Role of noradrenergic inputs from locus coeruleus on changes induced on axotomized motoneurons by physical exercise
Arbat-Plana, Ariadna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)
Puigdomenech, Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)
Navarro, X. (Xavier) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)
Udina i Bonet, Esther (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)

Fecha:	2019
Resumen:	Physical rehabilitation is one of the cornerstones for the treatment of lesions of the nervous system. After peripheral nerve injuries, activity dependent therapies promote trophic support for the paralyzed muscles, enhance axonal growth and also modulate the maladaptive plastic changes induced by the injury at the spinal level. We have previously demonstrated that an intensive protocol of treadmill running (TR) in rats reduces synaptic stripping on axotomized motoneurons, preserves their perineuronal nets (PNN) and attenuates microglia reactivity. However, it is not clear through which mechanisms exercise is exerting these effects. Here we aimed to evaluate if activation of the locus coeruleus (LC), the noradrenergic center in the brain stem, plays a role in these effects. Since LC is strongly activated during stressful situations, as during intensive exercise, we selectively destroyed the LC by administering the neurotoxin DPS-4 before injuring the sciatic nerve of adult rats. Animals without LC had increased microglia reactivity around injured motoneurons. In these animals, an increasing intensity protocol of TR was not able to prevent synaptic stripping on axotomized motoneurons and the reduction in the thickness of their PNN. In contrast, TR was still able to attenuate microglia reactivity in DSP-4 treated animals, thus indicating that the noradrenergic projections are important for some but not all the effects that exercise induces on the spinal cord after peripheral nerve injury. Moreover, animals subjected to treadmill training showed delayed muscle reinnervation, more evident if treated with DSP-4. However, we did not find differences in treated animals regarding the H/M amplitude ratio, which increased during the first stages of regeneration in all injured groups.
Ayudas:	Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI11/00464 Instituto de Salud Carlos III RD12/0019/0011 Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo CB06/05/1105 European Commission 278612
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Periferal nerve injury ; Spinal circuitry ; Physical exercise ; Motoneuron ; Noradrenaline ; Locus coeruleus
Publicado en:	Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, Vol. 13 (29 2019) , p. 65, ISSN 1662-5102

DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00065
PMID: 30863285

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