Chase‐ing regeneration: engineering chondroitinase for mammalian expression

GM Curinga, Y Jin, C Zhang, C Mashburn… - The FASEB …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Neurons fail to regenerate following spinal cord injury partly due to the up‐regulation of
chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). Animal models of neuronal injury show …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in chondroitinase delivery for spinal cord repair

Y Wei, MR Andrews - Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2022 - imrpress.com
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) present a formidable barrier to regrowing axons
following spinal cord injury. CSPGs are secreted in response to injury and their …

Mammalian‐produced chondroitinase AC mitigates axon inhibition by chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans

GM Curinga, DM Snow, C Mashburn… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are up‐regulated following spinal cord injury
and are partly responsible for failed regeneration. Experimental paradigms in vivo that …

Chondroitinase activity can be transduced by a lentiviral vector in vitro and in vivo

Y Jin, A Ketschek, Z Jiang, G Smith, I Fischer - Journal of neuroscience …, 2011 - Elsevier
The bacterial enzyme chondroitinase ABC (ChABC), which cleaves chondroitin sulfate
glycosaminoglycan chains, can degrade inhibitory scar tissue formed following spinal cord …

Chondroitinase Gene Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury

J Hu, GM Curinga, GM Smith - Extracellular Matrix, 2015 - Springer
Spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to permanent paralysis below the level of injury.
Environmental factors within the injured spinal cord have been shown to strongly participate …

Adult bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells expressing chondroitinase AC transplanted into CNS injury sites promote local brain chondroitin sulphate degradation

YM Coulson-Thomas, VJ Coulson-Thomas… - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2008 - Elsevier
Injury to the CNS of vertebrates leads to the formation of a glial scar and production of
inhibitory molecules, including chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans. Various studies suggest …

Recent advances in the therapeutic uses of chondroitinase ABC

E Muir, F De Winter, J Verhaagen, J Fawcett - Experimental neurology, 2019 - Elsevier
Many studies, using pre-clinical models of SCI, have demonstrated the efficacy of
chondroitinase ABC as a treatment for spinal cord injury and this has been confirmed in …

Large-scale chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan digestion with chondroitinase gene therapy leads to reduced pathology and modulates macrophage phenotype following …

K Bartus, ND James, A Didangelos… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) inhibit repair following spinal cord injury. Here
we use mammalian-compatible engineered chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) delivered via …

[HTML][HTML] Chondroitinase gene therapy improves upper limb function following cervical contusion injury

ND James, J Shea, EM Muir, J Verhaagen… - Experimental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are known to be important contributors to the
intensely inhibitory environment that prevents tissue repair and regeneration following …

A novel DNA enzyme reduces glycosaminoglycan chains in the glial scar and allows microtransplanted dorsal root ganglia axons to regenerate beyond lesions in the …

B Grimpe, J Silver - Journal of Neuroscience, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
CNS lesions induce production of ECM molecules that inhibit axon regeneration. One major
inhibitory family is the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). Reduction of their …