Age-dependent VEGF expression and intraneural neovascularization during regeneration of peripheral nerves. 2004

Roberto Pola, and Tamar R Aprahamian, and Marta Bosch-Marcé, and Cynthia Curry, and Eleonora Gaetani, and Andrea Flex, and Roy C Smith, and Jeffrey M Isner, and Douglas W Losordo
Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Research), St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. rob_pola@hotmail.com

The physiologic ability of peripheral nerves to regenerate after injury is impaired with aging. However, the mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon are still incompletely characterized. In this study, we investigated whether aging influences the intraneural angiogenic response that occurs after injury and during regeneration of peripheral nerves. We performed a crush injury of the sciatic nerve in old and senescence accelerated mice and found that the peripheral nerves of these animals are unable to locally upregulate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a prototypical angiogenic cytokine, after injury and have substantial deficits in mounting an appropriate intraneural angiogenic response during nerve regeneration. Our findings provide new evidence of possible interdependent relationships between aging, VEGF, angiogenesis, and nerve regeneration and suggest that vascular abnormalities might play a role in aging-associated neurological dysfunction, with potentially important fundamental and clinical implications.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008810 Mice, Inbred C57BL One of the first INBRED MOUSE STRAINS to be sequenced. This strain is commonly used as genetic background for transgenic mouse models. Refractory to many tumors, this strain is also preferred model for studying role of genetic variations in development of diseases. Mice, C57BL,Mouse, C57BL,Mouse, Inbred C57BL,C57BL Mice,C57BL Mice, Inbred,C57BL Mouse,C57BL Mouse, Inbred,Inbred C57BL Mice,Inbred C57BL Mouse
D009416 Nerve Regeneration Renewal or physiological repair of damaged nerve tissue. Nerve Tissue Regeneration,Nervous Tissue Regeneration,Neural Tissue Regeneration,Nerve Tissue Regenerations,Nervous Tissue Regenerations,Neural Tissue Regenerations,Regeneration, Nerve,Regeneration, Nerve Tissue,Regeneration, Nervous Tissue,Regeneration, Neural Tissue,Tissue Regeneration, Nerve,Tissue Regeneration, Nervous,Tissue Regeneration, Neural
D009431 Neural Conduction The propagation of the NERVE IMPULSE along the nerve away from the site of an excitation stimulus. Nerve Conduction,Conduction, Nerve,Conduction, Neural,Conductions, Nerve,Conductions, Neural,Nerve Conductions,Neural Conductions
D010525 Peripheral Nerves The nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, including the autonomic, cranial, and spinal nerves. Peripheral nerves contain non-neuronal cells and connective tissue as well as axons. The connective tissue layers include, from the outside to the inside, the epineurium, the perineurium, and the endoneurium. Endoneurium,Epineurium,Perineurium,Endoneuriums,Epineuriums,Nerve, Peripheral,Nerves, Peripheral,Perineuriums,Peripheral Nerve
D000375 Aging The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time. Senescence,Aging, Biological,Biological Aging
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012584 Sciatic Nerve A nerve which originates in the lumbar and sacral spinal cord (L4 to S3) and supplies motor and sensory innervation to the lower extremity. The sciatic nerve, which is the main continuation of the sacral plexus, is the largest nerve in the body. It has two major branches, the TIBIAL NERVE and the PERONEAL NERVE. Nerve, Sciatic,Nerves, Sciatic,Sciatic Nerves
D042461 Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A The original member of the family of endothelial cell growth factors referred to as VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS. Vascular endothelial growth factor-A was originally isolated from tumor cells and referred to as "tumor angiogenesis factor" and "vascular permeability factor". Although expressed at high levels in certain tumor-derived cells it is produced by a wide variety of cell types. In addition to stimulating vascular growth and vascular permeability it may play a role in stimulating VASODILATION via NITRIC OXIDE-dependent pathways. Alternative splicing of the mRNA for vascular endothelial growth factor A results in several isoforms of the protein being produced. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor,Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A,GD-VEGF,Glioma-Derived Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor,VEGF,VEGF-A,Vascular Permeability Factor,Vasculotropin,Glioma Derived Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor,Permeability Factor, Vascular
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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