期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 33, 期 12, 页码 2238-2246出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07713.x
关键词
2-deoxyglucose; barrel cortex; gelatinases; mouse; sensory deprivation; vibrissae
资金
- Polish-German Cooperation Program in Neuroscience [S006/P-N/2007/01]
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are fine modulators of brain plasticity and pathophysiology. The inhibition of MMPs shortly after ischaemic stroke reduces the infarct size and has beneficial effects on post-stroke behavioural recovery. Our previous studies have shown that photothrombotic cortical stroke disrupts use-dependent plasticity in the neighbouring cortex. The aim of the present study was to check whether the inhibition of MMPs after photothrombosis rescued the plastic capacity of the barrel cortex. To induce plasticity in adult mice, a unilateral deprivation of all vibrissae except row C was applied. The deprivation started immediately after stroke and lasted 7 days. This procedure, in control (non-stroke) animals, results in an enlargement of functional representation of the spared row, as shown with [C-14]2-deoxyglucose uptake mapping. In mice with stroke induced by photothrombosis in the vicinity of the barrel cortex, vibrissae deprivation did not result in an enlargement of the cortical representation of the spared row C of vibrissae, which confirmed our previous results. However, when mice were injected with the broad-spectrum inhibitor of MMPs FN-439 (10 mg/kg, i.v.) immediately before a stroke, an enlargement of the representation of the spared row similar to the enlargement found in sham mice was observed. These results indicate the involvement of MMPs in the impairment of use-dependent plasticity in the vicinity of an ischaemic lesion.
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