Glial scar expression of CHL1, the close homolog of the adhesion molecule L1, limits recovery after spinal cord injury.
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Glial scar expression of CHL1, the close homolog of the adhesion molecule L1, limits recovery after spinal cord injury. / Jakovcevski, Igor; Wu, Junfang; Karl, Nicole; Leshchyns´ka, Iryna; Sytnyk, Vladimir; Chen, Jian; Irintchev, Andrey; Schachner, Melitta.
In: J NEUROSCI, Vol. 27, No. 27, 27, 2007, p. 7222-7233.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Glial scar expression of CHL1, the close homolog of the adhesion molecule L1, limits recovery after spinal cord injury.
AU - Jakovcevski, Igor
AU - Wu, Junfang
AU - Karl, Nicole
AU - Leshchyns´ka, Iryna
AU - Sytnyk, Vladimir
AU - Chen, Jian
AU - Irintchev, Andrey
AU - Schachner, Melitta
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The Ig superfamily adhesion molecule CHL1, the close homolog of the adhesion molecule L1, promotes neurite outgrowth, neuronal migration, and survival in vitro. We tested whether CHL1, similar to its close homolog L1, has a beneficial impact on recovery from spinal cord injury using adult CHL1-deficient (CHL1-/-) mice and wild-type (CHL1+/+) littermates. In contrast to our hypothesis, we found that functional recovery, assessed by locomotor rating and video-based motion analyses, was improved in CHL1-/- mice compared with wild-type mice at 3-6 weeks after compression of the thoracic spinal cord. Better function was associated with enhanced monoaminergic reinnervation of the lumbar spinal cord and altered pattern of posttraumatic synaptic rearrangements around motoneurons. Restricted recovery of wild-type mice was likely related to early and persistent (3-56 d after lesion) upregulation of CHL1 in GFAP-positive astrocytes at the lesion core. In both the intact spinal cord and cultured astrocytes, enhanced expression of CHL1 and GFAP was induced by application of basic fibroblast growth factor, a cytokine involved in the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury. This upregulation was abolished by inhibitors of FGF receptor-dependent extracellular signal-regulated kinase, calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase, and phosphoinositide-3 kinase signaling pathways. In homogenotypic and heterogenotypic cocultures of neurons and astrocytes, reduced neurite outgrowth was observed only if CHL1 was simultaneously present on both cell types. These findings and novel in vitro evidence for a homophilic CHL1-CHL1 interaction indicate that CHL1 is a glial scar component that restricts posttraumatic axonal growth and remodeling of spinal circuits by homophilic binding mechanisms.
AB - The Ig superfamily adhesion molecule CHL1, the close homolog of the adhesion molecule L1, promotes neurite outgrowth, neuronal migration, and survival in vitro. We tested whether CHL1, similar to its close homolog L1, has a beneficial impact on recovery from spinal cord injury using adult CHL1-deficient (CHL1-/-) mice and wild-type (CHL1+/+) littermates. In contrast to our hypothesis, we found that functional recovery, assessed by locomotor rating and video-based motion analyses, was improved in CHL1-/- mice compared with wild-type mice at 3-6 weeks after compression of the thoracic spinal cord. Better function was associated with enhanced monoaminergic reinnervation of the lumbar spinal cord and altered pattern of posttraumatic synaptic rearrangements around motoneurons. Restricted recovery of wild-type mice was likely related to early and persistent (3-56 d after lesion) upregulation of CHL1 in GFAP-positive astrocytes at the lesion core. In both the intact spinal cord and cultured astrocytes, enhanced expression of CHL1 and GFAP was induced by application of basic fibroblast growth factor, a cytokine involved in the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury. This upregulation was abolished by inhibitors of FGF receptor-dependent extracellular signal-regulated kinase, calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase, and phosphoinositide-3 kinase signaling pathways. In homogenotypic and heterogenotypic cocultures of neurons and astrocytes, reduced neurite outgrowth was observed only if CHL1 was simultaneously present on both cell types. These findings and novel in vitro evidence for a homophilic CHL1-CHL1 interaction indicate that CHL1 is a glial scar component that restricts posttraumatic axonal growth and remodeling of spinal circuits by homophilic binding mechanisms.
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VL - 27
SP - 7222
EP - 7233
JO - J NEUROSCI
JF - J NEUROSCI
SN - 0270-6474
IS - 27
M1 - 27
ER -