Axonal regrowth under release of myelin-associated glycoprotein: chemotaxis by pioneer Schwann cells and Cajal’s gigantic clubs

Author:

Torigoe Kojun12

Affiliation:

1. Department of Rehabilitation, Fukui Health Science University , Egamicho 55-13-1, Fukui City, Fukui 910-3190, Japan

2. Department of Anatomy, Tokai University School of Medicine , Boseidai, Isehara City, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan

Abstract

Abstract Myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), released from pre-degenerated distal nerves following axotomy, blocks the regrowth of sprouts and naked axons. Ensheathed axons, however, continue to elongate and reach MAG-releasing distal nerves. To determine the regenerative mechanism of ensheathed axons without navigators of axonal growth cones by the film model method, we inserted a MAG-releasing distal nerve segment treated with liquid nitrogen (N2DS) between the two films, facing the proximal end of the common peroneal nerves in mice transected 4 days earlier for axons to become ensheathed. On the third postoperative day (Day 3), axon fascicles, subjected to silver staining, extended toward N2DS but with few branches, forming terminal swellings called Cajal’s gigantic clubs (CGCs) that are filled with axonal growth cones. Filter paper wetted with either 250 pg/ml MAG or N2DS showed the same configurations when inserted between the two films. This effect was lost following anti-MAG treatment; fascicles strayed near the parent nerve with numerous branches, formed a net of axons and tapered toward thin tips at their ends, just like controls without N2DS. Schwann cell bundles on Day 3 detected with anti-S100, formed sheaths of CGCs at their ends and connected to pioneer Schwann cells (pSCs). To analyze the physiology of Schwann cells, independent of axons, the parent nerve transected 4 days prior was crushed. On Day 2, with pSCs ahead, Schwann cell bundles extended toward N2DS. On Day 4, main bundles regressed, leaving pSCs motionless. Thus, MAG is a candidate chemoattractant for both pSCs and CGCs. Graphical Abstract  

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Instrumentation,Structural Biology

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