ArticleMolecular neurobiology2014
Autophagy reduces neuronal damage and promotes locomotor recovery via inhibition of apoptosis after spinal cord injury in rats.
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- Therapeutic Effect of Exosomes Derived From Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review Based on Animal Studies.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
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- Platelet-rich plasma-primed bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes inhibit neuronal apoptosis and autophagy, and promote nerve regeneration via the miR-29a-3p/PTEN/PI3K/Akt/mTOR axis after spinal cord injury.Journal of molecular histology · 2026Article
- Role of COL1A1 and CD44 in Modulating JAK1/STAT3-Mediated Autophagy for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Steroids and flavonoids in TRQ ameliorates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease involving Pink1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Reprogramming the Inflammatory Response to Promote Neural Stem Cell Function After Spinal Cord Injury.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Heavy moxibustion at Sanyin point ameliorates neurogenic bladder dysfunction in spinal cord injury rats through the PI3 K/mTOR pathway.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2026Article
- Roles and regulatory mechanisms of autophagy in the pathology of spinal cord injury.Burns & trauma · 2026Review
- LncRNA MIR155HG suppresses cell apoptosis by activating autophagy via miR-7036b-3p/GPNMB axis and AMPK/mTOR signaling in spinal cord injury.Non-coding RNA research · 2025Article
- Trehalose enhances macrophage autophagy to promote myelin debris clearance after spinal cord injury.Cell & bioscience · 2025Article
- Galactin-3 regulation of CDC42 promotes neuronal autophagy following spinal cord injury.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2025Article
- Experimental and clinical tests of FDA-approved kinase inhibitors for the treatment of neurological disorders (update 2024).Exploration of drug science · 2025Article
- Safety and potential effects of intrathecal injection of allogeneic human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes in complete subacute spinal cord injury: a first-in-human, single-arm, open-label, phase I clinical trial.Stem cell research & therapy · 2024Article
- The role of small extracellular vesicles and microRNA as their cargo in the spinal cord injury pathophysiology and therapy.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
- Tibolone Improves Locomotor Function in a Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury by Modulating Apoptosis and Autophagy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Neuroprotective Effects of Oxymatrine via Triggering Autophagy and Inhibiting Apoptosis Following Spinal Cord Injury in Rats.Molecular neurobiology · 2023Article
- Different Ways to Die: Cell Death Pathways and Their Association With Spinal Cord Injury.Neurospine · 2023Article
- Identification of the CCL2 PI3K/Akt axis involved in autophagy and apoptosis after spinal cord injury.Metabolic brain disease · 2023Article
- Advances in molecular therapies for targeting pathophysiology in spinal cord injury.Expert opinion on therapeutic targets · 2023Review
- The Role of Green Tea Catechin Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) and Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Inhibitor PP242 (Torkinib) in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Autophagy is an intracellular catabolic mechanism that maintains the balance of proteins, lipids and aging organelles. 3-Methyladenine (3-MA) is a selective inhibitor of autophagy, whereas rapamycin, an antifungal agent, is a specific inducer of autophagy, inhibiting the protein mammalian target of rapamycin. In the present study, we examined the role of autophagy, inhibited by 3-MA and enhanced by rapamycin, in a model of acute spinal cord injury in rats. We found that rapamycin could significantly increase the expression of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) and Beclin1 at the injury site. At the same time, the number of neurons and astrocytes with LC3 positive in the spinal cord was upregulated with time. In addition, administration of rapamycin produced an increase in the Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan scores of injured rats, indicating high recovery of locomotor function. Furthermore, expression of the proteins Bcl-2 and Bax was upregulated and downregulated, respectively. By contrast, the results for rats treated with 3-MA, which inhibits autophagy, were the opposite of those seen with the rapamycin-treated rats. These results show that induction of autophagy can produce neuroprotective effects in acute spinal cord injury in rats via inhibition of apoptosis.
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