Yu Zhengran, Cheng Xing, Chen Jiacheng, Huang Zhong, He Shaofu, Hu Hao, Lin Sixiong, Zou Zhiyuan, Huang Fangli, Chen Bolin, Wan Yong, Peng Xinsheng, Zou Xuenong
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Front Neuroanat. 2021 Nov 23;15:729482. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2021.729482. eCollection 2021.
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a degenerative condition of the spine that caused by static and dynamic compression of the spinal cord. However, the mechanisms of motor and somatosensory conduction, as well as pathophysiological changes at dynamic neck positions remain unclear. This study aims to investigate the interplay between neurophysiological and hemodynamic responses at dynamic neck positions in the CSM condition, and the pathological basis behind. We first demonstrated that CSM patients had more severe dynamic motor evoked potentials (DMEPs) deteriorations upon neck flexion than upon extension, while their dynamic somatosensory evoked potentials (DSSEPs) deteriorated to a similar degree upon extension and flexion. We therefore generated a CSM rat model which developed similar neurophysiological characteristics within a 4-week compression period. At 4 weeks-post-injury, these rats presented decreased spinal cord blood flow (SCBF) and oxygen saturation (SO) at the compression site, especially upon cervical flexion. The dynamic change of DMEPs was significantly correlated with the change in SCBF from neutral to flexion, suggesting they were more sensitive to ischemia compared to DSSEPs. We further demonstrated significant vascular redistribution in the spinal cord parenchyma, caused by angiogenesis mainly concentrated in the anterior part of the compressed site. In addition, the comparative ratio of vascular densities at the anterior and posterior parts of the cord was significantly correlated with the perfusion decrease at neck flexion. This exploratory study revealed that the motor and somatosensory conductive functions of the cervical cord changed differently at dynamic neck positions in CSM conditions. Compared with somatosensory conduction, the motor conductive function of the cervical cord suffered more severe deteriorations upon cervical flexion, which could partly be attributed to its higher susceptibility to spinal cord ischemia. The uneven angiogenesis and vascular distribution in the spinal cord parenchyma might underlie the transient ischemia of the cord at flexion.
脊髓型颈椎病(CSM)是一种脊柱退行性疾病,由脊髓的静态和动态压迫引起。然而,运动和躯体感觉传导机制以及颈部动态位置的病理生理变化仍不清楚。本研究旨在探讨CSM患者在颈部动态位置时神经生理和血流动力学反应之间的相互作用及其背后的病理基础。我们首先证明,CSM患者颈部屈曲时动态运动诱发电位(DMEP)的恶化比伸展时更严重,而其动态躯体感觉诱发电位(DSSEP)在伸展和屈曲时恶化程度相似。因此,我们建立了一个CSM大鼠模型,该模型在4周的压迫期内产生了相似的神经生理特征。损伤后4周,这些大鼠在压迫部位出现脊髓血流量(SCBF)和氧饱和度(SO)降低,尤其是在颈部屈曲时。DMEP的动态变化与从中立位到屈曲位的SCBF变化显著相关,表明它们比DSSEP对缺血更敏感。我们进一步证明,脊髓实质内存在显著的血管再分布,这是由主要集中在受压部位前部的血管生成引起的。此外,脊髓前后部血管密度的比较比率与颈部屈曲时的灌注减少显著相关。这项探索性研究表明,在CSM情况下,颈部动态位置时颈髓的运动和躯体感觉传导功能变化不同。与躯体感觉传导相比,颈髓的运动传导功能在颈部屈曲时恶化更严重,这可能部分归因于其对脊髓缺血的更高易感性。脊髓实质内血管生成和血管分布不均可能是屈曲时脊髓短暂缺血的基础。
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