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Tsai HC, Chen YH, Jen JY, Chang HM. Increased expression of the kynurenine pathway in mice with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. Acta Trop 2024; 256:107251. [PMID: 38763319 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the major cause of eosinophilic meningitis worldwide. The imbalance of neurotoxic and neuroprotective metabolites in the kynurenine pathway (KP) have been suggested to contribute to the pathogenesis of central nervous system (CNS) infection. We hypothesized that KP may also be involved in parasitic eosinophilic meningitis. BALB/c mice were orally infected with 40 A. cantonensis L3, intraperitoneal dexamethasone at a dose of 500 µg/kg/day was administered from the seventh day of infection until the end of the study. The Evans blue method was used to analyze blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction, and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) proteins levels was measured by Western blot, immunohistochemistry (IHC), and immunofluorescence. Tryptophan and kynurenine concentrations were analyzed by IHC and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The concentrations of Evans blue, IDO, tryptophan and kynurenine in the different groups of mice were compared using the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test. BBB dysfunction was found in mice with eosinophilic meningitis. The administration of dexamethasone significantly decreased the amount of Evans blue. An increased IDO expression was shown in Western blot, IHC and immunofluorescence following 2-3 weeks infection. Increased tryptophan and kynurenine expressions in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were also found in IHC and LC-MS/MS studies. The administration of dexamethasone significantly decreased the amount of IDO, tryptophan and kynurenine. In conclusion, A. cantonensis infection inducing BBB damage, then increased the influx of tryptophan into CSF. The administration of dexamethasone significantly decreased the amount of IDO, tryptophan and kynurenine.
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- Hung-Chin Tsai
- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Pharmacy and Science, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Pharmacy, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
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Therapeutic Administration of Oxcarbazepine Saves Cerebellar Purkinje Cells from Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury Induced by Cardiac Arrest through Attenuation of Oxidative Stress. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11122450. [PMID: 36552657 PMCID: PMC9774942 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11122450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Research reports using animal models of ischemic insults have demonstrated that oxcarbazepine (a carbamazepine analog: one of the anticonvulsant compounds) extends neuroprotective effects against cerebral or forebrain injury induced by ischemia and reperfusion. However, research on protective effects against ischemia and reperfusion cerebellar injury induced by cardiac arrest (CA) and the return of spontaneous circulation has been poor. Rats were assigned to four groups as follows: (Groups 1 and 2) sham asphyxial CA and vehicle- or oxcarbazepine-treated, and (Groups 3 and 4) CA and vehicle- or oxcarbazepine-treated. Vehicle (0.3% dimethyl sulfoxide/saline) or oxcarbazepine (200 mg/kg) was administered intravenously ten minutes after the return of spontaneous circulation. In this study, CA was induced by asphyxia using vecuronium bromide (2 mg/kg). We conducted immunohistochemistry for calbindin D-28kDa and Fluoro-Jade B histofluorescence to examine Purkinje cell death induced by CA. In addition, immunohistochemistry for 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4HNE) was carried out to investigate CA-induced oxidative stress, and immunohistochemistry for Cu, Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) and Mn-superoxide dismutase (SOD2) was performed to examine changes in endogenous antioxidant enzymes. Oxcarbazepine treatment after CA significantly increased the survival rate and improved neurological deficit when compared with vehicle-treated rats with CA (survival rates ≥ 63.6 versus 6.5%), showing that oxcarbazepine treatment dramatically protected cerebellar Purkinje cells from ischemia and reperfusion injury induced by CA. The salvation of the Purkinje cells from ischemic injury by oxcarbazepine treatment paralleled a dramatic reduction in 4HNE (an end-product of lipid peroxidation) and increased or maintained the endogenous antioxidant enzymes (SOD1 and SOD2). In brief, this study shows that therapeutic treatment with oxcarbazepine after CA apparently saved cerebellar neurons (Purkinje cells) from CA-induced neuronal death by attenuating oxidative stress and suggests that oxcarbazepine can be utilized as a therapeutic medicine for ischemia and reperfusion brain (cerebellar) injury induced by CA.
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Ton HT, Raffensperger K, Shoykhet M. Early Thalamic Injury After Resuscitation From Severe Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest in Developing Rats. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:737319. [PMID: 34950655 PMCID: PMC8688916 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.737319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Children who survive cardiac arrest often develop debilitating sensorimotor and cognitive deficits. In animal models of cardiac arrest, delayed neuronal death in the hippocampal CA1 region has served as a fruitful paradigm for investigating mechanisms of injury and neuroprotection. Cardiac arrest in humans, however, is more prolonged than in most experimental models. Consequently, neurologic deficits in cardiac arrest survivors arise from injury not solely to CA1 but to multiple vulnerable brain structures. Here, we develop a rat model of prolonged pediatric asphyxial cardiac arrest and resuscitation, which better approximates arrest characteristics and injury severity in children. Using this model, we characterize features of microglial activation and neuronal degeneration in the thalamus 24 h after resuscitation from 11 and 12 min long cardiac arrest. In addition, we test the effect of mild hypothermia to 34°C for 8 h after 12.5 min of arrest. Microglial activation and neuronal degeneration are most prominent in the thalamic Reticular Nucleus (nRT). The severity of injury increases with increasing arrest duration, leading to frank loss of nRT neurons at longer arrest times. Hypothermia does not prevent nRT injury. Interestingly, injury occurs selectively in intermediate and posterior nRT segments while sparing the anterior segment. Since all nRT segments consist exclusively of GABA-ergic neurons, we asked if GABA-ergic neurons in general are more susceptible to hypoxic-ischemic injury. Surprisingly, cortical GABA-ergic neurons, like their counterparts in the anterior nRT segment, do not degenerate in this model. Hence, we propose that GABA-ergic identity alone is not sufficient to explain selective vulnerability of intermediate and posterior nRT neurons to hypoxic-ischemic injury after cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Our current findings align the animal model of pediatric cardiac arrest with human data and suggest novel mechanisms of selective vulnerability to hypoxic-ischemic injury among thalamic GABA-ergic neurons.
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Zhang HJ, Mitchell S, Fang YH, Tsai HM, Piao L, Ousta A, Leoni L, Chen CT, Sharp WW. Assessment of Brain Glucose Metabolism Following Cardiac Arrest by [ 18F]FDG Positron Emission Tomography. Neurocrit Care 2020; 34:64-72. [PMID: 32358767 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-00984-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiac arrest (CA) patients who survived by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can present different levels of neurological deficits ranging from minor cognitive impairments to persistent vegetative state and brain death. The pathophysiology of the resulting brain injury is poorly understood, and whether changes in post-CA brain metabolism contribute to the injury are unknown. Here we utilized [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-Positron emission tomography (PET) to study in vivo cerebral glucose metabolism 72 h following CA in a murine CA model. METHODS Anesthetized and ventilated adult C57BL/6 mice underwent 12-min KCl-induced CA followed by CPR. Seventy-two hours following CA, surviving mice were intraperitoneally injected with [18F]FDG (~ 186 µCi/200 µL) and imaged on Molecubes preclinical micro-PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging systems after a 30-min awake uptake period. Brain [18F]FDG uptake was determined by the VivoQuant software on fused PET/CT images with the 3D brain atlas. Upon completion of Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, remaining [18F]FDG radioactivity in the brain, heart, and liver was determined using a gamma counter. RESULTS Global increases in brain [18F]FDG uptake in post-CA mice were observed compared to shams and controls. The median standardized uptake value of [18F]FDG for CA animals was 1.79 versus sham 1.25 (p < 0.05) and control animals 0.78 (p < 0.01). This increased uptake was consistent throughout the 60-min imaging period and across all brain regions reaching statistical significance in the midbrain, pons, and medulla. Biodistribution analyses of various key organs yielded similar observations that the median [18F]FDG uptake for brain was 7.04%ID/g tissue for CA mice versus 5.537%ID/g tissue for sham animals, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS This study has successfully applied [18F]FDG-PET/CT to measure changes in brain metabolism in a murine model of asystolic CA. Our results demonstrate increased [18F]FDG uptake in the brain 72 h following CA, suggesting increased metabolic demand in the case of severe neurological injury. Further study is warranted to determine the etiology of these changes.
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- Hannah J Zhang
- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5814 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5814 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Office of Shared Research Facilities, University of Chicago, 5814 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Office of Shared Research Facilities, University of Chicago, 5814 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5814 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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Lee SH, Lee PH, Liang HJ, Tang CH, Chen TF, Cheng TJ, Lin CY. Brain lipid profiles in the spontaneously hypertensive rat after subchronic real-world exposure to ambient fine particulate matter. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 707:135603. [PMID: 31784156 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Recent studies have illustrated an association between ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure and neuronal toxicity in epidemiological studies and animal models. However, the possible molecular effects on brains under real-world exposure to PM2.5 remain unclear. In this pilot study, male spontaneously hypertensive rats were whole-bodily exposed to ambient air from the outdoor environment of Taipei City for 3 months, while the control rats inhaled HEPA-filtered air. The PM2.5-induced phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin profiles in the hippocampus, cortex, medulla, cerebellum, and olfactory bulb were assessed by mass spectrometry (MS)-based lipidomics. Partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) and the Wilcoxon rank sum test were used to examine the lipid changes between the exposed and control groups. The PLS-DA models showed that phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin profiles of the PM2.5 exposure group were different from those of the control group in each brain region except the cortex. More lipid changes were found in the hippocampus, while fewer lipid changes were observed in the olfactory bulb. The lipid alteration in the hippocampus may strengthen membrane integrity, modulate signaling pathways, and avoid accumulation of lipofuscin to counter the PM2.5-induced stress. The lipid changes in the cortex and medulla may respond to PM2.5-induced injury and inflammation; while the lipid changes in the cerebellum were associated with neuron protection. This study suggests that the MS-based lipidomics is a powerful approach to discriminate the brain lipid profiles even at the environmental level of ambient PM2.5 and has the potential to suggest possible adverse health effects in long-term PM2.5 exposure studies.
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- Sheng-Han Lee
- Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan; Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
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Keilhoff G, Nguyen Thi TM, Esser T, Ebmeyer U. Relative Resilience of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells in a Cardiac Arrest/Resuscitation Rat Model. Neurocrit Care 2019; 32:775-789. [DOI: 10.1007/s12028-019-00799-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Melatonin alleviates asphyxial cardiac arrest-induced cerebellar Purkinje cell death by attenuation of oxidative stress. Exp Neurol 2019; 320:112983. [PMID: 31251935 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2019.112983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Although multiple reports using animal models have confirmed that melatonin appears to promote neuroprotective effects following ischemia/reperfusion-induced brain injury, the relationship between its protective effects and activation of autophagy in Purkinje cells following asphyxial cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CA/CPR) remains unclear. Rats used in this study were randomly assigned to 6 groups as follows; vehicle-treated sham operated group, vehicle-treated asphyxial CA/CPR operated group, melatonin-treated sham operated group, melatonin-treated asphyxial CA/CPR operated group, PDOT (a MT2 melatonin receptor antagonist) plus (+) melatonin-treated sham operated group and PDOT+melatonin-treated asphyxial CA/CPR operated group. Melatonin (20 mg/kg, i.p., 4 times before CA and 3 times after CA) treatment significantly improved survival rate and neurological deficit compared with the vehicle-treated asphyxial CA/CPR rats (survival rates ≥40% vs 10%), showing that melatonin treatment exhibited protective effect against asphyxial CA/CPR-induced Purkinje cell death. The protective effect of melatonin against CA/CPR-induced Purkinje cell death paralleled a remarkable attenuation of autophagy-like processes (Beclin-1, Atg7 and LC3), as well as a dramatic reduction in superoxide anion radical (O2·-), intense enhancements of CuZn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) and MnSOD (SOD2) expressions. Furthermore, the protective effect was notably reversed by treatment with PDOT, which is a selective MT2 antagonist. In brief, melatonin conferred neuroprotection against asphyxial CA/CPR-induced Purkinje cell death via inhibiting autophagic activation by reducing expressions of O2·- and increasing expressions of antioxidant enzymes, and suggests that MT2 is involved in neuroprotective effect of melatonin against Purkinje cell death caused by asphyxial CA/CPR.
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Lee D, Pearson T, Proctor JL, Rosenthal RE, Fiskum G. Oximetry-Guided normoxic resuscitation following canine cardiac arrest reduces cerebellar Purkinje neuronal damage. Resuscitation 2019; 140:23-28. [PMID: 31063840 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.04.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Animal studies indicate that maintaining physiologic O2 levels (normoxia) immediately after restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) from cardiac arrest (CA) results in less hippocampal neuronal death compared to animals ventilated with 100% O2. This study tested the hypothesis that beneficial effects of avoiding hyperoxia following CA are apparent in the cerebellum and therefore not limited to one brain region. METHODS Adult beagles were anesthetized and mechanically ventilated. Ventricular fibrillation CA was induced by electrical myocardial stimulation and cessation of ventilation. Ten min later, dogs were ventilated with 100% O2 and resuscitated using 3 min of open chest CPR followed by defibrillation. Dogs were ventilated for 1 h with either 100% O2 or with O2 titrated rapidly to maintain hemoglobin O2 saturation at 94-96%. FiO2 was adjusted in both groups between one and 24 h post-arrest to maintain normoxic PaO2 of 80-120 mm Hg. Following 24 h critical care, dogs were euthanized and cerebellum analyzed for histochemical measures of neuronal damage and inflammation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Hyperoxic resuscitation increased the number of injured Purkinje cells by 278% and the number of activated microglia/macrophages by 18% compared to normoxic resuscitation. These results indicate that normoxic resuscitation promotes favorable histopathologic outcomes in the cerebellum (in addition to hippocampus) following CA/ROSC. These findings emphasize the importance of avoiding unnecessary hyperoxia following CA/ROSC.
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- Da Lee
- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Shock Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Shock Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Shock Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Program in Trauma, Section of Hyperbaric Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Shock Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), United States.
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Lee JC, Tae HJ, Cho JH, Kim IS, Lee TK, Park CW, Park YE, Ahn JH, Park JH, Yan BC, Lee HA, Hong S, Won MH. Therapeutic hypothermia attenuates paraplegia and neuronal damage in the lumbar spinal cord in a rat model of asphyxial cardiac arrest. J Therm Biol 2019; 83:1-7. [PMID: 31331507 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Spinal cord ischemia can result from cardiac arrest. It is an important cause of severe spinal cord injury that can lead to serious spinal cord disorders such as paraplegia. Hypothermia is widely acknowledged as an effective neuroprotective intervention following cardiac arrest injury. However, studies on effects of hypothermia on spinal cord injury following asphyxial cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CA/CPR) are insufficient. The objective of this study was to examine effects of hypothermia on motor deficit of hind limbs of rats and vulnerability of their spinal cords following asphyxial CA/CPR. Experimental groups included a sham group, a group subjected to CA/CPR, and a therapeutic hypothermia group. Severe motor deficit of hind limbs was observed in the control group at 1 day after asphyxial CA/CPR. In the hypothermia group, motor deficit of hind limbs was significantly attenuated compared to that in the control group. Damage/death of motor neurons in the lumbar spinal cord was detected in the ventral horn at 1 day after asphyxial CA/CPR. Neuronal damage was significantly attenuated in the hypothermia group compared to that in the control group. These results indicated that therapeutic hypothermia after asphyxial CA/CPR significantly reduced hind limb motor dysfunction and motoneuronal damage/death in the ventral horn of the lumbar spinal cord following asphyxial CA/CPR. Thus, hypothermia might be a therapeutic strategy to decrease motor dysfunction by attenuating damage/death of spinal motor neurons following asphyxial CA/CPR.
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- Jae-Chul Lee
- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Safety Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Chonbuk, Iksan, 54596, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Safety Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Chonbuk, Iksan, 54596, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Safety Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Chonbuk, Iksan, 54596, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24252, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24252, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Integrative Traditional and Western Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225001, PR China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea.
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Mulder M, Geocadin RG. Neurology of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2017; 141:593-617. [PMID: 28190437 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63599-0.00032-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This chapter aims to provide an up-to-date review of the science and clinical practice pertaining to neurologic injury after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The past two decades have seen a major shift in the science and practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, with a major emphasis on postresuscitation neurologic care. This chapter provides a nuanced and thoughtful historic and bench-to-bedside overview of the neurologic aspects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A particular emphasis is made on the anatomy and pathophysiology of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, up-to-date management of survivors of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and a careful discussion on neurologic outcome prediction. Guidance to practice evidence-based clinical care when able and thoughtful, pragmatic suggestions for care where evidence is lacking are also provided. This chapter serves as both a useful clinical guide and an updated, thorough, and state-of-the-art reference on the topic for advanced students and experienced practitioners in the field.
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- Department of Critical Care and the John Nasseff Neuroscience Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Neurosciences Critical Care Division, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Tsai MS, Huang CH, Yu PH, Tsai CY, Chen HW, Cheng HJ, Chang WT, Wang TD, Chen WJ. Prolonged cooling duration mitigates myocardial and cerebral damage in cardiac arrest. Am J Emerg Med 2015; 33:1374-81. [PMID: 26296904 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/18/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of prolonged cooling on cardiac and cerebral injury in animals under cardiac arrest. METHODS Adult male Wistar rats were equally randomized to normothermia, 5H1, 5H2, 7H1, 7H2, and 7H4 groups. The first number in the group name indicated ventricular fibrillation duration (minutes), the middle H indicated hypothermia, and the last number signified hypothermia duration (hours). Ventricular fibrillation was induced and untreated for 5 minutes (normothermia, 5H1, and 5H2) or 7 minutes (7H1, 7H2, and 7H4) followed by 1 minute of cardiopulmonary resuscitation followed by electric shocks. Hypothermia was initiated simultaneously with cardiopulmonary resuscitation initiation and maintained for 1 hour (5H1 and 7H1), 2 hours (5H2 and 7H2) or 4 hours (7H4). RESULTS There were 12 rats in each group. Compared with the 7H1 group, the 7H4 group had significantly better systolic function (dp/dt40) and cardiac output within the early postcardiac arrest period. Histologic examination disclosed less myocardial and hippocampal damage in the 7H4 group than the 7H1 group and in the 5H2 group than the 5H1 group. Plasma troponin I, fatty acid-binding protein, and S-100β concentrations were significantly lower in the 7H4 and 5H2 groups. The 7H4 and 5H2 groups survived statistically longer than the groups with shorter cooling duration. CONCLUSION Slightly prolonging hypothermia may mitigate myocardial and cerebral damage and improve survival and neurologic outcomes in a rat model of ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest.
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- Min-Shan Tsai
- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yilan County, Taiwan.
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Au AK, Chen Y, Du L, Smith CM, Manole MD, Baltagi SA, Chu CT, Aneja RK, Bayır H, Kochanek PM, Clark RSB. Ischemia-induced autophagy contributes to neurodegeneration in cerebellar Purkinje cells in the developing rat brain and in primary cortical neurons in vitro. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2015; 1852:1902-11. [PMID: 26071643 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Increased autophagy/mitophagy is thought to contribute to cerebellar dysfunction in Purkinje cell degeneration mice. Intriguingly, cerebellar Purkinje cells are highly vulnerable to hypoxia-ischemia (HI), related at least in part to their high metabolic activity. Whether or not excessive or supraphysiologic autophagy plays a role in Purkinje cell susceptibility to HI is unknown. Accordingly, we evaluated the role of autophagy in the cerebellum after global ischemia produced by asphyxial cardiac arrest in postnatal day (PND) 16-18 rats, using siRNA-targeted inhibition of Atg7, necessary for microtubule-associated protein light chain 3-II (LC3-II) and Atg12-Atg5 complex formation. Two days before a 9min asphyxial cardiac arrest or sham surgery, Atg7 or control siRNA was injected intracisternally to target the cerebellum. Treatment with Atg7 siRNA: 1) reduced Atg7 protein expression in the cerebellum by 56%; 2) prevented the typical ischemia-induced formation of LC3-II in the cerebellum 24h after asphyxial cardiac arrest; 3) improved performance on the beam-balance apparatus on days 1-5; and 4) increased calbindin-labeled Purkinje cell survival assessed on day 14. Improved Purkinje cell survival was more consistent in female vs. male rats, and improved beam-balance performance was only seen in female rats. Similar responses to Atg7 siRNA i.e. reduced autophagy and neurodegeneration vs. control siRNA were seen when exposing sex-segregated green fluorescent protein-LC3 tagged mouse primary cortical neurons to oxygen glucose deprivation in vitro. Thus, inhibition of autophagy after global ischemia in PND 16-18 rats leads to increased survival of Purkinje cells and improved motor performance in a sex-dependent manner.
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- Alicia K Au
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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High expression of cytochrome b 5 reductase isoform 3/cytochrome b 5 system in the cerebellum and pyramidal neurons of adult rat brain. Brain Struct Funct 2015; 221:2147-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1036-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Region-specific role for GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors in injury to Purkinje cells and CA1 neurons following global cerebral ischemia. Neuroscience 2014; 284:555-565. [PMID: 25450957 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Motor deficits are present in cardiac arrest survivors and injury to cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs) likely contribute to impairments in motor coordination and post-hypoxic myoclonus. N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor-mediated excitotoxicity is a well-established mechanism of cell death in several brain regions, but the role of NMDA receptors in PC injury remains understudied. Emerging data in cortical and hippocampal neurons indicate that the GluN2A-containing NMDA receptors signal to improve cell survival and GluN2B-containing receptors contribute to neuronal injury. This study compared neuronal injury in the hippocampal CA1 region to that in PCs and investigated the role of NMDA receptors in PC injury in our mouse model of cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CA/CPR). Analysis of cell density demonstrated a 24% loss of PCs within 24 h after 8 min CA/CPR and injury stabilized to 33% by 7 days. The subunit promiscuous NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 protected both CA1 neurons and PCs from ischemic injury following CA/CPR, demonstrating a role for NMDA receptor activation in injury to both brain regions. In contrast, the GluN2B antagonist, Co 101244, had no effect on PC loss while protecting against injury in the CA1 region. These data indicate that ischemic injury to cerebellar PCs progresses via different cell death mechanisms compared to hippocampal CA1 neurons.
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Beseda R, Smith S, Veenstra A. Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation: it's complicated. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2014; 26:511-24. [PMID: 25438893 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Providing evidence-based care to patients with return of spontaneous circulation after a cardiac arrest is a recent complex innovation. Once resuscitated patients must be assessed for appropriateness for therapeutic hypothermia, be cooled in a timely manner, maintained while hypothermic, rewarmed within a specified time frame, and then assessed for whether hypothermia was successful for the patient through neuroprognostication. Nurses caring for therapeutic hypothermia patients must be knowledgeable and prepared to provide care to the patient and family. This article provides an overview of the complexity of therapeutic hypothermia for patients with return of spontaneous circulation in the form of a case study.
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- Ryan Beseda
- Department of Critical Care Services, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Services, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246, USA.
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- Department of Nursing Administration, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246, USA
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Hessel EA. Therapeutic hypothermia after in-hospital cardiac arrest: a critique. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2014; 28:789-99. [PMID: 24751488 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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More than 210,000 in-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually in the United States. Use of moderate therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in comatose survivors after return of spontaneous circulation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOH-CA) caused by ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia is recommended strongly by many professional organizations and societies. The use of TH after cardiac arrest associated with nonshockable rhythms and after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IH-CA) is recommended to be considered by these same organizations and is being applied widely. The use in these latter circumstances is based on an extrapolation of the data supporting its use after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest associated with shockable rhythms. The purpose of this article is to review the limitations of existing data supporting these extended application of TH after cardiac arrest and to suggest approaches to this dilemma. The data supporting its use for OOH-CA appear to this author, and to some others, to be rather weak, and the data supporting the use of TH for IH-CA appear to be even weaker and to include no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or supportive observational studies. The many reasons why TH might be expected to be less effective following IH-CA are reviewed. The degree of neurologic injury may be more severe in many of these cases and, thus, may not be responsive to TH as currently practiced following OOH-CA. The potential adverse consequences of the routine use of TH for IH-CA are listed and include complications associated with TH, interference with diagnostic and interventional therapy, and use of scarce personnel and financial resources. Most importantly, it inhibits the ability of researchers to conduct needed RCTs. The author believes that the proper method of providing TH in these cases needs to be better defined. Based on this analysis the author concludes that TH should not be used indiscriminantly following most cases of IH-CA, and instead clinicians should concentrate their efforts in conducting high-quality large RCTs or large-scale, well-designed prospective observation studies to determine its benefits and identify appropriate candidates.
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- Eugene A Hessel
- Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery (Cardiothoracic), Neurosurgery, and Pediatrics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY.
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Ischaemic brain damage after cardiac arrest and induced hypothermia--a systematic description of selective eosinophilic neuronal death. A neuropathologic study of 23 patients. Resuscitation 2013; 85:527-32. [PMID: 24321320 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Although well characterized in animals, brain damage in humans treated with hypothermia after cardiac arrest has not been systematically explored. In this study we aimed to describe the characteristic trait of selective eosinophilic neuronal death (SEND), and its correlation with time to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in cardiac arrest patients who died after hypothermia treatment and were referred for autopsy. METHODS Brain autopsy microscopic slides and clinical data were gathered from 23 non-survivors of cardiac arrest who were treated with hypothermia. Based on the percentage of eosinophilic neurons, a damage score 0-4 was given in 6 brain regions, and a total damage score was calculated. The damage score was correlated with time to ROSC and with neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in peripheral blood at 48 h post arrest. RESULTS Hippocampus had the highest damage score with a median of 3 (inter-quartile range 2-4) while the brainstem had the lowest median damage score of 0 (0-2). Total damage score showed the best correlation with time to ROSC (Spearman Rho=0.66). Serum NSE values >33 μg/L (n=6) was associated with significantly higher mean damage score than NSE <33 μg/L (n=9) (p=0.002). CONCLUSION This is the first study to systematically describe regional SEND in patients treated with hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Hippocampus was the most vulnerable region whereas the brainstem was the most resistant. Although not directly compared here, the regional pattern of SEND seems not to be altered by hypothermia treatment, but maintains its profile distinctive for cardiac arrest pathogenesis.
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Sanderson TH, Wider JM. 2-vessel occlusion/hypotension: a rat model of global brain ischemia. J Vis Exp 2013. [PMID: 23851591 DOI: 10.3791/50173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Cardiac arrest followed by resuscitation often results in dramatic brain damage caused by ischemia and subsequent reperfusion of the brain. Global brain ischemia produces damage to specific brain regions shown to be highly sensitive to ischemia (1). Hippocampal neurons have higher sensitivity to ischemic insults compared to other cell populations, and specifically, the CA1 region of the hippocampus is particularly vulnerable to ischemia/reperfusion (2). The design of therapeutic interventions, or study of mechanisms involved in cerebral damage, requires a model that produces damage similar to the clinical condition and in a reproducible manner. Bilateral carotid vessel occlusion with hypotension (2VOH) is a model that produces reversible forebrain ischemia, emulating the cerebral events that can occur during cardiac arrest and resuscitation. We describe a model modified from Smith et al. (1984) (2), as first presented in its current form in Sanderson, et al. (2008) (3), which produces reproducible injury to selectively vulnerable brain regions (3-6). The reliability of this model is dictated by precise control of systemic blood pressure during applied hypotension, the duration of ischemia, close temperature control, a specific anesthesia regimen, and diligent post-operative care. An 8-minute ischemic insult produces cell death of CA1 hippocampal neurons that progresses over the course of 6 to 24 hr of reperfusion, while less vulnerable brain regions are spared. This progressive cell death is easily quantified after 7-14 days of reperfusion, as a near complete loss of CA1 neurons is evident at this time. In addition to this brain injury model, we present a method for CA1 damage quantification using a simple, yet thorough, methodology. Importantly, quantification can be accomplished using a simple camera-mounted microscope, and a free ImageJ (NIH) software plugin, obviating the need for cost-prohibitive stereology software programs and a motorized microscopic stage for damage assessment.
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- Thomas H Sanderson
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
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Nolan JP, Ornato JP, Parr MJ, Perkins GD, Soar J. Resuscitation highlights in 2012. Resuscitation 2013; 84:129-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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