Delayed neurite regeneration and its improvement by nerve growth factor (NGF) in dorsal root ganglia from MRL-lpr/lpr mice in vitro

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
N HikawaT Takenaka

Abstract

We studied neurite regeneration in MRL-lpr/lpr mice, a murine model of systemic lupus erythematosus, using a culture system to investigate the influences of immunological abnormalities on neurons. The regeneration of cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons from MRL-lpr/lpr mice was delayed compared with control MRL-+/+ mice. This modification of regeneration was age-dependent. MRL-lpr/lpr mice older than 16 weeks of age exhibited less neurite regeneration than controls but those younger than 6 weeks of age showed equal regeneration. Regeneration was improved by adding nerve growth factor (NGF) to culture medium. Following immunocytochemical staining, we counted the low affinity NGF receptor p75-positive DRG neurons in MRL mice. The percentage of p75-positive neurons in MRL-lpr/lpr mice older than 16 weeks of age was higher than that in MRL-+/+ mice. These neuronal abnormalities were thought not to be directly dependent on the genetic defect of Fas antigen, which is related to apoptosis in MRL-lpr/lpr mice, but to be the result of immunological abnormalities. The present study is the first to demonstrate a modification of neurite regeneration by immunological dysfunction in autoimmune mice.

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