Activated alpha 9 integrin expression enables sensory pathway reconstruction after spinal cord injury

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/25:10497826 RIV/00216208:11130/25:10497826

Result on the web

<a href="https://actaneurocomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40478-025-01995-0#rightslink" target="_blank" >https://actaneurocomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40478-025-01995-0#rightslink</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40478-025-01995-0" target="_blank" >10.1186/s40478-025-01995-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Activated alpha 9 integrin expression enables sensory pathway reconstruction after spinal cord injury

Original language description

Full recovery from spinal cord injury requires axon regeneration to re-establish motor and sensory pathways. In mammals, the failure of sensory and motor axon regeneration has many causes intrinsic and extrinsic to neurons, amongst which is the lack of adhesion molecules needed to interact with the damaged spinal cord. This study addressed this limitation by expressing the integrin adhesion molecule alpha 9, along with its activator kindlin-1, in sensory neurons via adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors. This enabled sensory axons to regenerate through spinal cord injuries and extend to the brainstem, restoring sensory pathways, touch sensation and sensory behaviours. One of the integrin ligands in the injured spinal cord is tenascin-C, which serves as a substrate for alpha 9 beta 1 integrin, a key receptor in developmental axon guidance. However, the adult PNS and CNS neurons lack this receptor. Sensory neurons were transduced with alpha 9 integrin (which pairs with endogenous beta 1 to form a alpha 9 beta 1 tenascin receptor) together with the integrin activator kindlin-1. Regeneration from sensory neurons transduced with alpha 9integrin and kindlin-1 was examined after C4 and after T10 dorsal column lesions with C6,7 and L4,5 sensory ganglia injected with AAV1 vectors. In animals treated with alpha 9 integrin and kindlin-1, sensory axons regenerated through tenascin-C-expressing connective tissue strands and bridges across the lesions and then re-entered the CNS tissue. Many axons regenerated rostrally to the level of the medulla. Axons grew through the dorsal grey matter rather than their normal pathway the dorsal columns. Growth was slow, axons taking 12 weeks to grow from T10 to the medulla, a distance of 4-5 cm. Functional recovery was confirmed through cFos activation in neurons rostral to the injury after nerve stimulation and VGLUT1/2 staining indicating new synapse formation above the lesion. Behavioural recovery was seen in both heat and mechanical sensation, as well as tape removal tests. This approach demonstrates the potential of integrin-based therapies for long distance sensory axon regeneration and functional recovery following thoracic and partial recovery after cervical spinal cord injury.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

ISSN

2051-5960

e-ISSN

2051-5960

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

89

UT code for WoS article

001480417300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105003960214