BACKGROUND:Tropomyosin 4 level has been found to be an increase in the spinal cord based on the 2-DE/MALDI-TOF/MS method. However, there is little report about the relationship between tropomyosin 4 and pathogenesis and progress of spinal cord injuries.
METHODS/DESIGN:Randomized control ed trial:rat models of complete spinal cord transection were made and expression levels of tropomyosin 4 at 3-28 days after modeling were determined by two-dimensional electrophoresis, animo acid serie analysis, quantitative PCR and western blot. Experiment for exporing the genetic mechanism:effects of tropomyosin 4 scilencing by lentivirus recomnination technology on the dendrite length of spinal cord neurons in vitro were observed, and its effects on the neurological function of rats after complete spinal cord transaction were assessed through Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan scoring.
DISCUSSION:This study wil be powered to provide a novel and effective treatment strategy for neurological function recovery after spinal cord transection based on the lentivirus recomnination carrying tropomyosin 4, as wel as optimistic future for clinical gene treatment of complete spinal cord transaction through figuring out the underlying mechanism.
ETHICAL APPROVAL:This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kunming Medical University, China. The surgical operation and postoperative care of rats were in line with the rules of Chinese Experimental Animal Protection and Ethics Committee, and the guideline of the National Institutes of Health

Objective To investigate the effect of Ginsensode Rgl on the expression of Neurogranin (Ng) and behavioral alteration in cortex and hippocampus of rats with chronic stress model.Methods A total of 36 adult male SD rats were randomly divided into control group (CON),model group (CUS) and treatment group (CUS-G).The chronic stress model was established by chronic unpredictable stress.The Morris water maze was used to study the learning and memory ability.The content of Ng in cortex,hippocampus was detected by RT-PCR and Western blot.Results The water maze test showed that after chronic stress,animal learning and memory ability decreased significantly,while the treatment group rats escape latency was significantly reduced (P＜0.05);after 6 weeks of stress,the cortex and hippocampus Ng mRNA levelschronic stress rats were markedly lower than that of model rats respectively (P＜0.05,P＜0.01,P＜0.05).The cerebral cortex and hippocampus Ng mRNA levels in treatment group were significantly increased compared with that of model group respectively (P＜0.01,P＜ 0.05,P＜0.05);The cerebral cortex and hippocampus Ng levels of chronic stress rat were significantly decreased when compared with that of the model rats respectively (P＜0.05,P＜0.01,P＜0.05),The cerebral cortex and hippocampus Ng content were significantly increased in treatment group compared with the model group respectively (P＜0.01,P＜0.05).Conclusions Chronic stress can change the behaviors of nice in recognization and memory The contents of Ng and the supplement of Ginsensode Rg1 have positive adjustment.