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Moderate elevation of extracellular potassium transiently inhibits regeneration of sensory axons in cultured adult sciatic nerves

Edström, Anders LU ; Ekström, Per LU and Wiklund, Peter LU (1995) In Brain Research 693(1-2). p.148-154
Abstract

The adult frog dorsal root ganglia (DRG) together with the sciatic nerve (ScN) has previously been shown to survive in organ culture for several days. If a local test crush is made at the beginning of culturing, there is an initial delay of about 3 days before the sensory axons start to grow into the distal nerve stump at a rate of about 0.6-0.9 mm/day. The present results showed that axonal growth was unaffected in preparations maintained for 8 days in medium containing 10 mM K+ (5 mM is the physiological level). In contrast, the outgrowth was markedly reduced by 15 mM K+ and still more by 20 and 25 mM K+. The growth inhibition was partially counteracted by nifedipine, a Ca2+-channel... (More)

The adult frog dorsal root ganglia (DRG) together with the sciatic nerve (ScN) has previously been shown to survive in organ culture for several days. If a local test crush is made at the beginning of culturing, there is an initial delay of about 3 days before the sensory axons start to grow into the distal nerve stump at a rate of about 0.6-0.9 mm/day. The present results showed that axonal growth was unaffected in preparations maintained for 8 days in medium containing 10 mM K+ (5 mM is the physiological level). In contrast, the outgrowth was markedly reduced by 15 mM K+ and still more by 20 and 25 mM K+. The growth inhibition was partially counteracted by nifedipine, a Ca2+-channel antagonist. Other experiments clearly showed that high K+ exerted its effects during the early phase of the regeneration and lacked effects at later stages. The possibility that Ca2+-binding proteins, e.g., calbindin, which showed immunohistochemical reactivity in different structures, contribute to the growth adaptation to high K+ will be considered. The generality of the findings was supported by inhibition of axonal outgrowth of adult mouse sciatic sensory axons by high K+.

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Calbindin, Calcium, Potassium, Regeneration, Schwann cell, Sciatic nerve
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  author       = {{Edström, Anders and Ekström, Per and Wiklund, Peter}},
  issn         = {{0006-8993}},
  keywords     = {{Calbindin; Calcium; Potassium; Regeneration; Schwann cell; Sciatic nerve}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{09}},
  number       = {{1-2}},
  pages        = {{148--154}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Brain Research}},
  title        = {{Moderate elevation of extracellular potassium transiently inhibits regeneration of sensory axons in cultured adult sciatic nerves}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(95)00649-B}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/0006-8993(95)00649-B}},
  volume       = {{693}},
  year         = {{1995}},
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