Impact of Aging on Proprioceptive Sensory Neurons and Intrafusal Muscle Fibers in Mice.
The impact of aging on proprioceptive sensory neurons and intrafusal muscle fibers (IMFs) remains largely unexplored despite the central function these cells play in modulating voluntary movements. Here, we show that proprioceptive sensory neurons undergo deleterious morphological changes in middle age (11- to 13-month-old) and old (15- to 21-month-old) mice. In the extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles of middle age and old mice, there is a significant increase in the number of Ia afferents with large swellings that fail to properly wrap around IMFs compared with young adult (2- to 4-month-old) mice. Fewer II afferents were also found in the same muscles of middle age and old mice. Although these age-related changes in peripheral nerve endings were accompanied by degeneration of proprioceptive sensory neuron cell bodies in dorsal root ganglia (DRG), the morphology and number of IMFs remained unchanged. Our analysis also revealed normal levels of neurotrophin 3 (NT3) but dysregulated expression of the tyrosine kinase receptor C (TrkC) in aged muscles and DRGs, respectively. These results show that proprioceptive sensory neurons degenerate prior to atrophy of IMFs during aging, and in the presence of the NT3/TrkC signaling axis.
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke.|Graduate Program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health and.
Sydney K
SK
Vaughan
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke.
Olivia L
OL
Stanley
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke.|Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg.
Gregorio
G
Valdez
D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000473:pathology; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000473:pathology; D020933:Neurotrophin 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D020812:Receptor, trkC / Q000378:metabolism; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000473:pathology*
D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D020812:Receptor, trkC
Degeneration; Dorsal root ganglia; Ia/II afferents; Motor function; Muscle spindle
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