Progressive spinal cord compression technique in experimental rabbit animal model for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Abstract

Introduction Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) presently estimated at 54% population, commonly cause of myelopathy due to chronic compression of the spinal cord in older people. Physiological injuries caused by static and dynamic forces including compressed, pinched, and pulled out inducing secondary injuries at the molecular level. Methods We examined the rabbit model approach with the clinical case of spondylotic myelopathy, in which the disk and facet maintained the cervical spine mobility, and compression was given 0.5 mm per week three times in this model. In this study, a group of 14 days was made (early into the chronic phase) and the 21 day group had a chronic process for 1 week, that period can be categorized as a chronic process and CSM is a chronic process. By examining motor scores, histological examination and immunohistochemistry of the spinal cord, this model efficiently produces myelopathy. The distribution of microglia expressing GFAP, S100-β, and Neurofilaments were observed by immunohistochemical techniques. Results There was a significant difference in the number of cells expressing GFAP between the control group and the 21-day compression group (p = 0.001). There is a decrease in S100-β expression of spinal cord tissue after receiving compression exposure. There was a significant difference in the number of cells expressing NF between the control group, the 14-day compression group (p = 0.04) and 21-day compression group (p = 0.04). Discussion Neurons have the intrinsic ability to regenerate after injury, although not spontaneously. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy causes permanent neurological disorders, partly due to glial scar formation consisting of astrocytes and microglia. The difference between our study and previous research methods is that we perform compression of the spinal cord in stages (0.5 mm, 1.0 mm & 1.5 mm) so that it is more like the natural occurrence of chronic spinal cord compression. Conclusion An increasing of GFAP value in this study indicates the presence of astrocyte activity which can be associated with chronic spinal cord injury. There is a decrease in S100-β expression of spinal cord tissue neuron cells after receiving compression exposure. The expression of NF decreased indicating degenerative axons.

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