CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373 - Cidade Universitária - Bloco F, Sala F24, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Hospital São Vicente de Paulo, Rua Gonçalves Crespo, 430 Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Mol Neurobiol. 2018 Aug;55(8):6436-6448. doi: 10.1007/s12035-017-0858-y. Epub 2018 Jan 6.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is considered an incurable condition, having a heterogenous recovery and uncertain prognosis. Therefore, a reliable prediction of the improvement in the acute phase could benefit patients. Physicians are unanimous in insisting that at the initial damage of the spinal cord (SC), the patient should be carefully evaluated in order to help selecting an appropriate neuroprotective treatment. However, currently, neurologic impairment after SCI is measured and classified by functional examination. The identification of prognostic biomarkers of SCI would help to designate SC injured patients and correlate to diagnosis and correct treatment. Some proteins have already been identified as good potential biomarkers of central nervous system injury, both in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood serum. However, the problem for using them as biomarkers is the way they should be collected, as acquiring CSF through a lumbar puncture is significantly invasive. Remarkably, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as interesting biomarker candidates because of their stability in biological fluids and their tissue specificity. Several miRNAs have been identified to have their expressions altered in SCI in many animal models, making them promising candidates as biomarkers after SCI. Moreover, there are yet no effective therapies for SCI. It is already known that altered lysophospholipids (LPs) signaling are involved in the biology of disorders, such as inflammation. Reports have demonstrated that LPs when locally distributed can regulate SCI repair and key secondary injury processes such as apoptosis and inflammation, and so could become in the future new therapeutic approaches for treating SCI.
脊髓损伤 (SCI) 被认为是一种不可治愈的疾病,具有异质性的恢复和不确定的预后。因此,对急性期的改善进行可靠的预测可能对患者有益。医生一致坚持认为,在脊髓(SC)的初始损伤时,应仔细评估患者,以帮助选择适当的神经保护治疗。然而,目前,SCI 后的神经功能缺损是通过功能检查来测量和分类的。识别 SCI 的预后生物标志物将有助于指定 SC 损伤患者,并与诊断和正确的治疗相关联。一些蛋白质已经被确定为中枢神经系统损伤的良好潜在生物标志物,无论是在脑脊液(CSF)还是血清中。然而,将它们用作生物标志物的问题是它们的采集方式,因为通过腰椎穿刺获取 CSF 是非常具有侵入性的。值得注意的是,微小 RNA(miRNA)作为生物标志物候选物已经出现,因为它们在生物液中的稳定性和组织特异性。在许多动物模型中已经确定了几种 miRNA 在 SCI 中的表达发生改变,这使它们成为 SCI 后有前途的生物标志物候选物。此外,目前还没有有效的 SCI 治疗方法。已经知道,改变的溶血磷脂(LP)信号参与了炎症等疾病的生物学过程。有报道表明,局部分布的 LP 可以调节 SCI 的修复和关键的二次损伤过程,如细胞凋亡和炎症,因此它们可能成为未来治疗 SCI 的新治疗方法。