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ArticleCellular and molecular neurobiology2020

Spatio-temporal and Cellular Expression Patterns of PTK7 in the Healthy and Traumatically Injured Rat and Human Spinal Cord.

Pau González, Carlos González-Fernández, Yolanda Campos-Martín, Manuela Mollejo, Melissa Carballosa-Gautam, Alexander Marcillo, Michael Norenberg, Daniel García-Ovejero, Francisco Javier Rodríguez

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Article in Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Pau GonzálezLaboratory of Molecular Neurology, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain. paug@sescam.jccm.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8871-8054
Carlos González-FernándezLaboratory of Molecular Neurology, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain.
Yolanda Campos-MartínDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain.
Manuela MollejoDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain.
Melissa Carballosa-GautamDepartment of Pathology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
Alexander MarcilloDepartment of Pathology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
Michael NorenbergDepartment of Pathology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
Daniel García-OvejeroLaboratory of Neuroinflammation, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain.
Francisco Javier RodríguezLaboratory of Molecular Neurology, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain. fjrodriguez@sescam.jccm.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5902-7556
Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos · ESUniversity of Miami · USHospital Virgen de la Salud · ES

Funding

Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI12/2895Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades RTI2018-097775-B-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the emerging role of protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7) as a Wnt co-receptor and the relevant functions of the Wnt family of proteins in spinal cord injury (SCI), the potential involvement of PTK7 in SCI is currently unknown. As a first essential step to shed light on this issue, we evaluated the spatio-temporal and cellular expression patterns of PTK7 in healthy and traumatically injured rat and human spinal cords. In the uninjured rats, PTK7 expression was observed in the ependymal epithelium, endothelial cells, meningeal fibronectin-expressing cells, and specific axonal tracts, but not in microglia, astrocytes, neurons, oligodendrocytes, or NG2+ cells. After rat SCI, the mRNA expression of PTK7 was significantly increased, while its spatio-temporal and cellular protein expression patterns also suffered evident changes in the injured region. Briefly, the expression of PTK7 in the affected areas was observed in axons, reactive astrocytes, NG2+ and fibronectin-expressing cells, and in a subpopulation of reactive microglia/macrophages and blood vessels. Finally, in both healthy and traumatically injured human spinal cords, PTK7 expression pattern was similar to that observed in the rat, although some specific differences were found. In conclusion, we demonstrate for the first time that PTK7 is constitutively expressed in the healthy adult rat and human spinal cord and that its expression pattern clearly varied after rat and human SCI which, to our knowledge, constitutes the first experimental evidence pointing to the potential involvement of this co-receptor in physiological and pathological spinal cord functioning.

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AnimalsAstrocytesAxonsCell Adhesion MoleculesEndothelial CellsFibronectinsHumansMacrophagesMicrogliaNeuronsOligodendrogliaRatsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesSpinal CordSpinal Cord InjuriesCell Adhesion MoleculesFibronectinsPTK7 protein, humanPtk7 protein, mouseReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesHumanPTK7RatSpinal cordSpinal cord injury

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PMCPMC11448799
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