( Fibrinogen a blood-clotting protein fo...)Fibrinogen may Inhibit Spinal Cord Regeneration,Health

Fibrinogen, a blood-clotting protein found in circulating blood, has been found to inhibit the growth of central nervous system neuronal cells , a process that is necessary for the regeneration of the spinal cord after traumatic injury.

The findings by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, may explain why the human body is unable to repair itself after most spinal cord injuries.

The study, led by Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D., assistant professor in UCSDs Department of Pharmacology, is the first evidence that when blood leaks into the nervous system, the blood protein contributes to the neurons inability to repair themselves.

The findings, which show the molecular link between vascular and neuronal damage during injury to the central nervous system, was published in the online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on July 2.

The research team studied three types of spinal cord injuries in mice and rats which resulted in cellular and vascular damage, and leakage of fibrinogen from the blood vessels.

Once injured, neurons cannot be repaired because of various inhibitors that are present in the brain and the spinal cord after damage, which results in a patients paralysis. The researchers were surprised at the massive deposits of fibrinogen found at the sites of injury. That discovery led them to investigate the proteins effect on neuronal cells ability to regenerate.

Our study shows that fibrinogen directly affects neurons by inhibiting their ability for repair, said Akassoglou. Fibrinogen contained in the blood which leaks at the site of injury begins the process of inhibiting axonal growth by binding to the beta 3 integrin receptor.

This binding, in turn, induces the activation of another receptor on the neuronal cells, called the epidermal growth factor receptor. When the second receptor is activated,
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