Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19635528›Full record

ArticleNeuroscience2009

Effects of rolipram on adult rat oligodendrocytes and functional recovery after contusive cervical spinal cord injury.

E Beaumont, C M Whitaker, D A Burke, M Hetman, S M Onifer

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Article in Neuroscience, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

E BeaumontKentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
C M Whitaker
D A Burke
M Hetman
S M Onifer
Neurological Surgery · USUniversity of Louisville · US

Funding

Signaling pathways in neuronal susceptibility to hypoxiaP20RR015576 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI HUBSCHER, CHARLES H. · 2000 to 2009
$18.5M
Survival signaling in CNS neurons exposed to DNA damageR01NS047341 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI HETMAN, MICHAL · 2004 to 2008
$1.3M
REPAIRING SENSORY PATHWAYS AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURYR01NS040411 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI ONIFER, STEPHEN M · 2000 to 2004
$1.1M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR015576NCRR NIH HHS RR15576NINDS NIH HHS NS047341NINDS NIH HHS NS40411NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040411NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS047341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic human spinal cord injury (SCI) causes devastating and long-term hardships. These are due to the irreparable primary mechanical injury and secondary injury cascade. In particular, oligodendrocyte cell death, white matter axon damage, spared axon demyelination, and the ensuing dysfunction in action potential conduction lead to the initial deficits and impair functional recovery. For these reasons, and that oligodendrocyte and axon survival may be related, various neuroprotective strategies after spinal cord injury are being investigated. We previously demonstrated that oligodendrocytes in the adult rat epicenter ventrolateral funiculus (VLF) express 3'-5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) subtypes and that their death was attenuated up to 3 days after contusive cervical SCI when rolipram, a specific inhibitor of PDE4, was administered. Here, we report that (1) there are more oligodendrocyte somata in the adult rat epicenter VLF, (2) descending and ascending axonal conductivity in the VLF improves, and that (3) there are fewer hindlimb footfall errors during grid-walking at 5 weeks after contusive cervical SCI when rolipram is delivered for 2 weeks. This is the first demonstration of improved descending and ascending long-tract axonal conductivity across a SCI with this pharmacological approach. Since descending long-tract axonal conductivity did not return to normal, further evaluations of the pharmacokinetics and therapeutic window of rolipram as well as optimal combinations are necessary before consideration for neuroprotection in humans with SCI.

Indexed as

Cervical VertebraeAnimalsAxonsCell CountFemaleNerve Fibers, MyelinatedNeural PathwaysNeuroprotective AgentsOligodendrogliaRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRecovery of FunctionRolipramSpinal Cord InjuriesTime FactorsWalkingNeuroprotective AgentsRolipram

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PMID19635528
PMCPMC2760664
OpenAlexW1985193505

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