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Yang ZY, Wu Y, Li X, Tang T, Wang Y, Huang ZB, Fan R. Bioinformatics Analysis of miRNAs and mRNAs Network-Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction Exerts Neuroprotection of Traumatic Brain Injury Mice in the Subacute Phase. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:772680. [PMID: 35814248 PMCID: PMC9257413 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.772680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Xuefu Zhuyu decoction (XFZYD) is used to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI). XFZYD-based therapies have achieved good clinical outcomes in TBI. However, the underlying mechanisms of XFZYD in TBI remedy remains unclear. The study aimed to identify critical miRNAs and putative mechanisms associated with XFYZD through comprehensive bioinformatics analysis. We established a controlled cortical impact (CCI) mice model and treated the mice with XFZYD. The high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) confirmed the quality of XFZYD. The modified neurological severity score (mNSS) and Morris water maze (MWM) tests indicated that XFZYD improved the neurological deficit (p < 0.05) and cognitive function (p < 0.01). Histological analysis validated the establishment of the CCI model and the treatment effect of XFZYD. HE staining displayed that the pathological degree in the XFZYD-treated group was prominently reduced. The transcriptomic data was generated using microRNA sequencing (miRNA-seq) of the hippocampus. According to cluster analysis, the TBI group clustered together was distinct from the XFZYD group. Sixteen differentially expressed (5 upregulated; 11 downregulated) miRNAs were detected between TBI and XFZYD. The reliability of the sequencing data was confirmed by qRT-PCR. Three miRNAs (mmu-miR-142a-5p, mmu-miR-183-5p, mmu-miR-96-5p) were distinctively expressed in the XFZYD compared with the TBI and consisted of the sequencing results. Bioinformatics analysis suggested that the MAPK signaling pathway contributes to TBI pathophysiology and XFZYD treatment. Subsequently, the functions of miR-96-5p, miR-183-5p, and miR-142a-5p were validated in vitro. TBI significantly induces the down-expression of miR-96-5p, and up-expression of inflammatory cytokines, which were all inhibited by miR-96-5p mimics. The present research provides an adequate fundament for further knowing the pathologic and prognostic process of TBI and supplies deep insights into the therapeutic effects of XFZYD.
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- Zhao-yu Yang
- Institute of Integrative Medicine, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Integrative Medicine, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Integrative Medicine, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Integrative Medicine, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Integrative Medicine, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Department of Infectious Disease, Hunan Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Rong Fan, ; Ze-bing Huang,
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- Institute of Integrative Medicine, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Rong Fan, ; Ze-bing Huang,
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Pinchi E, Luigi C, Paola S, Gianpietro V, Raoul T, Mauro A, Paola F. MicroRNAs: The New Challenge for Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosis. Curr Neuropharmacol 2020; 18:319-331. [PMID: 31729300 PMCID: PMC7327940 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x17666191113100808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The acronym TBI refers to traumatic brain injury, an alteration of brain function, or an evidence of brain pathology, that is caused by an external force. TBI is estimated to become the third leading cause of permanent disability and mortality worldwide. TBI-related injuries can be classified in many ways, according to the degree of severity or the pathophysiology of brain injury (primary and secondary damage). Numerous cellular pathways act in secondary brain damage: excitotoxicity (mediated by excitatory neurotransmitters), free radical generation (due to mitochondrial impairment), neuroinflammatory response (due to central nervous system and immunoactivation) and apoptosis. In this scenario, microRNAs are implicated in the regulation of almost all genes at the post-transcriptional level. Several microRNAs have been demonstrated to be specifically expressed in particular cerebral areas; moreover, physiological changes in microRNA expression during normal cerebral development upon the establishment of neural networks have been characterized. More importantly, microRNAs show profound alteration in expression in response to brain pathological states, both traumatic or not. This review summarizes the most important molecular networks involved in TBI and examines the most recent and important findings on TBI-related microRNAs, both in animal and clinical studies. The importance of microRNA research holds promise to find biomarkers able to unearth primary and secondary molecular patterns altered upon TBI, to ultimately identify key points of regulation, as a valuable support in forensic pathology and potential therapeutic targets for clinical treatment.
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- Enrica Pinchi
- Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; E-mail:
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E Hirbec H, Noristani HN, Perrin FE. Microglia Responses in Acute and Chronic Neurological Diseases: What Microglia-Specific Transcriptomic Studies Taught (and did Not Teach) Us. Front Aging Neurosci 2017; 9:227. [PMID: 28785215 PMCID: PMC5519576 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Over the last decade, microglia have been acknowledged to be key players in central nervous system (CNS) under both physiological and pathological conditions. They constantly survey the CNS environment and as immune cells, in pathological contexts, they provide the first host defense and orchestrate the immune response. It is well recognized that under pathological conditions microglia have both sequential and simultaneous, beneficial and detrimental effects. Cell-specific transcriptomics recently became popular in Neuroscience field allowing concurrent monitoring of the expression of numerous genes in a given cell population. Moreover, by comparing two or more conditions, these approaches permit to unbiasedly identify deregulated genes and pathways. A growing number of studies have thus investigated microglial transcriptome remodeling over the course of neuropathological conditions and highlighted the molecular diversity of microglial response to different diseases. In the present work, we restrict our review to microglia obtained directly from in vivo samples and not cell culture, and to studies using whole-genome strategies. We first critically review the different methods developed to decipher microglia transcriptome. In particular, we compare advantages and drawbacks of flow cytometry and laser microdissection to isolate pure microglia population as well as identification of deregulated microglial genes obtained via RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) vs. microarrays approaches. Second, we summarize insights obtained from microglia transcriptomes in traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, pain and more chronic neurological conditions including Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer disease (AD) and Multiple sclerosis (MS). Transcriptomic responses of microglia in other non-neurodegenerative CNS disorders such as gliomas and sepsis are also addressed. Third, we present a comparison of the most activated pathways in each neuropathological condition using Gene ontology (GO) classification and highlight the diversity of microglia response to insults focusing on their pro- and anti-inflammatory signatures. Finally, we discuss the potential of the latest technological advances, in particular, single cell RNA-Seq to unravel the individual microglial response diversity in neuropathological contexts.
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- Hélène E Hirbec
- Institute for Functional Genomics, CNRS UMR5203, INSERM U1191, University of MontpellierMontpellier, France.,Laboratory of Excellence in Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics (LabEx ICST)Montpellier, France
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- University of Montpellier, INSERM U1198Montpellier, France.,École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)Paris, France
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- University of Montpellier, INSERM U1198Montpellier, France.,École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)Paris, France
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Zhou J, Burns MP, Huynh L, Villapol S, Taub DD, Saavedra JM, Blackman MR. Temporal Changes in Cortical and Hippocampal Expression of Genes Important for Brain Glucose Metabolism Following Controlled Cortical Impact Injury in Mice. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2017; 8:231. [PMID: 28955302 PMCID: PMC5601958 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes transient increases and subsequent decreases in brain glucose utilization. The underlying molecular pathways are orchestrated processes and poorly understood. In the current study, we determined temporal changes in cortical and hippocampal expression of genes important for brain glucose/lactate metabolism and the effect of a known neuroprotective drug telmisartan on the expression of these genes after experimental TBI. Adult male C57BL/6J mice (n = 6/group) underwent sham or unilateral controlled cortical impact (CCI) injury. Their ipsilateral and contralateral cortex and hippocampus were collected 6 h, 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 days after injury. Expressions of several genes important for brain glucose utilization were determined by qRT-PCR. In results, (1) mRNA levels of three key enzymes in glucose metabolism [hexo kinase (HK) 1, pyruvate kinase, and pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH)] were all increased 6 h after injury in the contralateral cortex, followed by decreases at subsequent times in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus; (2) capillary glucose transporter Glut-1 mRNA increased, while neuronal glucose transporter Glut-3 mRNA decreased, at various times in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus; (3) astrocyte lactate transporter MCT-1 mRNA increased, whereas neuronal lactate transporter MCT-2 mRNA decreased in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus; (4) HK2 (an isoform of hexokinase) expression increased at all time points in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus. GPR81 (lactate receptor) mRNA increased at various time points in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus. These temporal alterations in gene expression corresponded closely to the patterns of impaired brain glucose utilization reported in both TBI patients and experimental TBI rodents. The observed changes in hippocampal gene expression were delayed and prolonged, when compared with those in the cortex. The patterns of alterations were specific to different brain regions and exhibited different recovery periods following TBI. Oral administration of telmisartan (1 mg/kg, for 7 days, n = 10 per group) ameliorated cortical or hippocampal mRNA for Glut-1/3, MCT-1/2 and PDH in CCI mice. These data provide molecular evidence for dynamic alteration of multiple critical factors in brain glucose metabolism post-TBI and can inform further research for treating brain metabolic disorders post-TBI.
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- June Zhou
- Research Service, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
- *Correspondence: June Zhou,
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- Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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- Research Service, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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- Translational Medicine Section, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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- Research Service, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Medicine George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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Ko J, Hemphill MA, Gabrieli D, Wu L, Yelleswarapu V, Lawrence G, Pennycooke W, Singh A, Meaney DF, Issadore D. Smartphone-enabled optofluidic exosome diagnostic for concussion recovery. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31215. [PMID: 27498963 PMCID: PMC4976377 DOI: 10.1038/srep31215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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A major impediment to improving the treatment of concussion is our current inability to identify patients that will experience persistent problems after the injury. Recently, brain-derived exosomes, which cross the blood-brain barrier and circulate following injury, have shown great potential as a noninvasive biomarker of brain recovery. However, clinical use of exosomes has been constrained by their small size (30–100 nm) and the extensive sample preparation (>24 hr) needed for traditional exosome measurements. To address these challenges, we developed a smartphone-enabled optofluidic platform to measure brain-derived exosomes. Sample-to-answer on our chip is 1 hour, 10x faster than conventional techniques. The key innovation is an optofluidic device that can detect enzyme amplified exosome biomarkers, and is read out using a smartphone camera. Using this approach, we detected and profiled GluR2+ exosomes in the post-injury state using both in vitro and murine models of concussion.
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- Jina Ko
- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.,Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.,Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Wong VS, Langley B. Epigenetic changes following traumatic brain injury and their implications for outcome, recovery and therapy. Neurosci Lett 2016; 625:26-33. [PMID: 27155457 PMCID: PMC4915732 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) contributes to nearly a third of all injury-related deaths in the United States. For survivors of TBI, depending on severity, patients can be left with devastating neurological disabilities that include impaired cognition or memory, movement, sensation, or emotional function. Despite the efforts to identify novel therapeutics, the only strategy to combat TBI is risk reduction (helmets, seatbelts, removal of fall hazards, etc.). Enormous heterogeneity exists within TBI, and it depends on the severity, the location, and whether the injury was focal or diffuse. Evidence from recent studies support the involvement of epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation, chromatin post-translational modification, and miRNA regulation of gene expression in the post-injured brain. In this review, we discuss studies that have assessed epigenetic changes and mechanisms following TBI, how epigenetic changes might not only be limited to the nucleus but also impact the mitochondria, and the implications of these changes with regard to TBI recovery.
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- Victor S Wong
- Burke Medical Research Institute, 785 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, United States
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- Burke Medical Research Institute, 785 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, United States; Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 E. 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, United States.
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Long J, Cai L, Li J, Zhang L, Yang H, Wang T. JNK3 involvement in nerve cell apoptosis and neurofunctional recovery after traumatic brain injury. Neural Regen Res 2014; 8:1491-9. [PMID: 25206445 PMCID: PMC4107806 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.16.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence has revealed that the activation of the JNK pathway participates in apoptosis of nerve cells and neurological function recovery after traumatic brain injury. However, which genes in the JNK family are activated and their role in traumatic brain injury remain unclear. Therefore, in this study, in situ end labeling, reverse transcription-PCR and neurological function assessment were adopted to investigate the alteration of JNK1, JNK2 and JNK3 gene expression in cerebral injured rats, and their role in cell apoptosis and neurological function restoration. Results showed that JNK3 expression significantly decreased at 1 and 6 hours and 1 and 7 days post injury, but that JNK1 and JNK2 expression remained unchanged. In addition, the number of apoptotic nerve cells surrounding the injured cerebral cortex gradually reduced over time post injury. The Neurological Severity Scores gradually decreased over 1, 3, 5, 14 and 28 days post injury. These findings suggested that JNK3 expression was downregulated at early stages of brain injury, which may be associated with apoptosis of nerve cells. Downregulation of JNK3 expression may promote the recovery of neurological function following traumatic brain injury.
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- Jiang Long
- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China
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- Neuroscience Institute of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China
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- Neuroscience Institute of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, China
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Cao P, Liang Y, Gao X, Zhao MG, Liang GB. Administration of MS-275 improves cognitive performance and reduces cell death following traumatic brain injury in rats. CNS Neurosci Ther 2013; 19:337-45. [PMID: 23551690 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Revised: 02/02/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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AIMS The MS-275 is a selective inhibitor of class I histone deacetylases (HDACs), which has been reported as a potential strategy in some central nervous system diseases associated with neurodegeneration and disturbed learning. However, its role in traumatic brain injury is not well defined. In this study, we examined the behavioral-cognitive performance as well as histology outcome in adult rats to evaluate whether postinjury administration of MS-275 (15 and 45 mg/kg) would provide neuroprotection benefits and ameliorate cognitive deficits following fluid percussion injury. METHODS Traumatic brain injury (˜2.15 ATMs) was produced using a fluid percussion device with the lateral orientation. MS-275 was administered (15 and 45 mg/kg) systemically once daily for 7 days starting at 30 min after lateral fluid percussion TBI. Acquisition of spatial learning and memory retention was assessed using the Morris water maze (MWM) on days 10-14 after TBI. Brain tissues were collected and stained with Fluoro-Jade B histofluorescence (for degenerating neurons) at 24 h after injury and cresyl violet (for long-term neuronal survival) on day 14 postinjury. RESULTS Behavioral outcome after TBI revealed MS-275 treatment groups, at all doses examined, performed significantly better in the Morris Water Maze (P < 0.001). Acute histology analysis demonstrated that 45 mg/kg MS-275 significantly reduced the number of degenerating neurons in the ipsilateral CA2-3 hippocampus at 24 h postinjury (P = 0.007). There was a trend for MS-275 to increase the survival of neurons in the CA2-3 hippocampus on 14 days after TBI (P = 0.164). CONCLUSION Our present data highlight the fact that MS-275 may provide neuroprotective effect and improve cognitive performance after TBI. We concluded that MS-275 is a potential novel treatment and will have an ameliorative effect on some of the pathological features associated with TBI.
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- Peng Cao
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, China
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Hu Z, Yu D, Almeida-Suhett C, Tu K, Marini AM, Eiden L, Braga MF, Zhu J, Li Z. Expression of miRNAs and their cooperative regulation of the pathophysiology in traumatic brain injury. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39357. [PMID: 22761770 PMCID: PMC3382215 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of injury-related death and disability worldwide. Effective treatment for TBI is limited and many TBI patients suffer from neuropsychiatric sequelae. The molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the neuronal damage and impairment of mental abilities following TBI are largely unknown. Here we used the next generation sequencing platform to delineate miRNA transcriptome changes in the hippocampus at 24 hours and 7 days following TBI in the rat controlled cortical impact injury (CCI) model, and developed a bioinformatic analysis to identify cellular activities that are regulated by miRNAs differentially expressed in the CCI brains. The results of our study indicate that distinct sets of miRNAs are regulated at different post-traumatic times, and suggest that multiple miRNA species cooperatively regulate cellular pathways for the pathological changes and management of brain injury. The distinctive miRNAs expression profiles at different post-CCI times may be used as molecular signatures to assess TBI progression. In addition to known pathophysiological changes, our study identifies many other cellular pathways that are subjected to modification by differentially expressed miRNAs in TBI brains. These pathways can potentially be targeted for development of novel TBI treatment.
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- Zhonghua Hu
- Unit on Synapse Development and Plasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Genetics and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Genetics and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Unit on Synapse Development and Plasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Kang JH, Lin HC. Increased risk of multiple sclerosis after traumatic brain injury: a nationwide population-based study. J Neurotrauma 2011; 29:90-5. [PMID: 22044110 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is still not well known. Previous data show conflicting results regarding the association between MS and prior brain trauma. This study aims to investigate the risk for MS following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) using a large-scale cohort study design. This study used data from the National Health Insurance Research Database. A total of 72,765 patients with TBI were identified and included as the study cohort, and 218,295 randomly selected subjects were matched with the study cohort by sex and age as controls. We traced each patient individually for a 6-year period from their index health care utilization to identify those who received a subsequent diagnosis of MS. We used the Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test to compare the difference in 6-year MS-free survival rates between the two groups. Stratified Cox proportional hazard regressions were computed to compare the risk of developing MS for these two cohorts. Patients with TBI had a higher incidence of MS during the 6-year period than the comparison group (0.055% versus 0.037%). After excluding cases who died from non-MS causes, stratifying for hospitalization of cases as a proxy for severity, and adjusting for monthly income and geographic region of the community in which the patient resided, the hazard ratio (HR) of MS for patients with hospital-treated TBI injuries was 1.97 (95% CI 1.31,2.93, p<0.01) that of patients without TBI during the 6-year follow-up period after index health care use. Our study concludes that patients with TBI are at higher risk for subsequent MS over a 6-year follow-up period.
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- Jiunn-Horng Kang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Anderson GD, Farin FM, Bammler TK, Beyer RP, Swan AA, Wilkerson HW, Kantor ED, Hoane MR. The effect of progesterone dose on gene expression after traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 2011; 28:1827-43. [PMID: 21770760 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Microarray-based transcriptional profiling was used to determine the effect of progesterone in the cortical contusion (CCI) model. Gene ontology (GO) analysis then evaluated the effect of dose on relevant biological pathways. Treatment (vehicle, progesterone 10 mg/kg or 20 mg/kg given i.p.) was started 4 h post-injury and administered every 12 h post-injury for up to 72 h, with the last injection 12 hr prior to death for the 24 h and 72 h groups. In the CCI-injured vehicle group compared to non-injured animals, expression of 1,114, 4,229, and 291 distinct genes changed >1.5-fold (p<0.05) at 24 h, 72 h, and 7 days, respectively. At 24 h, the effect of low-dose progesterone on differentially expressed genes was <20% the effect of higher dose compared to vehicle. GO analysis identified a significant effect of low- and high-dose progesterone treatment compared to vehicle on DNA damage response. At 72 h, high-dose progesterone treatment compared to vehicle affected expression of almost twice as many genes as did low-dose progesterone. Both low- and high-dose progesterone resulted in expression of genes regulating inflammatory response and apoptosis. At 7 days, there was only a modest difference in high-dose progesterone compared to vehicle, with only 14 differentially expressed genes. In contrast, low-dose progesterone resulted in 551 differentially expressed genes compared to vehicle. GO analysis identified genes for the low-dose treatment involved in positive regulation of cell proliferation, innate immune response, positive regulation of anti-apoptosis, and blood vessel remodeling.
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- Gail D Anderson
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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Avila MA, Sell SL, Hawkins BE, Hellmich HL, Boone DR, Crookshanks JM, Prough DS, DeWitt DS. Cerebrovascular connexin expression: effects of traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 2011; 28:1803-11. [PMID: 21895483 PMCID: PMC3172862 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in dysfunction of the cerebrovasculature. Gap junctions coordinate vasomotor responses and evidence suggests that they are involved in cerebrovascular dysfunction after TBI. Gap junctions are comprised of connexin proteins (Cxs), of which Cx37, Cx40, Cx43, and Cx45 are expressed in vascular tissue. This study tests the hypothesis that TBI alters Cx mRNA and protein expression in cerebral vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells. Anesthetized (1.5% isoflurane) male Sprague-Dawley rats received sham or fluid-percussion TBI. Two, 6, and 24 h after, cerebral arteries were harvested, fresh-frozen for RNA isolation, or homogenized for Western blot analysis. Cerebral vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells were selected from frozen sections using laser capture microdissection. RNA was quantified by ribonuclease protection assay. The mRNA for all four Cx genes showed greater expression in the smooth muscle layer compared to the endothelial layer. Smooth muscle Cx43 mRNA expression was reduced 2 h and endothelial Cx45 mRNA expression was reduced 24 h after injury. Western blot analysis revealed that Cx40 protein expression increased, while Cx45 protein expression decreased 24 h after injury. These studies revealed significant changes in the mRNA and protein expression of specific vascular Cxs after TBI. This is the first demonstration of cell type-related differential expression of Cx mRNA in cerebral arteries, and is a first step in evaluating the effects of TBI on gap junction communication in the cerebrovasculature.
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- Charles Allen Laboratories, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Charles Allen Laboratories, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Charles Allen Laboratories, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Charles Allen Laboratories, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Charles Allen Laboratories, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Charles Allen Laboratories, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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Shojo H, Kaneko Y, Mabuchi T, Kibayashi K, Adachi N, Borlongan C. Genetic and histologic evidence implicates role of inflammation in traumatic brain injury-induced apoptosis in the rat cerebral cortex following moderate fluid percussion injury. Neuroscience 2010; 171:1273-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2010] [Revised: 09/18/2010] [Accepted: 10/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ottens AK, Bustamante L, Golden EC, Yao C, Hayes RL, Wang KKW, Tortella FC, Dave JR. Neuroproteomics: a biochemical means to discriminate the extent and modality of brain injury. J Neurotrauma 2010; 27:1837-52. [PMID: 20698760 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Diagnosis and treatment of stroke and traumatic brain injury remain significant health care challenges to society. Patient care stands to benefit from an improved understanding of the interactive biochemistry underlying neurotrauma pathobiology. In this study, we assessed the power of neuroproteomics to contrast biochemical responses following ischemic and traumatic brain injuries in the rat. A middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model was employed in groups of 30-min and 2-h focal neocortical ischemia with reperfusion. Neuroproteomes were assessed via tandem cation-anion exchange chromatography-gel electrophoresis, followed by reversed-phase liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. MCAO results were compared with those from a previous study of focal contusional brain injury employing the same methodology to characterize homologous neocortical tissues at 2 days post-injury. The 30-min MCAO neuroproteome depicted abridged energy production involving pentose phosphate, modulated synaptic function and plasticity, and increased chaperone activity and cell survival factors. The 2-h MCAO data indicated near complete loss of ATP production, synaptic dysfunction with degraded cytoarchitecture, more conservative chaperone activity, and additional cell survival factors than those seen in the 30-min MCAO model. The TBI group exhibited disrupted metabolism, but with retained malate shuttle functionality. Synaptic dysfunction and cytoarchitectural degradation resembled the 2-h MCAO group; however, chaperone and cell survival factors were more depressed following TBI. These results underscore the utility of neuroproteomics for characterizing interactive biochemistry for profiling and contrasting the molecular aspects underlying the pathobiological differences between types of brain injuries.
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- Andrew K Ottens
- Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0709, USA.
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Harris JL, Reeves TM, Phillips LL. Injury modality, survival interval, and sample region are critical determinants of qRT-PCR reference gene selection during long-term recovery from brain trauma. J Neurotrauma 2010; 26:1669-81. [PMID: 19505177 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.0875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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In the present study we examined expression of four real-time quantitative RT-PCR reference genes commonly applied to rodent models of brain injury. Transcripts for beta-actin, cyclophilin A, GAPDH, and 18S rRNA were assessed at 2-15 days post-injury, focusing on the period of synaptic recovery. Diffuse moderate central fluid percussion injury (FPI) was contrasted with unilateral entorhinal cortex lesion (UEC), a model of targeted deafferentation. Expression in UEC hippocampus, as well as in FPI hippocampus and parietotemporal cortex was analyzed by qRT-PCR. Within-group variability of gene expression was assessed and change in expression relative to paired controls was determined. None of the four common reference genes tested was invariant across brain region, survival time, and type of injury. Cyclophilin A appeared appropriate as a reference gene in UEC hippocampus, while beta-actin was most stable for the hippocampus subjected to FPI. However, each gene may fail as a suitable reference with certain test genes whose RNA expression is targeted for measurement. In FPI cortex, all reference genes were significantly altered over time, compromising their utility for time-course studies. Despite such temporal variability, certain genes may be appropriate references if limited to single survival times. These data provide an extended baseline for identification of appropriate reference genes in rodent studies of recovery from brain injury. In this context, we outline additional considerations for selecting a qRT-PCR normalization strategy in such studies. As previously concluded for acute post-injury intervals, we stress the importance of reference gene validation for each brain injury paradigm and each set of experimental conditions.
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- Janna L Harris
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
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Expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor is increased during epileptogenesis in the rat hippocampus. Neuroscience 2009; 163:316-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2009] [Revised: 05/24/2009] [Accepted: 06/09/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Redell JB, Liu Y, Dash PK. Traumatic brain injury alters expression of hippocampal microRNAs: potential regulators of multiple pathophysiological processes. J Neurosci Res 2009; 87:1435-48. [PMID: 19021292 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Multiple cellular, molecular, and biochemical changes contribute to outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known to influence many important cellular processes, including proliferation, apoptosis, neurogenesis, angiogenesis, and morphogenesis, all processes that are involved in TBI pathophysiology. However, it has not yet been determined whether miRNA expression is altered after TBI. In the present study, we used a microarray platform to examine changes in the hippocampal expression levels of 444 verified rodent miRNAs at 3 and 24 hr after controlled cortical impact injury. Our analysis found 50 miRNAs exhibited decreased expression levels and 35 miRNAs exhibited increased expression levels in the hippocampus after injury. We extended the microarray findings using quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis for a subset of the miRNAs with altered expression levels (miR-107, -130a, -223, -292-5p, -433-3p, -451, -541, and -711). Bioinformatic analysis of the predicted targets for this panel of miRNAs revealed an overrepresentation of proteins involved in several biological processes and functions known to be initiated after injury, including signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, proliferation, and differentiation. Our results indicate that multiple protein targets and biological processes involved in TBI pathophysiology may be regulated by miRNAs.
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- John B Redell
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225, USA
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Orrison WW, Hanson EH, Alamo T, Watson D, Sharma M, Perkins TG, Tandy RD. Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review and High-Field MRI Findings in 100 Unarmed Combatants Using a Literature-Based Checklist Approach. J Neurotrauma 2009; 26:689-701. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- William W. Orrison
- Nevada Imaging Centers, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Amigenics (Advanced Medical Imaging and Genetics), Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada
- Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine, Henderson, Nevada
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- Amigenics (Advanced Medical Imaging and Genetics), Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada
- Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine, Henderson, Nevada
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- Nevada State Athletic Commission, Las Vegas, Nevada
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- Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine, Henderson, Nevada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
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Brown R, Thompson HJ, Imran SA, Ur E, Wilkinson M. Traumatic brain injury induces adipokine gene expression in rat brain. Neurosci Lett 2008; 432:73-8. [PMID: 18178314 PMCID: PMC2367125 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2007] [Revised: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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UNLABELLED Traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces cachexia and neuroinflammation which profoundly impact patient recovery. Adipokine genes such as leptin (ob), resistin (rstn) and fasting-induced adipose factor (fiaf) are implicated in energy metabolism and body weight control and are also associated with chronic low grade inflammation. Since central rstn and fiaf expression was increased following hypoxic/ischemic brain injury, we hypothesized that these genes would also be induced in the rat brain following TBI. Realtime RT-PCR detected a 2-2.5-fold increase in ob mRNA in the ipsilateral cortex and thalamus 12h following lateral fluid percussion (FP)-induced brain injury. Fiaf mRNA was elevated 5-7.5-fold in cortex, hippocampus and thalamus, and modest increases were also detectable in the contralateral brain. Remarkably, rstn mRNA was elevated in ipsilateral (150-fold) and in contralateral (50-fold) hippocampus. To test whether these changes were part of an inflammatory response to TBI we also examined the effects of an intracerebral injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We determined that central injection of LPS produced some, but not all, of the changes seen after TBI. For example, in contrast to the stimulatory influence of TBI, LPS had no effect on ob expression in any brain region, though fiaf and rstn mRNA levels were significantly elevated in both ipsi- and contralateral cortex. IN CONCLUSION (a) brain-derived adipokines could be involved in the acute pathology of traumatic brain injury partly through modulation of central inflammatory responses, but also via leptin-mediated neuroprotective effects and (b) TBI-induced brain adipokines may induce the metabolic changes observed following neurotrauma.
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- Russell Brown
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Quintana A, Molinero A, Florit S, Manso Y, Comes G, Carrasco J, Giralt M, Borup R, Nielsen FC, Campbell IL, Penkowa M, Hidalgo J. Diverging mechanisms for TNF-alpha receptors in normal mouse brains and in functional recovery after injury: From gene to behavior. J Neurosci Res 2008; 85:2668-85. [PMID: 17131423 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cytokines, such as tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and lymphotoxin-alpha, have been described widely to play important roles in the brain in physiologic conditions and after traumatic injury. However, the exact mechanisms involved in their function have not been fully elucidated. We give some insight on their role by using animals lacking either Type 1 receptor (TNFR1KO) or Type 2 (TNFR2KO) and their controls (C57Bl/6). Both TNFR1KO and to a greater extent TNFR2KO mice showed increased exploration/activity neurobehavioral traits in the hole board test, such as rearings, head dippings, and ambulations, compared with wild-type mice, suggesting an inhibitory role of TNFR1/TNFR2 signaling. In contrast, no significant differences were observed in the elevated plus maze test, ruling out a major role of these receptors in the control of anxiety. We next evaluated the response to a freeze injury to the somatosensorial cortex. The effect of the cryolesion on motor function was evaluated with the horizontal ladder beam test, and the results showed that both TNFR1KO and TNFR2KO mice made fewer errors, suggesting a detrimental role for TNFR1/TNFR2 signaling for coping with brain damage. Expression of approximately 22600 genes was analyzed using an Affymetrix chip (MOE430A) at 0 (unlesioned), 1, or 4 days post-lesion in the three strains. The results show a unique and major role of both TNF receptors on the pattern of gene expression elicited by the injury but also in normal conditions, and suggest that blocking of TNFR1/TNFR2 receptors may be beneficial after a traumatic brain injury.
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- Albert Quintana
- Institute of Neurosciences and Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Animal Physiology Unit, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Zhang ZY, Zhang Z, Fauser U, Schluesener HJ. Global hypomethylation defines a sub-population of reactive microglia/macrophages in experimental traumatic brain injury. Neurosci Lett 2007; 429:1-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2007] [Revised: 09/11/2007] [Accepted: 09/21/2007] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Butt RH, Pfeifer TA, Delaney A, Grigliatti TA, Tetzlaff WG, Coorssen JR. Enabling Coupled Quantitative Genomics and Proteomics Analyses from Rat Spinal Cord Samples. Mol Cell Proteomics 2007; 6:1574-88. [PMID: 17510048 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m700083-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Translational research is progressing toward combined genomics and proteomics analyses of small and precious samples. In our analyses of spinal cord material, we systematically evaluated disruption and extraction techniques to determine an optimum process for the coupled analysis of RNA and protein from a single 5-mm segment of tissue. Analyses of these distinct molecular species were performed using microarrays and high resolution two-dimensional gels, respectively. Comparison of standard homogenization with automated frozen disruption (AFD) identified negligible differences in the relative abundance of genes (44) with all genes identified by either process. Analysis on either the Affymetrix or Applied Biosystems Inc. gene array platforms provided good correlations between the extraction techniques. In contrast, the AFD technique enabled identification of more unique proteins from spinal cord tissue than did standard homogenization. Furthermore use of an optimized CHAPS/urea extraction provided better protein recovery, as shown by quantitative two-dimensional gel analyses, than did solvent precipitation during TRIzol-based RNA extraction. Thus, AFD of tissue samples followed by protein and RNA isolation from separate aliquots of the frozen powdered sample is the most effective route to ensure full, quantitative analyses of both molecular entities.
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- R Hussain Butt
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Lee TS, Mane S, Eid T, Zhao H, Lin A, Guan Z, Kim JH, Schweitzer J, King-Stevens D, Weber P, Spencer SS, Spencer DD, de Lanerolle NC. Gene expression in temporal lobe epilepsy is consistent with increased release of glutamate by astrocytes. Mol Med 2007; 13:1-13. [PMID: 17515952 PMCID: PMC1869627 DOI: 10.2119/2006-00079.lee] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2006] [Accepted: 12/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) often have a shrunken hippocampus that is known to be the location in which seizures originate. The role of the sclerotic hippocampus in the causation and maintenance of seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) has remained incompletely understood despite extensive neuropathological investigations of this substrate. To gain new insights and develop new testable hypotheses on the role of sclerosis in the pathophysiology of TLE, the differential gene expression profile was studied. To this end, DNA microarray analysis was used to compare gene expression profiles in sclerotic and non-sclerotic hippocampi surgically removed from TLE patients. Sclerotic hippocampi had transcriptional signatures that were different from non-sclerotic hippocampi. The differentially expressed gene set in sclerotic hippocampi revealed changes in several molecular signaling pathways, which included the increased expression of genes associated with astrocyte structure (glial fibrillary acidic protein, ezrin-moesin-radixin, palladin), calcium regulation (S100 calcium binding protein beta, chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 4) and blood-brain barrier function (Aquaaporin 4, Chemokine (C-C- motif) ligand 2, Chemokine (C-C- motif) ligand 3, Plectin 1, intermediate filament binding protein 55kDa) and inflammatory responses. Immunohistochemical localization studies show that there is altered distribution of the gene-associated proteins in astrocytes from sclerotic foci compared with non-sclerotic foci. It is hypothesized that the astrocytes in sclerotic tissue have activated molecular pathways that could lead to enhanced release of glutamate by these cells. Such glutamate release may excite surrounding neurons and elicit seizure activity.
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- Epidemiology and Public Health
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University, South Bend, Indiana
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Neurosurgery
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Nihal C. de Lanerolle, Department of Neurosurgery FMB414, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8082. Phone: 203-785-3258; Fax: 203-737-2159; E-mail:
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Quintana A, Giralt M, Molinero A, Campbell IL, Penkowa M, Hidalgo J. Analysis of the cerebral transcriptome in mice subjected to traumatic brain injury: importance of IL-6. Neuroimmunomodulation 2007; 14:139-43. [PMID: 18073505 DOI: 10.1159/000110637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury is one of the leading causes of incapacity and death among young people. Injury to the brain elicits a potent inflammatory response, comprising recruitment of inflammatory cells, reactive astrogliosis and activation of brain macrophages. Under the influence of presumably several cytokines and growth factors, a cascade of events is activated that result ultimately in increased oxidative stress and tissue damage, but also in activation of counterregulatory factors and tissue regeneration. The complexity of this response is being unraveled by high-throughput methodologies such as microarrays. The combination of these modern techniques with the comparison of normal and genetically modified mice boosts the significance of the results obtained. With this approach, we have demonstrated that a cytokine such as interleukin-6 is one of the key players in the response of the brain to injury.
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- Albert Quintana
- Institute of Neurosciences and Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Animal Physiology Unit, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Redell JB, Dash PK. Traumatic brain injury stimulates hippocampal catechol-O-methyl transferase expression in microglia. Neurosci Lett 2006; 413:36-41. [PMID: 17240060 PMCID: PMC1857315 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.11.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2006] [Revised: 10/24/2006] [Accepted: 11/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Outcome following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is in large part determined by the combined action of multiple processes. In order to better understand the response of the central nervous system to injury, we utilized an antibody array to simultaneously screen 507 proteins for altered expression in the injured hippocampus, a structure critical for memory formation. Array analysis indicated 41 candidate proteins have altered expression levels 24h after TBI. Of particular interest was catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT), an enzyme involved in metabolizing catecholamines released following neuronal activity. Altered catecholamine signaling has been observed after brain injury, and may contribute to the cognitive dysfunctions and behavioral deficits often experienced after TBI. Our data shows that COMT expression in the injured ipsilateral hippocampus was elevated for at least 14 d after controlled cortical impact injury. We found strong co-localization of COMT immunoreactivity with the microglia marker Iba1 near the injury site. Since dopamine transporter expression has been reported to be down-regulated after brain injury, COMT-mediated catecholamine metabolism may play a more prominent role in terminating catecholamine signaling in injured areas.
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- * address correspondence to: P.K. Dash, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School, P.O. Box 20708, Houston, Texas 77225, Phone (713) 500-5575, FAX (713) 500-0621, E-mail:
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Penkowa M, Cáceres M, Borup R, Nielsen FC, Poulsen CB, Quintana A, Molinero A, Carrasco J, Florit S, Giralt M, Hidalgo J. Novel roles for metallothionein-I + II (MT-I + II) in defense responses, neurogenesis, and tissue restoration after traumatic brain injury: Insights from global gene expression profiling in wild-type and MT-I + II knockout mice. J Neurosci Res 2006; 84:1452-74. [PMID: 16941634 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Traumatic injury to the brain is one of the leading causes of injury-related death or disability, especially among young people. Inflammatory processes and oxidative stress likely underlie much of the damage elicited by injury, but the full repertoire of responses involved is not well known. A genomic approach, such as the use of microarrays, provides much insight in this regard, especially if combined with the use of gene-targeted animals. We report here the results of one of these studies comparing wild-type and metallothionein-I + II knockout mice subjected to a cryolesion of the somatosensorial cortex and killed at 0, 1, 4, 8, and 16 days postlesion (dpl) using Affymetrix genechips/oligonucleotide arrays interrogating approximately 10,000 different murine genes (MG_U74Av2). Hierarchical clustering analysis of these genes readily shows an orderly pattern of gene responses at specific times consistent with the processes involved in the initial tissue injury and later regeneration of the parenchyma, as well as a prominent effect of MT-I + II deficiency. The results thoroughly confirmed the importance of the antioxidant proteins MT-I + II in the response of the brain to injury and opened new avenues that were confirmed by immunohistochemistry. Data in KO, MT-I-overexpressing, and MT-II-injected mice strongly suggest a role of these proteins in postlesional activation of neural stem cells.
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- Milena Penkowa
- Section of Neuroprotection, Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Gao WM, Chadha MS, Kline AE, Clark RS, Kochanek PM, Dixon CE, Jenkins LW. Immunohistochemical analysis of histone H3 acetylation and methylation--evidence for altered epigenetic signaling following traumatic brain injury in immature rats. Brain Res 2006; 1070:31-4. [PMID: 16406269 PMCID: PMC2721467 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2005] [Revised: 10/14/2005] [Accepted: 11/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of histone proteins may result in altered epigenetic signaling after pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). Hippocampal histone H3 acetylation and methylation in immature rats after moderate TBI were measured and decreased only in CA3 at 6 h and 24 h with persistent methylation decreases up to 72 h after injury. Decreased histone H3 acetylation and methylation suggest altered hippocampal CA3 epigenetic signaling during the first hours to days after TBI.
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- Wei-Min Gao
- Critical Care Medicine, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Neurological Surgery, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Neurological Surgery, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Corresponding author. Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, 201 Hill Building, 3434 5th Avenue, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. Fax: +1 412 624 0943. E-mail address: (L.W. Jenkins)
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Gebicke-Haerter PJ. Microarrays and expression profiling in microglia research and in inflammatory brain disorders. J Neurosci Res 2005; 81:327-41. [PMID: 15948185 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Expression profiling by using microarrays is a powerful tool for investigating transcriptional changes in a variety of diseases. In this survey, microarray data selected from the literature from in vivo and in vitro studies are scrutinized to find differentially expressed genes in common within specific inflammatory conditions in brain or microglial cell cultures, if there are at least two independent investigations available. Viral encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, epileptic seizures, ischemic lesions, and traumatic brain injury are the disorders covered. Moreover, by taking into account expression data obtained from cultured microglia, two examples are presented of how one can deal (or should not deal) with lists of candidate genes showing up in these kinds of studies without sophisticated software programs. Finally, some general remarks are made about pivotal issues when beginning to use microarray technology.
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Shimamura M, Garcia JM, Prough DS, Dewitt DS, Uchida T, Shah SA, Avila MAA, Hellmich HL. Analysis of long-term gene expression in neurons of the hippocampal subfields following traumatic brain injury in rats. Neuroscience 2005; 131:87-97. [PMID: 15680694 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/03/2004] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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After experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI), widespread neuronal loss is progressive and continues in selectively vulnerable brain regions, such as the hippocampus, for months to years after the initial insult. To clarify the molecular mechanisms underlying secondary or delayed cell death in hippocampal neurons after TBI, we compared long-term changes in gene expression in the CA1, CA3 and dentate gyrus (DG) subfields of the rat hippocampus at 24 h and 3, 6, and 12 months after TBI with changes in gene expression in sham-operated rats. We used laser capture microdissection to collect several hundred hippocampal neurons from the CA1, CA3, and DG subfields and linearly amplified the nanogram samples of neuronal RNA with T7 RNA polymerase. Subsequent quantitative analysis of gene expression using ribonuclease protection assay revealed that mRNA expression of the anti-apoptotic gene, Bcl-2, and the chaperone heat shock protein 70 was significantly downregulated at 3, 6 (Bcl-2 only), and 12 months after TBI. Interestingly, the expression of the pro-apoptotic genes caspase-3 and caspase-9 was also significantly decreased at 3, 6 (caspase-9 only), and 12 months after TBI, suggesting that long-term neuronal loss after TBI is not mediated by increased expression of pro-apoptotic genes. The expression of two aging-related genes, p21 and integrin beta3 (ITbeta3), transiently increased 24 h after TBI, returned to baseline levels at 3 months and significantly decreased below sham levels at 12 months (ITbeta3 only). Expression of the gene for the antioxidant glutathione peroxidase-1 also significantly increased 6 months after TBI. These results suggest that decreased levels of neuroprotective genes may contribute to long-term neurodegeneration in animals and human patients after TBI. Conversely, long-term increases in antioxidant gene expression after TBI may be an endogenous neuroprotective response that compensates for the decrease in expression of other neuroprotective genes.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Shimamura
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0830, USA
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