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ArticlePloS one2017

Treatment with albumin-hydroxyoleic acid complex restores sensorimotor function in rats with spinal cord injury: Efficacy and gene expression regulation.

Gerardo Avila-Martin, Manuel Mata-Roig, Iriana Galán-Arriero, Julian S Taylor, Xavier Busquets, Pablo V Escribá

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04148573 (Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Parallel, Multicentric, Phase IIa Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Therapeutic Efficacy of Daily Oral Treatment NFX88 on Neuropathic Pain in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT04148573 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Parallel, Multicentric, Phase IIa Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Therapeutic Efficacy of Daily Oral Treatment NFX88 on Neuropathic Pain in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

TypeinterventionalSponsorNeurofix S.L.Ran2019 to 2022Enrolled44ConditionsNeuropathic Pain, Spinal Cord InjuriesArmsNFX88 - 1, NFX88 - 2, NFX88 - 3, PLACEBO - 4
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gerardo Avila-MartinHospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8982-7634
Manuel Mata-RoigDepartment of Pathology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Iriana Galán-ArrieroHospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain.
Julian S TaylorHospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain.
Xavier BusquetsLaboratory of Molecular Cell Biomedicine, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Pablo V EscribáLaboratory of Molecular Cell Biomedicine, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos · ESUniversitat de les Illes Balears · ESUniversitat de València · ESUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensorimotor dysfunction following incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) is often characterized by paralysis, spasticity and pain. Previously, we showed that intrathecal (i.t.) administration of the albumin-oleic acid (A-OA) complex in rats with SCI produced partial improvement of these symptoms and that oral 2-hydroxyoleic acid (HOA, a non-hydrolyzable OA analogue), was efficacious in the modulation and treatment of nociception and pain-related anxiety, respectively. Here we observed that intrathecal treatment with the complex albumin-HOA (A-HOA) every 3 days following T9 spinal contusion injury improved locomotor function assessed with the Rotarod and inhibited TA noxious reflex activity in Wistar rats. To investigate the mechanism of action of A-HOA, microarray analysis was carried out in the spinal cord lesion area. Representative genes involved in pain and neuroregeneration were selected to validate the changes observed in the microarray analysis by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Comparison of the expression between healthy rats, SCI rats, and SCI treated with A-HOA rats revealed relevant changes in the expression of genes associated with neuronal morphogenesis and growth, neuronal survival, pain and inflammation. Thus, treatment with A-HOA not only induced a significant overexpression of growth and differentiation factor 10 (GDF10), tenascin C (TNC), aspirin (ASPN) and sushi-repeat-containing X-linked 2 (SRPX2), but also a significant reduction in the expression of prostaglandin E synthase (PTGES) and phospholipases A1 and A2 (PLA1/2). Currently, SCI has very important unmet clinical needs. A-HOA downregulated genes involved with inflammation and upregulated genes involved in neuronal growth, and may serve to promote recovery of function after experimental SCI.

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AlbuminsAnimalsDrug Administration ScheduleExtracellular Matrix ProteinsGene Expression RegulationGrowth Differentiation Factor 10Injections, SpinalLocomotionMaleNerve Tissue ProteinsNociceptionOleic AcidsPainParalysisPhospholipasesProstaglandin-E Synthases2-hydroxyoleic acidAlbuminsAspn protein, ratExtracellular Matrix ProteinsGdf10 protein, ratGrowth Differentiation Factor 10Nerve Tissue ProteinsOleic AcidsPhospholipasesProstaglandin-E SynthasesPtges protein, ratTenascin

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