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The reaction of oligodendrocytes in response to traumatic injury of the CNS are poorly understood. In the present report we studied changes in the expression of a major constituent of CNS myelin, myelin basic protein (MBP), by immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization from 6 h up to 2 weeks following partial transection of the spinal cord in adult rats. MBP immunohistochemistry showed degeneration of myelin at the lesion center and signs of myelin breakdown in necrotic foci in the dorsal and ventral funiculi proximal and distal to the lesion. In situ hybridization revealed that mRNA for MBP was downregulated at the local lesion site within the first day following injury, probably reflecting oligodendrocytes to undergo cell death. From 2 days on, however, MBP mRNA was conspicuously upregulated at the border of the lesion area. This "reactive" response of surviving oligodendrocytes, as indicated by increased levels of MBP mRNA, peaked around 8 days. At this time, oligodendrocytes displaying strong MBP in situ signal formed stripe-like structures which were oriented radially toward the lesion center and arranged in parallel to neurofilament-positive axons. At around 2 weeks post-

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Author

Deborah Bartholdi; Martin E. Schwab

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0894-1491)

Published

1998

Language

EN

Field

Neuroscience (Life Sciences)