TY - JOUR
T1 - Central nervous system malformations induced by triamcinolone acetonide in nonhuman primates
T2 - Pathogenesis
AU - Tarara, R. P.
AU - Wheeldon, E. B.
AU - Hendrickx, Andrew G
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - The pathogenetic sequence for TAC‐induced encephalocele is in agreement with hypotheses proposing that neural tube closure is followed by protrusion of the mesencephalon, with subsequent growth and development resulting in herniation of the cerebrum and cerebellum. This model could serve to clarify the pathogenesis of encephalocele and to stimulate further study in comparing this defect to other dysraphic states. Triamcinolone acetonide (TAC) was administered intramuscularly (10 mg/kg) to 16 pregnant rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) for 5 alternate days of pregnancy, beginning on gestational day (GD) 23. Conceptuses were removed by hysterotomy at GD 35, 42, 50, or 70 and examined grossly and histologically. Length, area, and perimeter of the tectum and aqueduct area and perimeter were measured with an image analyzer. Changes in treated specimens were suggestive of forces within or ventral to the tectum resulting in dorsal protrusion, rostral‐posterior stretching, and attenuation. The angle of the cephalic, pontine, and cervical flexures was also measured. The more acute angle of the cephalic flexure and less acute cervical flexure of treated specimens could represent altered orientation secondary to a mesenchymal deficiency. However, the less acute angle of the pontine flexure in treated specimens suggests an intrinsic alteration in the neural tube. This suggests that encephalocele may result from a combination of mesenchymal and neural tube abnormalities.
AB - The pathogenetic sequence for TAC‐induced encephalocele is in agreement with hypotheses proposing that neural tube closure is followed by protrusion of the mesencephalon, with subsequent growth and development resulting in herniation of the cerebrum and cerebellum. This model could serve to clarify the pathogenesis of encephalocele and to stimulate further study in comparing this defect to other dysraphic states. Triamcinolone acetonide (TAC) was administered intramuscularly (10 mg/kg) to 16 pregnant rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) for 5 alternate days of pregnancy, beginning on gestational day (GD) 23. Conceptuses were removed by hysterotomy at GD 35, 42, 50, or 70 and examined grossly and histologically. Length, area, and perimeter of the tectum and aqueduct area and perimeter were measured with an image analyzer. Changes in treated specimens were suggestive of forces within or ventral to the tectum resulting in dorsal protrusion, rostral‐posterior stretching, and attenuation. The angle of the cephalic, pontine, and cervical flexures was also measured. The more acute angle of the cephalic flexure and less acute cervical flexure of treated specimens could represent altered orientation secondary to a mesenchymal deficiency. However, the less acute angle of the pontine flexure in treated specimens suggests an intrinsic alteration in the neural tube. This suggests that encephalocele may result from a combination of mesenchymal and neural tube abnormalities.
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U2 - 10.1002/tera.1420380310
DO - 10.1002/tera.1420380310
M3 - Article
C2 - 3227493
AN - SCOPUS:0023680494
VL - 38
SP - 259
EP - 270
JO - Teratology
JF - Teratology
SN - 1542-0752
IS - 3
ER -