Botulinum neurotoxins beyond neurons: Interplay with glial cells

S Luvisetto - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
botulinum neurotoxins and both peripheral and spinal glial cells, mainly Schwann cells, …
underlying the interaction between BoNTs and glial cells. A better understanding of these …

Botulinum neurotoxin type A modulates vesicular release of glutamate from satellite glial cells

LB Silva, JN Poulsen, L Arendt‐Nielsen… - Journal of cellular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the presence of cell membrane docking proteins synaptosomal‐associated
protein, 25 and 23 kD ( SNAP ‐25 and SNAP ‐23) in satellite glial cells ( SGC s) of rat …

Neuronal selectivity of botulinum neurotoxins

B Poulain, E Lemichez, MR Popoff - Toxicon, 2020 - Elsevier
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are highly potent toxins responsible for a severe disease,
called botulism. They are also efficient therapeutic tools with an increasing number of …

Botulinum toxin type A—a modulator of spinal neuron–glia interactions under neuropathic pain conditions

E Rojewska, A Piotrowska, K Popiolek-Barczyk, J Mika - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
… Within the CNS, glial cells seem to play a crucial role in … glial cells are present: macroglia
(which include astroglia, oligodendrocytes and radial cells, including Bergmann and Müller cells

Current status and future directions of botulinum neurotoxins for targeting pain processing

S Pellett, TL Yaksh, R Ramachandran - Toxins, 2015 - mdpi.com
… terminals, where again by truncating respective SNAREs, it would inhibit neurotransmitter
release, thereby preventing the activation of second order neurons and neighboring glial cells. …

The Analgesic Effect on Neuropathic Pain of Retrogradely Transported botulinum Neurotoxin A Involves Schwann Cells and Astrocytes

S Marinelli, V Vacca, R Ricordy, C Uggenti, AM Tata… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
… This is a strong indication that BoNT/A may be transcytosed from nociceptive fibers in spinal
cord and may enter into glial cells. The third important finding of the present study derives …

Botulinum Neurotoxin Induces Neurotoxic Microglia Mediated by Exogenous Inflammatory Responses

G Ambrin, YJ Kang, K Van Do, C Lee… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… This cytokine data in combination with our control experiments of treatment of glial cells with
BoNT/A suggests that while the microglia cells were not directly affected by the BoNT/A (T5/…

Comparison of the expression changes after botulinum toxin type A and minocycline administration in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated rat microglial and astroglial …

A Piotrowska, K Popiolek-Barczyk… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
… The results of our data from primary glial cell cultures showed that BoNT/A diminishes
microglial SNAP-23 and astrocytic SNAP-23 and -25. We also revealed that minocycline does not …

Botulinum neurotoxins in central nervous system: An overview from animal models to human therapy

S Luvisetto - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
… from nociceptive fibers in spinal cord to glial cells, confirming that astrocytes express protein
… , and transcytosis between neurons and glial spinal cells in the CNS. Axonal retrograde …

Botulinum toxin and neuronal regeneration after traumatic injury of central and peripheral nervous system

S Luvisetto - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
… of glia scarring and reaction, as revealed by morphometric analysis of astrocytes, revealing
hyperactive glial cells in … analysis showing reduction in glial cell size in both perilesioned and …