PUBLICATION

Cyclic AMP-Induced Repair of Zebrafish Spinal Circuits

Authors
Bhatt, D.H., Otto, S.J., Depoister, B. and Fetcho, J.R.
ID
ZDB-PUB-040709-1
Date
2004
Source
Science (New York, N.Y.)   305(5681): 254-258 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Bhatt, Dimple, Fetcho, Joseph R.
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Axons/drug effects
  • Axons/physiology*
  • Bucladesine/pharmacology*
  • Calcium/metabolism
  • Cyclic AMP/analogs & derivatives
  • Cyclic AMP/pharmacology
  • Electroporation
  • Escape Reaction
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Interneurons/physiology
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Nerve Regeneration*
  • Neurons/drug effects
  • Neurons/physiology*
  • Regeneration
  • Rhodamines
  • Spinal Cord/cytology*
  • Spinal Cord Injuries/drug therapy*
  • Spinal Cord Injuries/physiopathology*
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
15247482 Full text @ Science
Abstract
to regenerate, as a result of both an inhibitory environment and their inherent inability to regrow. In contrast, the CNS environment in fish is permissive for growth, yet some neurons still cannot regenerate. Fish thus offer an opportunity to study molecules that might surmount the intrinsic limitations they share with mammals, without the complication of an inhibitory environment. We show by in vivo imaging in zebrafish that post-injury application of cyclic adenosine monophosphate can transform severed CNS neurons into ones that regenerate and restore function, thus overcoming intrinsic limitations to regeneration in a vertebrate.
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