A graded forceps crush spinal cord injury model in mice.

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Jason R Plemel,Greg Duncan,Kai-Wei K Chen,Casey Shannon,Sophia Park,Joseph S Sparling,Wolfram Tetzlaff,

ABSTRACT Given the rising availability and use of genetically modified animals in basic science research, it has become increasingly important to develop clinically relevant models for spinal cord injury (SCI) for use in mice. We developed a graded forceps crush model of SCI in mice that uses three different forceps with spacers of 0.25, 0.4, and 0.55 mm, to produce severe, moderate, and mild injuries, respectively. Briefly, each mouse was subjected to laminectomy of T5-T7, 15-second spinal cord crush using one of those forceps, behavioral assessments, and post-mortem neuroanatomical analyses. There were significant differences among the three injury severity groups on behavioral measures (Basso Mouse Score, footprint, and ladder analyses), demonstrating an increase in neurological deficits for groups with greater injury severity. Quantitative analysis of the lesion demonstrated that as injury severity increased, lesion size and GFAP negative area increased, and spared tissue, spinal cord cross-sectional area, spared grey matter and spared white matter decreased. These measures strongly correlated with the behavioral outcomes. Similar to other studies of SCI in mice, we report a dense laminin and fibronectin positive extracellular matrix in the lesion sites of injured mice, but unlike those previous studies, we also report the presence of numerous p75 positive Schwann cells in and around the lesion epicenter. These results provide evidence that the graded forceps crush model is an attractive alternative for the study of SCI and related therapeutic interventions. Because of its demonstrated consistency, ease of use, low cost, and clinical relevance, this graded forceps crush is an attractive alternative to the other mouse models of SCI currently available.

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JR Plemel,G Duncan,KW Chen,C Shannon,S Park,JS Sparling,W Tetzlaff,

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Journal: Journal of neurotrauma

VOLUME: 25

Page Numbers: 350-70

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ISSN: 0897-7151

DAY: 31

MONTH: Apr

YEAR: 2008

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