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Poster Title: Extracorporeal shockwave therapy accelerates motor axon regeneration despite a phenotypically mismatched environment
Submitted on 13 Jan 2018
Author(s): David Hercher (1,2), Johannes Heinzel (1,2), Michaela Stainer (1,2), Rudolf Hopf (1,2,) James Ferguson (1,2), Heinz Redl (1,2), Antal Nógrádi (1,2,3), Thomas Hausner (1,2,4)
Affiliations: 1) Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria; 2) Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration; 3) University of Széged, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Széged, Hungary, 4) UKH Lorenz Böhler, Vienna, Austria
This poster was presented at LBG Health Meeting 2016
Poster Views: 2,391
Submitted on 13 Jan 2018
Author(s): David Hercher (1,2), Johannes Heinzel (1,2), Michaela Stainer (1,2), Rudolf Hopf (1,2,) James Ferguson (1,2), Heinz Redl (1,2), Antal Nógrádi (1,2,3), Thomas Hausner (1,2,4)
Affiliations: 1) Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria; 2) Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration; 3) University of Széged, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Széged, Hungary, 4) UKH Lorenz Böhler, Vienna, Austria
This poster was presented at LBG Health Meeting 2016
Poster Views: 2,391
Abstract: Introduction: Peripheral nerve injuries are common and a frequent cause of hospitalization displaying a major burden to patients and social health-care systems1. Although regeneration after autologous nerve transplantation has been the target of scientific curiosity since the beginning of modern medicine, not much progress in accelerating this tedious process has been made23. A possible explanation could be the experimental model chosen. Most research groups use the sciatic nerve defect as a model for autologous nerve transplantation, dismissing the influence of phenotypically different nerve grafts on regeneration4. We thus hypothesize that this mismatch has a negative influence on motor axonal regeneration and that extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) can ameliorate this effect. Our first aim is to establish a modified femoral nerve defect model reflecting the phenotypical difference of transplanted autologous nerve grafts in the clinic. Second, we aim to evaluate the effect of ESWT, which has been shown to be one of very few treatment options accelerating peripheral nerve regeneration, in this model.
Methods: Adult male Sprague Dawley rats were divided in groups of at least 8 animals. A 6 mm autologous nerve transplantation was performed using either homotopic (matched) or heterotopic grafting. The treatment group received directly after wound closure ESWT (300 impulses, 3 Hz, 0,1mJ/mm2). The effects of ESWT on the regenerating motor fibers have been evaluated functionally, histologically, and by gene expression analysis via qPCR.
Results: Motor nerves show less than 50% expression of pro-proliferative markers (Ki67, p75) in early stages of neuronal regeneration than sensory nerves. Furthermore, electrophysiological as well as histological evaluations indicate slower regeneration of motor axons in the heterotopic setting when compared to the homotopic grafting. ESWT increases expression of markers for re-myelination (Cadm3 and Cadm4) and homeostasis (TrkB) up to 100% 6 weeks after injury in both groups, indicating amelioration of negative effects of phenotypical mismatch.
Conclusion: This study shows that ESWT is able to accelerate peripheral nerve regeneration in a successfully modified femoral nerve model which reflects the clinical reality after autologous nerve transplantation. Hereby, providing support for the use of ESWT after surgical repair of peripheral nerve injuries.
Summary: A femoral nerve defect model was adapted for the evaluation of proregenerative effects of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT). Functional evaluation, histology and qRT-PCR data show differences between sensory and motor-derived nerve transplants and a pro-regenerative effect of ESWT. These data provide evidence for the clinical application of ESWT after autologous nerve transplantation as a novel non-invasive method.References: 1. Mumenthaler Marco, Stöhr Manfred & Müller-Vahl Hermann. Läsionen peripherer Nerven und radikuläre Syndrome. (Thieme, 2007).
2. Siemionow, M. & Brzezicki, G. Chapter 8 Current Techniques and Concepts in Peripheral Nerve Repair. International Review of Neurobiology 87, 141–172 (2009).
3. Grinsell, D. & Keating, C. P. Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction after Injury: A Review of Clinical and Experimental Therapies. BioMed Research International 2014, (2014).
4. Geuna, S. The sciatic nerve injury model in pre-clinical research. J. Neurosci. Methods (2015).
Methods: Adult male Sprague Dawley rats were divided in groups of at least 8 animals. A 6 mm autologous nerve transplantation was performed using either homotopic (matched) or heterotopic grafting. The treatment group received directly after wound closure ESWT (300 impulses, 3 Hz, 0,1mJ/mm2). The effects of ESWT on the regenerating motor fibers have been evaluated functionally, histologically, and by gene expression analysis via qPCR.
Results: Motor nerves show less than 50% expression of pro-proliferative markers (Ki67, p75) in early stages of neuronal regeneration than sensory nerves. Furthermore, electrophysiological as well as histological evaluations indicate slower regeneration of motor axons in the heterotopic setting when compared to the homotopic grafting. ESWT increases expression of markers for re-myelination (Cadm3 and Cadm4) and homeostasis (TrkB) up to 100% 6 weeks after injury in both groups, indicating amelioration of negative effects of phenotypical mismatch.
Conclusion: This study shows that ESWT is able to accelerate peripheral nerve regeneration in a successfully modified femoral nerve model which reflects the clinical reality after autologous nerve transplantation. Hereby, providing support for the use of ESWT after surgical repair of peripheral nerve injuries.
Summary: A femoral nerve defect model was adapted for the evaluation of proregenerative effects of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT). Functional evaluation, histology and qRT-PCR data show differences between sensory and motor-derived nerve transplants and a pro-regenerative effect of ESWT. These data provide evidence for the clinical application of ESWT after autologous nerve transplantation as a novel non-invasive method.References: 1. Mumenthaler Marco, Stöhr Manfred & Müller-Vahl Hermann. Läsionen peripherer Nerven und radikuläre Syndrome. (Thieme, 2007).
2. Siemionow, M. & Brzezicki, G. Chapter 8 Current Techniques and Concepts in Peripheral Nerve Repair. International Review of Neurobiology 87, 141–172 (2009).
3. Grinsell, D. & Keating, C. P. Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction after Injury: A Review of Clinical and Experimental Therapies. BioMed Research International 2014, (2014).
4. Geuna, S. The sciatic nerve injury model in pre-clinical research. J. Neurosci. Methods (2015).
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