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The Journal of Neuroscience, October 1, 1999, 19(19):8367-8376

Optic Nerve Crush: Axonal Responses in Wild-Type and bcl-2 Transgenic Mice

Sabrina Chierzi², Enrica Strettoi, Maria Cristina Cenni, and Lamberto Maffei²

Istituto di Neurofisiologia del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, and ² Scuola Normale Superiore, 56127 Pisa, Italy

Retinal ganglion cells of transgenic mice overexpressing the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 in neurons show a dramatic increase of survival rate after axotomy. We used this experimental system to test the regenerative potentials of central neurons after reduction of nonpermissive environmental factors. Survival of retinal ganglion cells 1 month after intracranial crush of the optic nerve was found to be 100% in adult bcl-2 mice and 44% in matched wild-type (wt) mice. In the optic nerve, and particularly at the crush site, fibers regrowing spontaneously or simply sprouting were absent in both wt and bcl-2 mice. We attempted to stimulate regeneration implanting in the crushed nerves hybridoma cells secreting antibodies that neutralize central myelin proteins, shown to inhibit regeneration (IN-1 antibodies) (Caroni and Schwab, 1988). Again, we found that regeneration of fibers beyond the site of crush was virtually absent in the optic nerves of both wt and bcl-2 mice. However, in bcl-2 animals treated with IN-1 antibodies, fibers showed sprouting in the proximity of the hybridoma implant. These results suggest that neurons overexpressing bcl-2 are capable of surviving axotomy and sprout when faced with an environment in which inhibition of regeneration has been reduced. Nevertheless, extensive regeneration does not occur, possibly because other factors act by preventing it.

Key words: survival; axotomy; regeneration; sprouting; bcl-2; myelin

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