Pre-Existing Mature Oligodendrocytes Do Not Contribute to Remyelination following Toxin-Induced Spinal Cord Demyelination.
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Authors
Crawford, AH
Tripathi, RB
McKenzie, I
Kougioumtzidou, E
Grist, M
Richardson, WD
Publication Date
2016-03-31Journal Title
Am J Pathol
ISSN
0002-9440
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
186
Issue
3
Pages
511-516
Language
English
Type
Article
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Crawford, A., Tripathi, R., Foerster, S., McKenzie, I., Kougioumtzidou, E., Grist, M., Richardson, W., & et al. (2016). Pre-Existing Mature Oligodendrocytes Do Not Contribute to Remyelination following Toxin-Induced Spinal Cord Demyelination.. Am J Pathol, 186 (3), 511-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.11.005
Abstract
Remyelination is the regenerative response to demyelination. Although the oligodendrocyte progenitor is established as the major source of remyelinating cells, there is no conclusive evidence on whether mature, differentiated oligodendrocytes can also contribute to remyelination. Using two different inducible myelin-CreER mouse strains in which mature oligodendrocytes were prelabeled by the expression of membrane-bound Green fluorescent protein, we found that after focal spinal cord demyelination, the surrounding surviving labeled oligodendrocytes did not proliferate but remained at a consistent density. Furthermore, existing (prelabeled) oligodendrocytes showed no evidence of incorporation or migration into the lesioned area, or of process extension from the peripheral margins into the lesion. Thus, mature oligodendrocytes do not normally contribute to remyelination and are therefore not a promising target for regenerative therapy.
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Supported by European Research Council grant agreement 293544 (W.D.R.), Wellcome Trust grant WT100269AIA, Medical Research Council grant G0800575, a Royal Society-USA/Canada Exchange Fellowship (I.M.), the UK Multiple Sclerosis Society, and a Wellcome Trust Integrated Veterinary Training Fellowship (A.H.C.).
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.11.005
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/294843
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