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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
卷 152, 期 2, 页码 135-138出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.09.026
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Optic nerve lesion and regeneration (ONR); Astrocytes; Glia; Regeneration; Fish; Mammals
Animals that develop without extra-embryonic membranes (anamniotes - fish, amphibians) have impressive regenerative capacity. even to the extent of replacing entire limbs. In contrast, animals that develop within extra-embryonic membranes (amniotes - reptiles, birds, mammals) have limited capacity for regeneration as adults, particularly in the central nervous system (CNS). Much is known about the process of nerve development in fish and mammals and about regeneration after lesions in the CNS in fish and mammals. Because the retina of the eye and optic nerve are functionally part of the brain and are accessible in fish, frogs, and mice, optic nerve lesion and regeneration (ONR) has been extensively used as a model system for study of CNS nerve regeneration. When the optic nerve of a mouse is severed, the axons leading into the brain degenerate. Initially, the cut end of the axons on the proximal, eye-side of the injury sprout neurites which begin to grow into the lesion. Simultaneously, astrocytes of the optic nerve become activated to initiate wound repair as a first step in reestablishing the structural integrity of the optic nerve. This activation appears to initiate a cascade of molecular signals resulting in apoptotic cell death of the retinal ganglion cells axons of which make up the neural component of the optic nerve; regeneration fails and the injury is permanent. Evidence specifically implicating astrocytes comes from studies showing selective poisoning of astrocytes at the optic nerve lesion, along with activation of a gene whose product blocks apoptosis in retinal ganglion cells, creates conditions favorable to neurites sprouting from the cut proximal stump, growing through the lesion and into the distal portion of the injured nerve, eventually reaching appropriate targets in the brain. In anamniotes, astrocytes ostensibly present no such obstacle since optic nerve regeneration occurs without intervention; however, no systematic study of glial involvement has been done. In fish, vigorously growing neurites sprout front the cut axons and within a few days begin to reenervate the brain. This review offers a new perspective on the role of glia, particularly astrocytes, as gatekeepers; i.e., as being permissive or inhibitory, by comparison between fish and mammals of glial function during ONR. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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