PMID- 9527901 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980522 LR - 20190722 IS - 0014-4886 (Print) IS - 0014-4886 (Linking) VI - 150 IP - 2 DP - 1998 Apr TI - NGF depletion reduces ipsilateral and contralateral trigeminal satellite cell reactions after inferior alveolar nerve injury in adult rats. PG - 312-20 AB - Following peripheral nerve injury, neuronal cell functions in sensory ganglia shift from normal maintenance and neurotransmission toward survival and regeneration. A rapid modulation of glial cell activity, which is related to changes in neuronal-support cell interaction, also occurs after nerve injury. Nerve growth factor (NGF) is required for the survival and maintenance of specific populations of sensory and sympathetic neurons, and changes in neuronal gene expression after axonal injury are due in part to a loss of NGF retrograde transport from the periphery to the cell body. A similar role for NGF in modulating support cell responses to peripheral nerve injury, however, has not been demonstrated. Using an autoimmune model, we assessed the effects of NGF depletion in adult rats on the injury-induced expression of glial fibrillary acid protein immunoreactivity (GFAP-IR) in the ipsilateral and contralateral trigeminal ganglia (TG). Unilateral inferior alveolar nerve crush resulted in a bilateral, NGF-dependent trigeminal satellite cell response. In control rats there was a widespread induction of GFAP-IR in the ipsilateral as well as the contralateral TG. In contrast, GFAP-IR was reduced to the mandibular division of the ipsilateral TG in NGF-depleted rats, and the contralateral up-regulation of GFAP-IR was entirely abolished. Bilateral sympathectomy failed to mimic the effects of autoimmunization. Our results provide evidence that NGF depletion inhibits injury-induced satellite cell responses, independent of its effects on sympathetic nerve function. CI - Copyright 1998 Academic Press. FAU - Anderson, L C AU - Anderson LC AD - Department of Oral Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. FAU - von Bartheld, C S AU - von Bartheld CS FAU - Byers, M R AU - Byers MR LA - eng GR - DE 05159/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - DE 12338/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - HD 29177/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Exp Neurol JT - Experimental neurology JID - 0370712 RN - 0 (Antibodies) RN - 0 (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - EC 1.14.16.2 (Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies/pharmacology MH - Functional Laterality MH - Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/analysis MH - Immunoglobulin G MH - Mandibular Nerve/*physiology MH - Nerve Crush MH - Nerve Growth Factors/immunology/*physiology MH - Neurons/cytology/*physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Sympathectomy MH - Time Factors MH - Trigeminal Nerve/cytology/pathology/*physiology MH - Trigeminal Nerve Injuries MH - Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase/analysis/biosynthesis EDAT- 1998/05/30 00:00 MHDA- 1998/05/30 00:01 CRDT- 1998/05/30 00:00 PHST- 1998/05/30 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/05/30 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/05/30 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0014488697967698 [pii] AID - 10.1006/exnr.1997.6769 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Neurol. 1998 Apr;150(2):312-20. doi: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6769.