muscle fiber atrophy and changes to neuromuscular junctions were observed with increased delayed repair time suggestive of progressively impaired reinnervation. This study demonstrates that one of the main limiting factors for nerve regeneration after delayed repair is the distal stump. The critical time point after which the outcome of regeneration becomes too poor appears to be 3-months.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Public Library of Science, 2013
National Category
Other Basic Medicine
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-68439 (URN)10.1371/journal.pone.0056484 (DOI)000315157200136 ()23409189 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-84873605774 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2013-04-19 Created: 2013-04-19 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved
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