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The Journal of Neuroscience, October 1, 1999, 19(19):8182-8198
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Glial Scarring and
Progressive Cavitation: In Vivo and In Vitro
Analysis of Inflammation-Induced Secondary Injury after CNS
Trauma
Michael T.
Fitch1,
Catherine
Doller1,
Colin K.
Combs2,
Gary E.
Landreth2, and
Jerry
Silver1
1 Department of Neurosciences and
2 Alzheimer Research Laboratory, Case Western Reserve
University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Post-traumatic cystic cavitation, in which the size and severity of
a CNS injury progress from a small area of direct trauma to a greatly
enlarged secondary injury surrounded by glial scar tissue, is a poorly
understood complication of damage to the brain and spinal cord. Using
minimally invasive techniques to avoid primary physical injury, this
study demonstrates in vivo that inflammatory processes
alone initiate a cascade of secondary tissue damage, progressive
cavitation, and glial scarring in the CNS. An in vitro
model allowed us to test the hypothesis that specific molecules that
stimulate macrophage inflammatory activation are an important step in
initiating secondary neuropathology. Time-lapse video analyses of
inflammation-induced cavitation in our in vitro model
revealed that this process occurs primarily via a previously undescribed cellular mechanism involving dramatic astrocyte
morphological changes and rapid migration. The physical process of
cavitation leads to astrocyte abandonment of neuronal processes,
neurite stretching, and secondary injury. The macrophage mannose
receptor and the complement receptor type 3 2-integrin are
implicated in the cascade that induces cavity and scar formation. We
also demonstrate that anti-inflammatory agents modulating transcription via the nuclear hormone receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- may be therapeutic in preventing progressive cavitation by
limiting inflammation and subsequent secondary damage after CNS injury.
Key words:
chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan; inflammation; gliosis; microglia; macrophage; astrocyte; injury; trauma; regeneration; necrosis; cavitation; mannose receptor; CR3; -integrin; CD11b/CD18; Mac-1
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/19198182-17$05.00/0
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