Phospholipase A<sub>2</sub> and spinal cord injury: A novel target for therapeutic intervention

Olivas, Andrea D.; Noble-Haeusslein, Linda J.

doi:10.1002/ana.20840

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“…Protein Function Involved in Antioxidant Activity-Large amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS), including hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radicals, and peroxynitrate, are produced within a few hours after spinal cord injury (88,89). These neurotoxic factors contribute to the pathology of secondary damage of spinal cord injury and play an important role in the progression of spinal cord injury (90).…”

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Involvement of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Spinal Cord Injury Repair Processes Revealed by a Proteomics Approach

Tsai¹,

Shen²,

Kuo

et al. 2008

Molecular & Cellular Proteomics

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Acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF; also known as FGF-1) is a potent neurotrophic factor that affects neuronal survival in the injured spinal cord. However, the pathological changes that occur with spinal cord injury (SCI) and the attribution to aFGF of a neuroprotective effect during SCI are still elusive. In this study, we demonstrated that rat SCI, when treated with aFGF, showed significant functional recovery as indicated by the Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan locomotor rating scale and the combined behavior score (p < 0.01-0.001). Furthermore proteomics and bioinformatics approaches were adapted to investigate changes in the global protein profile of the damaged spinal cord tissue when experimental rats were treated either with or without aFGF at 24 h after injury. We found that 51 protein spots, resolvable by two-dimensional PAGE, had significant differential expression. Using hierarchical clustering analysis, these proteins were categorized into five major expression patterns. Noticeably proteins involved in the process of secondary injury, such as astrocyte activation (glial fibrillary acidic protein), inflammation (S100B), and scar formation (keratan sulfate proteoglycan lumican), which lead to the blocking of injured spinal cord regeneration, were down-regulated in the contusive spinal cord after treatment with aFGF. We propose that aFGF might initiate a series of biological processes to prevent or attenuate secondary injury and that this, Spinal cord injury (SCI)1 is a costly disease as well as the most frequent cause of mortality and morbidity in every medical care system around the world (1, 2). Traumatic axonal injury is a primary sequela of contusive SCI and is characterized by axonal swelling and disconnection of the ascending sensory and descending motor tracts (3). Contusive SCI seems to initiate a complicated cascade of pathophysiological changes, a process called secondary injury, including fiber deformation, increased vascular permeability, local ischemia, intraneuronal edema, and local demyelination. Moreover traumatic axonal injury typically involves a disruption of the axonal membrane, and this results in up-regulation of the entry of calcium, the influx of which initiates calpain activation (4, 5) and mitochondrial injury/swelling (6), resulting in cytochrome c release and caspase activation (7). Simultaneously the proliferation and hypertrophy of astrocytes around the injury site are characterized by increased immunoreactivity to glial fibrillary acidic proteins (GFAPs) (8).Although many studies have focused on revealing the pathophysiology of SCI, the exact molecular mechanisms and the biochemical pathways that mediate secondary injury remain sketchy (9). Spinal cord injury often causes permanent neurological deficits mostly because the injured neurons lack regenerative ability, and the series of destructive processes that follow SCI results in a second wave of cell death and spreading tissue loss (10). Therefore, studies of the stimulaFrom the ‡Institute

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Involvement of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Spinal Cord Injury Repair Processes Revealed by a Proteomics Approach

Tsai¹,

Shen²,

Kuo

et al. 2008

Molecular & Cellular Proteomics

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“…SSCI gradually produces more proinflammatory factors and chemokines, including IL-6, TNF-α, IFN-γ, and TGF-β. A series of complex damage mechanisms ultimately leads to the demyelination of residual nerve fibers and the degeneration and death of a large number of neurons and glial cells [31]. Because the duration and scope of SSCI extend far beyond those of PSCI, SSCI-associated damage to the spinal cord often far exceeds that of PSCI [32][33][34].…”

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miR-136-5p Regulates the Inflammatory Response by Targeting the IKKβ/NF-κB/A20 Pathway After Spinal Cord Injury

Deng

Gao

Cen

et al. 2018

Cell Physiol Biochem

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Background/Aims: miR-136-5p participates in recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI) via an unknown mechanism. We investigated the mechanism underlying the involvement of miR-136-5p in the inflammatory response in a rat model of SCI. Methods: Sprague-Dawley rat astrocytes were cultured in vitro to construct a reporter plasmid. Luciferase assays were used to detect the ability of miR-136-5p to target the IKKβ and A20 genes. Next, recombinant lentiviral vectors were constructed, which either overexpressed miR-136-5p or inhibited its expression. The influence of miR-136-5p overexpression and miR-136-5p silencing on inflammation was observed in vivo in an SCI rat model. The expression of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IFN-α, and related proteins (A20, IKKβ, and NF-κB) was detected. Results: In vitro studies showed that luciferase activity was significantly activated in the presence of the 3’ untranslated region (UTR) region of the IKKβ gene after stimulation of cells with miR-136-5p. However, luciferase activity was significantly inhibited in the presence of the 3’UTR region of the A20 gene. Thus, miR-136-5p may act directly on the 3’UTR regions of the IKKβ and A20 genes to regulate their expression. miR-136-5p overexpression promoted the production of related cytokines and NF-κB in SCI rats and inhibited the expression of A20 protein. Conclusion: Overexpression of miR-136-5p promotes the generation of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IFN-α, IKKβ, and NF-κB in SCI rats but inhibits the expression of A20. Under these conditions, inflammatory cell infiltration into the rat spinal cord increases and injury is significantly aggravated. Silencing of miR-136-5p significantly reduces the protein expression results described after miR-136-5p overexpression and ameliorates the inflammatory cell infiltration and damage to the spinal cord. Therefore, miR-136-5p might be a new target for the treatment of SCI.

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“…In secondary SCI (SSCI), the site of injury produces more proin ammatory factors and chemokines, including TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β and IFN-γ. Subsequently, a set of complicated immunopathogenic mechanisms nally results in the local demyelination of nerve bers and the death of neurons and colloid cells 60 . Yan Li et al demonstrated that piperine attenuated the in ammatory mediators and nitric oxide synthase activity induced by LPS in NP cells 61 .…”

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Piperine Attenuates the Inflammatory Response, Oxidative Stress and Pyroptosis to Facilitate Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury via Autophagy Enhancement

Zhang

Huang

et al. 2021

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Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious injury that can lead to irreversible motor dysfunction and subsequently result in disability and even death. Due to its complicated pathogenic mechanism, there are no effective drug treatments. Piperine, a natural active alkaloid extracted from black pepper, suppressed inflammation in a previous study. The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of piperine in a spinal cord injury model.Methods: Spinal cord injury was induced in C57BL/6 mice by clamping the spinal cord with a vascular clip (15 g force; Oscar) for 1 min. Eighty mice were divided randomly into the following four groups: The Sham group (n = 20), the SCI+Vehicle group (n = 20), the SCI+ Piperine group (n = 20), and the SCI+ Piperine+3MA group (n = 20). Before SCI and every 2 days post-SCI, evaluations of the Basso mouse scale (BMS) were performed. On day 14 after SCI, inclined plane tests and footprint analyses were performed. On postoperative day 3, the spinal cord was harvested to assess pyroptosis, reactive oxygen species (ROS), inflammation, and autophagy. Qualitative or quantitative analysis of the components of these potential mechanisms was performed by Western blotting (WB), immunofluorescence (IF), quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results: Piperine enhanced the functional recovery of spinal cord injury. Additionally, piperine inhibited inflammation, attenuated oxidative stress and pyroptosis, and activated autophagy. However, the effects of piperine on the functional recovery of SCI, ROS-mediated autophagy, inflammation and pyroptosis were reversed by the inhibition of autophagy.Conclusions: Our experiments demonstrated that piperine facilitated the functional recovery of spinal cord injury by inhibiting the inflammatory response, oxidative stress and pyroptosis, which are mediated by the activation of autophagy.

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Phospholipase A₂ and spinal cord injury: A novel target for therapeutic intervention

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Involvement of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Spinal Cord Injury Repair Processes Revealed by a Proteomics Approach

Involvement of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Spinal Cord Injury Repair Processes Revealed by a Proteomics Approach

miR-136-5p Regulates the Inflammatory Response by Targeting the IKKβ/NF-κB/A20 Pathway After Spinal Cord Injury

Piperine Attenuates the Inflammatory Response, Oxidative Stress and Pyroptosis to Facilitate Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury via Autophagy Enhancement

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Phospholipase A2 and spinal cord injury: A novel target for therapeutic intervention

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Involvement of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Spinal Cord Injury Repair Processes Revealed by a Proteomics Approach

Involvement of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Spinal Cord Injury Repair Processes Revealed by a Proteomics Approach

miR-136-5p Regulates the Inflammatory Response by Targeting the IKKβ/NF-κB/A20 Pathway After Spinal Cord Injury

Piperine Attenuates the Inflammatory Response, Oxidative Stress and Pyroptosis to Facilitate Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury via Autophagy Enhancement

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Phospholipase A₂ and spinal cord injury: A novel target for therapeutic intervention