Project description:Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is frequently used to treat peripheral wounds or decompression sickness. Evidence suggests that HBO therapy can provide neuroprotection and has an anti-inflammatory impact after neurologic injury including spinal cord injury (SCI). Our primary purpose was to conduct an unbiased, genome-wide screening of mRNA expression changes in the injured spinal cord after HBO therapy. A mRNA gene array was used to evaluate samples taken from the contused region of the spinal cord following a lateralized mid-cervical contusion injury in adult female rats. HBO therapy consisted of daily, 1-hour sessions (3.0 ATA, 100% O2) initiated on the day of SCI. Gene set enrichment analyses indicated that HBO upregulated genes in pathways associated with electron transport, mitochondrial function, and oxidative phosphorylation, and downregulation genes in pathways associated with inflammation (including cytokines and NF-B) and apoptotic signaling. In a separate cohort, spinal cord histology was performed to verify whether the HBO treatment impacted neuronal cell counts or inflammatory markers. Compared to untreated rats, there was increased NeuN positive cells in the spinal cord of HBO treated rats (p=0.007). Further, staining for anti-ionized calcium binding adaptor protein (Iba-1, a microglial marker) was reduced after HBO (p=0.028). We conclude that HBO therapy, initiated shortly after SCI and continued for 10-days, can alter the molecular signature of the lesioned spinal cord in a manner consistent with an anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective impact.
Project description:Excerpt from a larger study which characterized the transcriptional effects of a spinal cord contusion injury in rats. This is the data from the almost chronic contusion state (35 days) at the injury site (Thoracic 8) - where we saw significant changes in several areas, including cholesterol metabolism genes. Other spinal cord areas (rostral, caudal) and time-points (3 hours, 24 hours, 7 days and 35 days) were analyzed as well and are discussed in our paper and at www.crpf.org/microarray. Keywords = Spinal Cord Injury Keywords = chronic Keywords = thoracic Keywords = cholesterol Keywords: repeat sample
Project description:Excerpt from a larger study which characterized the transcriptional effects of a spinal cord contusion injury in rats. This is the data from the almost chronic contusion state (35 days) at the injury site (Thoracic 8) - where we saw significant changes in several areas, including cholesterol metabolism genes. Other spinal cord areas (rostral, caudal) and time-points (3 hours, 24 hours, 7 days and 35 days) were analyzed as well and are discussed in our paper and at www.crpf.org/microarray.
Project description:We profiled spinal cord tissue at the site of a moderate contusion injury at the level of the thoracic spinal cord We examined several timepoints following injury, including sham and days 1,3 and 7 following injury and compared differential expression of genes within a genotype and across genotypes (trkB.T1KO/trkB.T1WT) at each timepoint. Tissue was profiled at baseline (sham) condition and then 1, 3 and 7 days after thoracic moderate contusion injury
Project description:Spinal cord injury disrupts ascending and descending neural signals causing sensory and motor dysfunction below the injury. Neuromodulation with electrical stimulation is used in both clinical and research settings to induce neural plasticity and improve functional recovery following injury. However, the mechanisms by which electrical stimulation affects recovery remain unclear. In this study we examined the effects of cortical electrical stimulation following injury on transcription at several levels of the central nervous system. We performed a unilateral cervical spinal contusion injury in rats and delivered stimulation for one week to the contralesional motor cortex to activate a descending motor tract.RNA was purified from bilateral subcortical white matter, and 3 levels of the spinal cord. Here we provide the complete data set in the hope that it will be useful for researchers studying electrical stimulation as a therapy to improve recovery from the deficits associated with spinal cord injury.
Project description:Identification of temporal variations in miRNA expression after spinal cord injury caused by thoracic (T8) moderate (200 Kdynes) contusion. Expression changes were analyzed 1, 3 and 7 days after injury and compared to expression of control (untreated) and sham (laminectony but no contusion) individuals.
Project description:Identification of temporal variations in miRNA expression after spinal cord injury caused by thoracic (T8) moderate (200 Kdynes) contusion. Expression changes were analyzed 1, 3 and 7 days after injury and compared to expression of control (untreated) and sham (laminectony but no contusion) individuals. Included groups: control (untreated), 1 day after lesion, 3 days after lesion, 7 days after lesion, 1 days after SHAM cirugy, 3 days after SHAM cirugy, and 7 days after SHAM cirugy. Each of these 7 groups included 5 biological replicates.
Project description:Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) initiates a complex series of pathophysiological secondary responses that lead to tissue loss and functional deficits.This study represents a comprehensive database of temporal changes in gene expression that underlie the secondary injury response that occurs in a well-defined mouse model of contusion injury. Keywords: Time-Series
Project description:Aims: To better understand the potential mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment alleviating spinal cord injury (SCI). Materials and methods: The SCI model was firstly built in mice, which were randomly divided into three groups: Sham (SH), SCI and HBO groups, followed by hind limb motor function evaluation. Then the spinal cord tissue samples were harvested for genome-wide transcriptional analysis at 1 week after injury. Finally, some highly expressed lnc-rna were selected for functional analysis. Results: the present study uncovered the lncRNAs expression profile of spinal cord following HBO treatment, and identified 577 DE lncRNAs in spinal cord sample among the SH, SCI and HBO groups. The key biological process and pathways were also identified and may be important mechanisms by which HBO treatment alleviating SCI Conclusions: Moreover, this study indicated that lncRNAs NONMMUT 092674.1 and NONMMUT042986.2 may be involved in the process of HBO treatment promoting the recovery of neurological function after SCI.