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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 14, 2004, 24(2):542-546; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4281-03.2004

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Suppression of p75NTR Does Not Promote Regeneration of Injured Spinal Cord in Mice

Xing-Yun Song, Jin-hua Zhong, Xin Wang, and Xin-Fu Zhou

Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide 5001, Australia

The neurotrophin receptor p75NTR is the coreceptor for Nogo receptor, mediating growth cone collapse in vitro by MAG, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (Omgp), and Nogo. Whether p75NTR plays any role in the failure of nerve regeneration in vivo is not known. Immunohistochemical data showed that p75NTR was expressed in only a very small subset of ascending sensory axons but not in any corticospinal axons in the dorsal column of either normal or injured spinal cord. Using p75NTR-deficient mice, we showed that the depletion of the functional p75NTR did not promote the regeneration of the descending corticospinal tract and ascending sensory neurons in the spinal cord 2 weeks after spinal cord injury. Local administration of p75NTR-Fc fusion molecule, the dominant-negative receptor to block the function of neurite outgrowth inhibitors, did not improve regeneration of ascending sensory neurons in the injured spinal cord. Our results suggest that p75NTR may not be a critical molecule mediating the function of myelin-associated inhibitory factors in vivo.

Key words: axon; injury; regeneration; corticospinal tract; p75NTR; spinal cord

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Received Sep 20, 2003; revised November 14, 2003; accepted November 17, 2003.

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