Mice lacking GFAP are hypersensitive to traumatic cerebrospinal injury
作者:
Hiroshi Nawashiro,
Albee Messing,
Nabil Azzam,
Michael Brenner,
期刊:
NeuroReport
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 8
页码: 1691-1696
ISSN:0959-4965
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Astrocytes ultrastructure;Glial fibrillary acidic protein deficiency;Glial fibrillary acidic protein genetics;Hemorrhage;Sequence deletion;Spinal cord injuries;Transgenic mice;Traumatic brain injury
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
GLIAL fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is an intermediate filament protein expressed primarily in astrocytes. We have tested whether GFAP protects against mechanical stress by inducing percussive head injury in GFAP-null mice with a weight drop device. When mice were positioned on a foam bed which allowed head movement at impact, all 14 wild-type mice tested survived, but 12 of 15 GFAP-null mice died within a few minutes. The cause of death appeared to be upper cervical spinal cord injury resulting in respiratory arrest. When the foam bed was replaced by a firm support, both GFAP-null and wild-type mice survived. These results indicate that mice lacking GFAP are hypersensitive to cervical spinal cord injury caused by sudden acceleration of the head.
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