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Ethidium bromide-induced demyelination of the sciatic nerve of adult Wistar rats
Riet-Correa, G; Fernandes, C. G; Pereira, L. A. V; Graça, D. L.
Affiliation
  • Riet-Correa, G; Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Faculdade de Veterinária. Departamento de Patologia Animal. Capäo do Leäo. BR
  • Fernandes, C. G; Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Faculdade de Veterinária. Departamento de Patologia Animal. Capäo do Leäo. BR
  • Pereira, L. A. V; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia. Campinas. BR
  • Graça, D. L; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Departamento de Patologia. Santa Maria. BR
Rev. bras. pesqui. méd. biol ; Braz. j. med. biol. res;35(1): 99-104, Jan. 2002. ilus, tab
Article in En | LILACS | ID: lil-304201
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ABSTRACT
Peripheral nerve ultrastructure was assessed after single or multiple local injections of the intercalating dye ethidium bromide. Thirty-four adult Wistar rats of both sexes were divided into five groups and maintained in a controlled environment with rat chow and water ad libitum throughout the experiment. The experimental animals were injected with 1 æl of 0.1 percent ethidium bromide in 0.9 percent saline into the central third of the left sciatic nerve 1 (group 1), 2 (group 2), 4 (group 3), 6 (group 4) or 8 (group 5) times. In groups 2 to 5 the injections were made at 28-day intervals. Control animals received the same amount of 0.9 percent saline. The animals were killed at different times after injection group 1 at 7 days (2 rats) and 15 days (2 rats); for groups 2, 3, 4 and 5, all rats were killed 10 days after the last injection and the lesions were investigated by light and transmission electron microscopy. In the acute lesions, intoxicated Schwann cells showed a vacuolated cytoplasm and separation of the sheaths from the axon. Myelin sheaths underwent progressive vesiculation and subsequent segmental demyelination. Myelin debris were withdrawn by macrophages and remyelination by Schwann cells was prominent. With the increase in the number of injections collagen fibers also increased in number and progressively enveloped smaller numbers of remyelinated axons composing new fascicles. Wallerian degeneration of fibers apparently not affected by ethidium bromide was more intense in the nerves from groups 4 and 5. The peripheral nerve repairs itself after demyelinating challenges with a profusion of collagen fibers and new fasciculations. This experimental model is valid to mimic recurrent demyelinating neuropathies
Subject(s)
Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: Sciatic Nerve / Demyelinating Diseases / Ethidium / Fluorescent Dyes Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Braz. j. med. biol. res / Rev. bras. pesqui. méd. biol Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / MEDICINA Year: 2002 Type: Article
Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: Sciatic Nerve / Demyelinating Diseases / Ethidium / Fluorescent Dyes Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Braz. j. med. biol. res / Rev. bras. pesqui. méd. biol Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / MEDICINA Year: 2002 Type: Article