Passive skeletal muscle mechanics and structure changes following botox injections
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INTRODUCTION Spasticity is a symptom often found in neuromuscular diseases such as Cerebral Palsy (CP). It is characterised by involuntary muscular contractions caused by lesions in the brain developed at or just after birth. This symptom over time may lead to or cause increased passive stiffness and hypoextensibility [1]. A current treatment to provide temporary relief from spasticity is the application of botulinum toxin type-A (BTXA) injections. BTXA is a neurotoxin that prevents the release of acetylcholine at neuromuscular junctions, therefore relaxing the muscle [2]. Recent literature suggests that BTXA decreases passive stiffness by changing skeletal muscle structural components. These include changes to connective tissue such as collagen structure, contractile proteins such as myosin, as well as structural proteins such as titin [2]. Unfortunately, there is limited information regarding these changes to skeletal muscle structural components caused by BTXA despite being used clinically [2]. There is also no known literature of the effects of BTXA on skeletal muscle structure in the short term. Therefore, the purpose of this experiment was to obtain a deeper understanding of the effects of BTXA injections on skeletal muscle properties first in passive mechanic changes and secondly through structural changes during an acute 5 day protocol. METHODS New Zealand white rabbits (n=4) were instrumented where one hind limb acted as the experimental leg and the contralateral leg acted as the control. A pre- and post-test for passive force was performed using a minimally traumatic pin and motor system, once before a BTXA injection (3.5u/kg) and once 5 days after injection. Each test consisted of 5 trials, each with 3 movements (25°/sec). The BTXA was divided into 4 doses and injected intramuscularly into 4 quadrants of the lower limb plantar flexors (proximal medial, proximal lateral, distal medial and distal lateral) of the experimental limb. When the post-test was completed the rabbits were euthanized and the hind limbs extracted for future tissue work. RESULTS Two rabbits showed a trend decreasing passive force after botox, like the example shown in figure 1. The other two rabbits showed a trend of increasing passive force. However, there was no statistical difference in passive forces when all four were considered. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Our results show that BTXA does not change passive force, if these results are accurate, than despite being an effective tool in preventing spasticity, BTXA would need to be supplemented with other treatments to improve on stiffness and hypoextensibility in CP patients. However previous literature suggests that passive force decreases with the injection of BTXA, therefore possibilities why this did not occur may be due to: the amount of BTXA injected, the number of rabbits, and the sensitivity of our equipment. In the future we will continue to test changes in passive force using two additional rabbits to increase the sample size, as well as use the extracted tissue from each rabbit to run titin isoform tests, collagen content tests, and sarcomere count tests to observe if BTXA caused changes in the skeletal muscle structure itself. REFERENCES Friden J. & Lieber R.L. Muscle Nerve. 27 (2):157-164, 2003. Thacker B.E., et al. J Orthop Res. 30 (3):497-502, 2011.
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