Zhang Tao,Wen Yimin,Wei Xiangke,Li Han.cAMP derivative promotes repair of spinal cord injury in rats by activating Epac2/Akt kinase signaling pathway[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(24):2493-2497.
Zhang Tao,Wen Yimin,Wei Xiangke,Li Han.cAMP derivative promotes repair of spinal cord injury in rats by activating Epac2/Akt kinase signaling pathway[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(24):2493-2497.DOI:
cAMP derivative promotes repair of spinal cord injury in rats by activating Epac2/Akt kinase signaling pathway
Objective To investigate the underlying mechanism of cAMP derivative(8-CPT-2′-O-Me-cAMP) in the physiology and pathology of spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods Ninety-six adult healthy female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 4 groups (n=24). The rats from groups A
B and C were inflicted to SCI models with a modified Allen’s method. The rats were subjected to administer the derivative of 0.5 mg/(kg·d) in group A
10% DMSO at equal volume in group B
and the derivative and LY294002 of 0.2 mg/(kg d) in group C respectively for 7 d. The rats in groups D served as normal control. Locomotor activity was evaluated by using the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan (BBB) score test at 1
2
3 and 4 weeks postoperatively. The expression of spinal cord cell markers
Nestin
glial frillary acidic protein (GFAP) and NF200
and of pathway factors
Epac2 and Akt were detected at the every week by HE staining
immunofluorescence analysis and real-time fluorescence PCR analysis. Results The BBB scores in group A showed a steady increase in the postoperative 1 to 4 weeks and were significantly higher than those in groups B and C (P0.01)
but were lower than that in group D (P0.01). In the postoperative 1st to 3th weeks
the mRNA expression of Epac2 in group A was significantly higher than that of group B (P0.01) and group D (P0.01)
but was not different with that of group C. The mRNA expression of Akt in group A was significantly higher than those of groups B
C and D (all P0.01). The mRNA expression of Nestin and NF200 in group A were significantly higher than those of groups B
C and D (P0.01) at 1 to 4 weeks. There was no difference in GFAP mRNA expression among groups A
B and C. The similar changes were found by immunofluorescence analysis. A lot of cavities were observed in spinal cord tissues by HE staining in groups A
B and C. Conclusion The derivative of cAMP activates the Epac2/Akt pathway to induce neural stem cells to proliferate and differentiate into neurons