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Substance P- and calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunofluorescent nerves in the repair of experimental bone defects

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Healing of an experimental bony defect in the rat's tibia was studied with an immunofluorescent technique to clarify when and where substance P (SP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) would develop. The normal tibia showed a few SP- and CGRP-immunofluorescent nerve fibres. In the experimental tibia, the number of these fibres increased on the 6th day after operation, reached a peak of proliferation on the 15th day and reverted to normal after the 24th day. The changes were associated with the development and decay of callus tissue suggesting that harmful stimuli from the injured site in a bone could be mediated by sensory nerves throughout the repair period. Most of the SP- and CGRP-immunofluorescence was seen near the vessels, frequently in the same nerve fibres. The SP- and CGRP-immunofluorescent nerves seemed to take part jointly in callus formation through the enhancement of local blood flow.

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Le procesus de guérison d'une perte de substance osseuse expérimentale a été étudié sur le tibia du rat par immunofluorescence afin de déterminer quand et où la substance P (SP) et la calcitonine peptide d'origine génique (CGRP) se développeraient. Le tibia normal ne montre qu'un petit nombre de fibres nerveuses immunofluorescentes SP et CGRP. Dans le tibia d'expérimentation, les fibres nerveuses immunofluorescentes SP et CGRP augmentent en nombre à partir du 6ème jour, atteignent leur maximum de prolifération le 15ème jour et reviennent à l'état normal après le 24ème jour post-opératoire. Ces modifications sont étroitement associées au développement et à la disparition du cal, suggérant ainsi que les stimuli nocifs provenant de la lésion osseuse pourraient être inactivés par les nerfs sensitifs durant la période de réparation. En outre, la plus grande partie de l'immunofluorescence SP et CGRP a été observée à proximité des vaisseaux, souvent dans les mêmes fibres nerveuses. Il semble que les nerfs immunofluorescents SP et CGRP participent conjointement à la formation du cal en augmentant la vascularisation locale.

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Aoki, M., Tamai, K. & Saotome, K. Substance P- and calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunofluorescent nerves in the repair of experimental bone defects. International Orthopaedics 18, 317–324 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180235

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