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| DOI | 10.3389/FCELL.2025.1529093 | ||||
| Año | 2025 | ||||
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in severe disruption of communication between the brain and body, causing motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunctions. While SCI in mammals leads to permanent impairment due to limited regenerative capacity, certain non-mammalian species, such as Xenopus laevis larval stages, exhibit remarkable regenerative abilities. During Xenopus laevis spinal cord regeneration, neural stem precursor cells (NSPCs) surrounding the central canal rapidly proliferate in response to SCI, compensating for cellular loss, restoring canal continuity, and generating new neurons to reestablish lost connections. It has been described that mitochondria and cellular metabolism play essential roles in stem cell proliferation, self-renewal, and differentiation. However, the mitochondrial and cellular metabolic response during spinal cord regeneration remains unexplored. This study uses electron and confocal microscopy to investigate the NSPCs mitochondrial response in Xenopus laevis following SCI. We observed that mitochondria exhibit a rapid and transient response after SCI, characterized by a disruption of the mitochondrial localization, a decrease in mitochondrial number per cell section, and an increase in mitochondrial area and circularity. Furthermore, mitochondria adopted a swollen phenotype, which did not impair mitochondrial function or cellular energy balance. This morphological shift was accompanied by a transient decrease in the mitochondrial membrane potential and a metabolic switch favoring glycolysis. Therefore, these findings demonstrate that a transient metabolic shift toward glycolysis occurs during spinal cord regeneration.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Slater, Paula G. | - |
Fundación Ciencia y Vida - Chile
Universidad San Sebastián - Chile |
| 2 | Dominguez-Romero, Miguel E. | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 3 | Campos, Guillermo | - |
Universidad San Sebastián - Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile |
| 4 | Aravena, Vania | - |
Universidad San Sebastián - Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile |
| 5 | Cavieres-Lepe, Javier | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
UNIV PENN - Estados Unidos |
| 6 | Eisner, Veronica | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| FONDECYT |
| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico |
| Vicerrectoria de Investigacion y Doctorados de la Universidad San Sebastian |
| Vicerrectoria de Investigacion y Doctorados de la Universidad San Sebastian-Fondo |
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| The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by FONDECYT 3190820 and 11220624 for PS, and FONDECYT 1231557 for VE. This work was supported by Vicerrectoria de Investigacion y Doctorados de la Universidad San Sebastian-Fondo USS-FIN-25-APCS-04. |
| The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by FONDECYT 3190820 and 11220624 for PS, and FONDECYT 1231557 for VE. This work was supported by Vicerrector\u00EDa de Investigaci\u00F3n y Doctorados de la Universidad San Sebasti\u00E1n - Fondo USS-FIN-25-APCS-04. |