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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2025

Astrocytic heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein U is involved in scar formation after spinal cord injury.

Lili Quan, Akiko Uyeda, Ichiro Manabe, Rieko Muramatsu

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lili QuanDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, 187-8502, Japan.
Akiko UyedaDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, 187-8502, Japan.
Ichiro ManabeDepartment of Systems Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Rieko MuramatsuDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, 187-8502, Japan. muramatsu@ncnp.go.jp.

Funding

Grand-in-Aid of Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences 22H02962Grand-in-Aid of Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences 23K14367Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP22gm6210020Japan Science and Technology Agency JPMJMS2023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes have a beneficial role in tissue repair after central nervous system (CNS) injury. Although astrocyte proliferation is activated in response to injury, the intracellular mechanisms of astrocyte proliferation during acute phase of injury are not fully clarified. In this study, by functionally screening the highly expressed genes in the pathological state of spinal astrocytes, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein U (Hnrnpu) is identified as a potential endogenous molecule that regulates astrocyte proliferation and the following scar formation. Inhibition of Hnrnpu in astrocytes impairs the formation of astrocytic glial scar, motor function recovery, and neuronal regeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI) in mice. In human astrocytes, HNRNPU knockdown downregulates the genes related to the astrocyte functions in scar formation and neuronal regeneration. These findings uncover that modulation of endogenous astrocytic function would be a promising therapeutic avenue to restore neurological function after CNS injury.

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AstrocytesCicatrixSpinal Cord InjuriesAnimalsCell ProliferationCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve RegenerationRecovery of FunctionAstrocytesGlial scar formationRegenerationSpinal cord injury

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PMID39891176
PMCPMC11786496

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