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TURKISH NEUROSURGERY
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 617-624Publisher
TURKISH NEUROSURGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.14035-15.1
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Root avulsion; Spinal motoneurons; Nitric oxide synthase; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Adult rats
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- ERGS from Universiti Sains Malaysia [203/PPSP/6730023]
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AIM: This study evaluated the neuroprotective effect of intrathecally infused paclitaxel in the prevention of motoneuron death and mitochondrial dysfunction following brachial plexus avulsion injury. MATERIAL and METHODS: Brachial root avulsion injury was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats.The Paclitaxel treatment group (n = 32) received a 5-d intrathecal infusion of paclitaxel (256 ng/d) via a micro infusion pump, whereas the Control group (n = 32) received normal saline. The cervical cord was harvested at survival times of 1, 2, 4, and 6 wk (n = 8 each). The number of surviving and nNOS-positive motoneurons at the injury level in the ventral horn was determined with NADPH-d histochemistry. Mitochondria] function at this location was measured with CcO histochemistry and densitometry. An independent t-test was applied to detect differences between the study groups at specific survival times. RESULTS: The Paclitaxel treatment group showed a significant relative reduction in nNOS expression at 2, 4, and 6 wk, and significantly improved mitochondrial function at 4 and 6 wk. Motoneuron survival was significantly increased at 2, 4, and 6 wk. CONCLUSION: Paclitaxel has a significant neuroprotective effect against spinal motoneuron degeneration following brachial plexus avulsion injury, which involves inhibition of nNOS expression and prevention of mitochondrial dysfunction.
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