56. Foretinib Enhances Myelination of Neurons in Vitro
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nerve injuries cause significant functional impairment. Despite advanced diagnostic methods and microsurgical procedures, recovery after peripheral nerve repair is often disappointing. Therefore, new therapeutics are needed to promote recovery after nerve injury. Schwann cells play a crucial role in nerve repair and regeneration, including remyelination post-injury. Our group previously discovered that Foretinib, a pan-kinase inhibitor, is neuroprotective (Feinberg et al., 2017). In the present study, we ask whether foretinib affects myelination in vitro. METHODS: To test the effect of foretinib on myelination in vitro, we extracted dorsal root ganglia from E14 rats and co-cultured them with Schwann cells. After three days, we induced myelination with ascorbic acid or ascorbic acid plus foretinib. After ten days in culture, we performed immunohistochemistry using the myelination marker myelin basic protein (MBP) to assess the extent of myelination. RESULTS: Co-cultures with neuronal cells and Schwann cells ten days after inducing myelination demonstrated a significant increase (more than six-fold) in myelination with foretinib in vitro CONCLUSION: Foretinib increases myelination in vitro, possibly by virtue of the mechanism of mitochondrial preservation as noted in our previous studies, or perhaps by a new, as yet unidentified molecular pathway. Given these intriguing findings, our group is interested in conducting studies of this agent in vivo as a potential agent for future clinical application.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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