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. 2022 Aug 31;11(9):1728. doi: 10.3390/antiox11091728

Table 1.

Overview of studies examining oxidative DNA damage following SCI.

  Study Animal Model SCI Model Analysis Method Time Post-Injury Effect Size
(SCI-Sham) 1
Measurement Unit Fold Change
(SCI/Sham) 1
Leski, 2001
[50]
Rat T13 weight-drop
50–75 g·cm
HPLC with ECD 1 hpi
3 hpi
6 hpi
12 hpi
1 dpi
2 dpi
0.5
1.1 *
0.9 *
0.1
0.1
0.1
8-oxodG/2-dG × 10−4 1.4
1.8 *
1.6 *
1.1
1.1
1.1
Sakurai, 2003
[46]
Rabbit Transient
spinal cord
ischemia
8-oxodG IHC 8 hpi
1 dpi
2 dpi
No #
Up #
Up #
8-oxodG
immunoreactivity
Bao, 2004
[47]
Rat T4 extradural
compression via
aneurysm clip for 60 s
8-oxodG IHC 1 dpi 24 * 8-oxodG+
cells/0.4 mm2
30 *
Takahashi, 2004
[37]
Rabbit Transient
spinal cord
ischemia
8-oxodG IHC 8 hpi
1 dpi
2 dpi
No #
Up #
Up #
8-oxodG
immunoreactivity
Martin, 2005
[36]
Rat Sciatic nerve
avulsion
8-oxodG IHC 2 dpi
4 dpi
5 dpi
7 dpi
10 dpi
59 *
129 *
357 *
292 *
194 *
8-oxodG+
motor neurons
2.6 *
3.5 *
5.5 *
6.9 *
4.0 *
Xu, 2005
[29]
Mouse T12-L3 compression
20 g for 5 min
8-oxodG IHC 1 hpi
6 hpi
12 hpi
1 dpi
Up #
Up #
Up #
Up #
8-oxodG
immunoreactivity
King, 2006
[48]
Rat T7-9 hemi-section 8-oxodG IHC 7 dpi 15 †
(dorsal)
10 †
(ventral)
8-oxodG+ cells/mm2
Huang, 2007
[10]
Rat T12 compression
50 g for 5 min
8-oxodG IHC 3 dpi
7 dpi
10 †
4 †
8-oxodG+ cells
Kotipatruni, 2011
[49]
Rat T10 weight-drop
10 g at 1.25 cm
8-oxodG
WB
1 dpi
3 dpi
7 dpi
14 dpi
21 dpi
0.36 *
0.44 *
0.57 *
0.41 *
0.32 *
AU 2.5 *
2.8 *
3.4 *
2.7 *
2.3 *
Sakarcan, 2017
[34]
Rat T7-10 weight-drop
10 g at 10 cm
8-oxodG ELISA 7 dpi 4.5 * ng/mg DNA 2.1 *

Color bars correlate with data shown in Figure 1B. 1 Estimates of effect size and fold change extracted from graphs in papers. * Statistical difference between SCI and Sham. # No statistics performed. † Not versus Sham (SCI count only). T13, thoracic spine level 13; L3, lumbar spine level 3; HPLC, high-pressure liquid chromatography; ECD, electrochemical detection; IHC, immunohistochemistry; WB, Western blot; hpi, hours post-injury; dpi, days post-injury; AU, arbitrary units.