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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2015

Artemin promotes functional long-distance axonal regeneration to the brainstem after dorsal root crush.

Laura Elisabeth Wong, Molly E Gibson, H Moore Arnold, Blake Pepinsky, Eric Frank

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Expression of an Activated Integrin Promotes Long-Distance Sensory Axon Regeneration in the Spinal Cord.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Laura Elisabeth WongDepartment of Integrated Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111; and.
Molly E GibsonDepartment of Integrated Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111; and.
H Moore ArnoldNeurology Research and.
Blake PepinskyChemical and Molecular Therapeutics, Biogen Idec, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142.
Eric FrankDepartment of Integrated Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111; and eric.frank@tufts.edu.
Tufts University · USBiogen (United States) · USNeurology, Inc · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAM AT TUFTS UNIVERSITYT32GM008448 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI CHIN, MICHAEL T · 1994 to 2022
$9.1M
Repair of Brachial Sensory Root Injuries in the Spinal CordR01NS064494 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI FRANK, ERIC · 2009 to 2010
$867k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008448NINDS NIH HHS NS064494NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS064494
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recovery after a spinal cord injury often requires that axons restore synaptic connectivity with denervated targets several centimeters from the site of injury. Here we report that systemic artemin (ARTN) treatment promotes the regeneration of sensory axons to the brainstem after brachial dorsal root crush in adult rats. ARTN not only stimulates robust regeneration of large, myelinated sensory axons to the brainstem, but also promotes functional reinnervation of the appropriate target region, the cuneate nucleus. ARTN signals primarily through the RET tyrosine kinase, an interaction that requires the nonsignaling coreceptor GDNF family receptor (GFRα3). Previous studies reported limited GFRα3 expression on large sensory neurons, but our findings demonstrate that ARTN promotes robust regeneration of large, myelinated sensory afferents. Using a cell sorting technique, we demonstrate that GFRα3 expression is similar in myelinated and unmyelinated adult sensory neurons, suggesting that ARTN likely induces long-distance regeneration by binding GFRα3 and RET. Although ARTN is delivered for just 2 wk, regeneration to the brainstem requires more than 3 mo, suggesting that brief trophic support may initiate intrinsic growth programs that remain active until targets are reached. Given its ability to promote targeted functional regeneration to the brainstem, ARTN may represent a promising therapy for restoring sensory function after spinal cord injury.

Indexed as

Nerve RegenerationAnimalsAxonsBrain StemCell LineageCell SeparationFlow CytometryGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ReceptorsImmunohistochemistryMaleMyelin SheathNerve CrushNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuroanatomyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyArtn protein, ratGfra3 protein, ratGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ReceptorsNerve Tissue Proteinsartemincuneate nucleusdorsal root crushGFRα3regeneration

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PMID25918373
PMCPMC4434726
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