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Sills RC, Johnson GA, Anderson RJ, Johnson CL, Staup M, Brown DL, Churchill SR, Kurtz DM, Cushman JD, Waidyanatha S, Robinson VG, Cesta MF, Andrews DMK, Behl M, Shockley KR, Little PB. Qualitative and Quantitative Neuropathology Approaches Using Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (Diffusion Tensor Imaging) and Stereology in a Hexachlorophene Model of Myelinopathy in Sprague-Dawley Rats. Toxicol Pathol 2020; 48:965-980. [PMID: 33334257 PMCID: PMC7755100 DOI: 10.1177/0192623320968210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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It is well established that hexachlorophene, which is used as an antibacterial agent, causes intramyelinic edema in humans and animal models. The hexachlorophene myelinopathy model, in which male Sprague-Dawley rats received 25 to 30 mg/kg hexachlorophene by gavage for up to 5 days, provided an opportunity to compare traditional neuropathology evaluations with magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) findings. In addition, stereology assessments of 3 neuroanatomical sites were compared to quantitative measurements of similar structures by MRM. There were positive correlations between hematoxylin and eosin and luxol fast blue stains and MRM for identifying intramyelinic edema in the cingulum of corpus callosum, optic chiasm, anterior commissure (aca), lateral olfactory tracts, pyramidal tracts (py), and white matter tracts in the cerebellum. Stereology assessments were focused on the aca, longitudinal fasciculus of the pons, and py and demonstrated differences between control and treated rats, as was observed using MRM. The added value of MRM assessments was the ability to acquire qualitative 3-dimensional (3-D) images and obtain quantitative measurements of intramyelinic edema in 26 neuroanatomical sites in the intact brain. Also, diffusion tensor imaging (fractional anisotropy [FA]) indicated that there were changes in the cytoarchitecture of the white matter as detected by decreases in the FA in the treated compared to the control rats. This study demonstrates creative strategies that are possible using qualitative and quantitative assessments of potential white matter neurotoxicants in nonclinical toxicity studies. Our results lead us to the conclusion that volumetric analysis by MRM and stereology adds significant value to the standard 2-D microscopic evaluations.
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- Robert C Sills
- Division of the National Toxicology Program, 6857National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy, 3065Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy, 3065Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- 25913Charles River Laboratories Inc, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, 6857National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, 6857National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, 6857National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, 6857National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, 6857National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, 6857National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, 6857National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, 6857National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Aquaporin-4 Expression during Toxic and Autoimmune Demyelination. Cells 2020; 9:cells9102187. [PMID: 32998402 PMCID: PMC7601078 DOI: 10.3390/cells9102187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The water channel protein aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is required for a normal rate of water exchange across the blood–brain interface. Following the discovery that AQP4 is a possible autoantigen in neuromyelitis optica, the function of AQP4 in health and disease has become a research focus. While several studies have addressed the expression and function of AQP4 during inflammatory demyelination, relatively little is known about its expression during non-autoimmune-mediated myelin damage. In this study, we used the toxin-induced demyelination model cuprizone as well as a combination of metabolic and autoimmune myelin injury (i.e., Cup/EAE) to investigate AQP4 pathology. We show that during toxin-induced demyelination, diffuse AQP4 expression increases, while polarized AQP4 expression at the astrocyte endfeet decreases. The diffuse increased expression of AQP4 was verified in chronic-active multiple sclerosis lesions. Around inflammatory brain lesions, AQP4 expression dramatically decreased, especially at sites where peripheral immune cells penetrate the brain parenchyma. Humoral immune responses appear not to be involved in this process since no anti-AQP4 antibodies were detected in the serum of the experimental mice. We provide strong evidence that the diffuse increase in anti-AQP4 staining intensity is due to a metabolic injury to the brain, whereas the focal, perivascular loss of anti-AQP4 immunoreactivity is mediated by peripheral immune cells.
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Kent M, Glass EN, Boozer L, Song RB, Hankin EJ, Barber RM, Platt SR, de Lahunta A, Miller AD. Correlation of MRI with the Neuropathologic Changes in Two Cats with Bromethalin Intoxication. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2019; 55:e55302. [PMID: 30870606 DOI: 10.5326/jaaha-ms-6724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Two cats were presented with multifocal neurological signs. One cat's signs progressed over 2 wk; the other cat progressed over 5 days. Examinations were consistent with a process involving the prosencephalon, vestibular system, and general proprioceptive/upper motor neuron systems. MRI of the brain and cervical spinal cord reveal widespread T2 hyperintensity of the white matter. Affected areas included the cerebrum, cerebral peduncles, corticospinal tracts of the pons and medulla, and the cerebellum. T2 hyperintensity was present in all funiculi of the spinal cord. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps were consistent with cytotoxic or intramyelinic edema. Differential diagnosis included toxic or metabolic/degenerative leukoencephalopathies. Necropsies revealed widespread spongy degeneration of the central nervous system white matter. Toxicologic assays of liver specimens revealed desmethylbromethalin, a metabolite of bromethalin. Bromethalin is a rodenticide that causes uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation. Antemortem diagnosis is challenging. DWI and ADC maps were instrumental in narrowing the differential diagnosis and raised the index of suspicion for bromethalin. Bromethalin intoxication should be considered in all animals with a progressive course of multifocal neurologic deficits. MRI, specifically, DWI and ADC maps, may serve as a biomarker of cytotoxic or intramyelinic edema associated with spongiform leukoencephalomyelopathy.
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- Marc Kent
- From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)
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- From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)
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- From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)
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- From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)
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- From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)
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- From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)
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- From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)
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- From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)
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- From the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (M.K., R.M.B., S.R.P.); Section of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (E.N.G., R.B.S.); Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, District of Columbia (L.B., E.J.H.); and Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (A.dL., A.D.M.)
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Kanno T, Kurotaki T, Yamada N, Yamashita K, Wako Y, Tsuchitani M. Activity of 2′, 3′-Cyclic Nucleotide 3′-Phosphodiesterase (CNPase) in Spinal Cord with Spongy Change Induced by a Single Oral Dose of Aniline in Rats. Toxicol Pathol 2010; 38:359-65. [DOI: 10.1177/0192623310362245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A spongy change in the spinal cord white matter was observed in four-week-old rats treated with aniline. Although this change was found to be a result of the myelin sheath splitting at the ultrastructural level, the mechanism is unknown. This study was conducted to identify the mechanism of the spongy change in aniline-treated rats. The spongy change in the spinal cord white matter was first detected on day 5 in the histopathologic examination. The incidence and severity of the lesions, especially in the lateral and ventral funiculi of the thoracic spinal cord white matter, increased prominently from day 8 to day 10. In all rats, immunohistochemical staining by anti-2′, 3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′-phosphodiesterase (CNPase) occurred along the cytoplasmic boundaries of the normal oligodendroglia. However, mild to moderate anti-CNPase staining extended to the swollen cytoplasm of the oligodendroglia in the aniline-treated rats from day 2 to day 4. In the electron microscopic examination, free ribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticula in the cytoplasm of the oligodendroglia increased on days 3 and 4. These changes were considered to be related to CNPase expression. However, CNPase expression decreased, whereas the spongy changes were detected from day 5. The reduction in CNPase expression may contribute to the changes in the myelin morphology observed in aniline intoxication.
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- Takeshi Kanno
- Kashima Laboratory, Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corp., Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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- Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Kashima Laboratory, Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corp., Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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- Kashima Laboratory, Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corp., Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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- Kashima Laboratory, Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corp., Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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- Kashima Laboratory, Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corp., Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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Gregg JR, Herring NR, Naydenov AV, Hanlin RP, Konradi C. Downregulation of oligodendrocyte transcripts is associated with impaired prefrontal cortex function in rats. Schizophr Res 2009; 113:277-87. [PMID: 19570651 PMCID: PMC2768476 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2009] [Revised: 05/19/2009] [Accepted: 05/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Abnormalities of brain white matter and oligodendroglia are among the most consistent findings in schizophrenia (Sz) research. Various gene expression microarray studies of post-mortem Sz brains showed a downregulation of myelin transcripts, while imaging and microscopy studies demonstrated decreases in prefrontal cortical (PFC) white matter volume and oligodendroglia density. Currently, the extent to which reduced oligodendrocyte markers contribute to pathophysiological domains of Sz is unknown. We exposed adolescent rats to cuprizone (CPZ), a copper chelator known to cause demyelination in mice, and examined expression of oligodendrocyte mRNA transcripts and PFC-mediated behavior. Rats on the CPZ diet showed decreased expression of mRNA transcripts encoding oligodendroglial proteins within the medial PFC, but not in the hippocampus or the striatum. These rats also displayed a specific deficit in the ability to shift between perceptual dimensions in the attentional set-shifting task, a PFC-mediated behavioral paradigm modeled after the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). The inability to shift strategies corresponds to the deficits exhibited by Sz patients in the WCST. The results demonstrate that a reduction in oligodendrocyte markers is associated with impaired PFC-mediated behaviors. Thus, CPZ exposure of rats can serve as a model to examine the contribution of oligodendrocyte perturbation to cognitive deficits observed in Sz.
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- Justin R. Gregg
- Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
- Center for Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
- Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203
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Bencsik A, Philippe S, Vial L, Calavas D, Baron T. Automatic quantitation of vacuolar lesions in the brain of mice infected with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. J Virol Methods 2005; 124:197-202. [PMID: 15664069 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2004.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2004] [Revised: 11/23/2004] [Accepted: 11/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The spongiform change induced in the brain tissue is one of the major features investigated in the neuropathology in natural and experimental transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). In this context, a reproducible quantitation of the magnitude of these vacuolar lesions is described using image analysis techniques. To be exploited successfully, this image analysis must be able to distinguish the vacuolar lesions from vascular elements. The present study describes the different calibration stages of image analysis using hematoxylin-eosin stained slices of brain from mice infected with TSEs. In order to select automatically a maximum of vacuoles and to eliminate a maximum of vascular elements, relevant criteria based on the threshold values of the optical density, shape factor and surface of detected objects were determined. Compared to visual scoring, this method has the advantages of enhanced precision of the measure, reproducibility and moreover, the collection of numerical data for more detailed statistical analysis. In addition, an original scale change function is proposed allowing a comparative analysis with values from the visual scoring method. The method of automatic recognition and quantitation of vacuolar lesions described in this paper represent a useful tool for large-scale analysis of spongiform lesions induced by different TSE isolates transmitted to mice.
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- Anna Bencsik
- Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), Unité ATNC, 31 Avenue Tony Garnier, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France.
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Purdey M. Does an infrasonic acoustic shock wave resonance of the manganese 3+ loaded/copper depleted prion protein initiate the pathogenesis of TSE? Med Hypotheses 2003; 60:797-820. [PMID: 12699706 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-9877(03)00007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Intensive exposures to natural and artificial sources of infrasonic acoustic shock (tectonic disturbances, supersonic aeroplanes, etc.) have been observed in ecosystems supporting mammalian populations that are blighted by clusters of traditional and new variant strains of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). But TSEs will only emerge in those 'infrasound-rich' environments which are simultaneously influenced by eco-factors that induce a high manganese (Mn)/low copper (Cu)-zinc (Zn) ratio in brains of local mammalian populations. Since cellular prion protein (PrPc) is a cupro-protein expressed throughout the circadian mediated pathways of the body, it is proposed that PrP's Cu component performs a role in the conduction and distribution of endogenous electromagnetic energy; energy that has been transduced from incoming ultraviolet, acoustic, geomagnetic radiations. TSE pathogenesis is initiated once Mn substitutes at the vacant Cu domain on PrPc and forms a nonpathogenic, protease resistant, 'sleeping' prion. A second stage of pathogenesis comes into play once a low frequency wave of infrasonic shock metamorphoses the piezoelectric atomic structure of the Mn 3+ component of the prion, thereby 'priming' the sleeping prion into its fully fledged, pathogenic TSE isoform - where the paramagnetic status of the Mn 3+ atom is transformed into a stable ferrimagnetic lattice work, due to the strong electron-phonon coupling resulting from the dynamic 'Jahn-Teller' type distortions of the oxygen octahedra specific to the trivalent Mn species. The so called 'infectivity' of the prion is a misnomer and should be correctly defined as the contagious field inducing capacity of the ferrimagnetic Mn 3+ component of the prion; which remains pathogenic at all temperatures below the 'curie point'. A progressive domino-like 'metal to ligand to metal' ferrimagnetic corruption of the conduits of electromagnetic superexchange is initiated. The TSE diseased brain can be likened to a solar charged battery on continuous charge; where the Mn contaminated/Cu depleted circadian-auditory pathways absorb and pile up, rather than conduct the vital life force energies of incoming ultra violet, acoustic and geomagnetic radiation. Instead of harnessing these energies for the body's own bio-rhythmic requirements, an infrasonic shock induced metamorphosis of the Mn atom intervenes; initiating an explosive pathogenesis that perverts the healthy pathways of darkness and light; Cu prions are replaced by hyperpolarized Mn 3+ prions that seed self perpetuating 'cluster bombs' of free radical mediated neurodegeneration. TSE ensues.
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Kinoshita Y, Matsumura H, Igisu H, Yokota A. Hexachlorophene-induced brain edema in rat observed by proton magnetic resonance. Brain Res 2000; 873:127-30. [PMID: 10915818 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)02523-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rat brain was examined with 4.7 T proton magnetic resonance (MR). On administering hexachlorophene (HCP) 30 mg/kg/day for 5 days, myelin-rich structures stood out in T2-weighted images. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was markedly suppressed in all regions examined except for cerebral cortex. Seven days after terminating the exposure to HCP, without enhancement in T2-weighted images, ADC was still decreased in corpus callosum, optic nerve and trigeminal nerve. Rat administered with HCP and followed with high magnetic field proton MR seems to provide a good model for cytotoxic brain edema, and it may also be useful to visualize heavily myelinated structures.
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- Y Kinoshita
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
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Purdey M. Ecosystems supporting clusters of sporadic TSEs demonstrate excesses of the radical-generating divalent cation manganese and deficiencies of antioxidant co factors Cu, Se, Fe, Zn. Does a foreign cation substitution at prion protein's Cu domain initiate TSE? Med Hypotheses 2000; 54:278-306. [PMID: 10790765 DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1999.0836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Analyses of food chains supporting isolated clusters of sporadic TSEs (CWD in N Colorado, scrapie in Iceland, CJD in Slovakia) demonstrate a consistent 2 1/2+ fold greater concentration of the pro-oxidant divalent cation, manganese (Mn), in relation to normal levels recorded in adjoining TSE-free localities. Deficiencies of the antioxidant co factors Cu/Se/Zn/Fe and Mg, P and Na were also consistently recorded in TSE foodchains. Similarities between the clinical/pathological profile of TSEs and Mn delayed psycho-neurotoxicity in miners are cited, and a novel theory generated which suggests that sporadic TSE results from early life dependence of TSE susceptible genotypes on ecosystems characterised by this specific pattern of mineral imbalance. Low Cu/Fe induces an excessive absorption of Mn in ruminants and an increased oxidation of Mn2+ into its pro oxidant species, Mn3+, which accumulates in mitochondria of CNS astrocytes in Mn SOD deficient genotypes. Deficiencies of scavenger co factors Cu/Zn/Se/Fe in the CNS permits Mn3+ initiated chain reactions of auto-oxidant mediated neuronal degeneration to proliferate, which, in turn, up-regulates the expression of the Cu-metalloprotein, prion protein (PrP). Once the rate of PrP turnover and its demand for Cu exceeds the already depleted supply of Cu within the CNS, PrP can no longer bind sufficient Cu to maintain its conformation. Mn3+ substitutes at the vacated Cu domain on PrP, thus priming up a latent capacity for lethal auto-oxidative activity to be carried along with PrP like a 'trojan horse'; where Mn 3+ serves as the integral 'infectious' transmissible component of the misfolded PrP-cation complex. The Mn overactivation of concanavalin A binding to glycoprotein and Mn-initiated autoxidation results in a diverse pathological profile involving receptor capping, aggregation/modification of CNS membrane/cytoskeletal proteins. TSE ensues. The BSE/nv CJD strain entails a 'synthetic' induction of the same CNS mineral disturbance, where 'in utero' exposure to Cu-chelating insecticides/Mn supplements accelerates the onset of a more virulent 'strain' of adolescent TSE.
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- M Purdey
- High Barn Farm, Elworthy, Taunton, UK
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Yamamoto Y, Yoshikawa H, Nagano S, Kondoh G, Sadahiro S, Gotow T, Yanagihara T, Sakoda S. Myelin-associated oligodendrocytic basic protein is essential for normal arrangement of the radial component in central nervous system myelin. Eur J Neurosci 1999; 11:847-55. [PMID: 10103078 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00490.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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We previously reported that myelin-associated oligodendrocytic basic protein (MOBP) was abundantly expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) myelin, and shared several characteristics with myelin basic protein (MBP). In particular, a cluster of positively charged amino acids was considered to facilitate compaction of the cytoplasmic face of the myelin sheath, as in the case of MBP. However, the contribution of MOBP in forming and maintaining the myelin sheath still remains unclear. Recent investigations showed that one isoform of MOBP was expressed in the embryo prior to myelination, and MOBP isoforms were colocalized with the microtubular network and nucleus in vitro. To explore the role of MOBP in vivo, we generated MOBP-deficient mice and analysed the CNS myelin. Surprisingly, the compact myelin was formed, however, the myelin from MOBP-deficient mice exposed to hexachlorophene, a known dysmyelinating agent, showed widening of the major dense lines. These results suggest that MOBP is not essential for myelin formation, but reinforces the apposition of the cytoplasmic faces of the myelin sheath. A striking phenotype of MOBP-deficient mice was the presence of the straight 'condensed' radial component. This component has been described as a tight junction-like complex running radially and zig-zag through the CNS myelin sheath between inner and outer mesaxons. These results suggest that MOBP is essential for normal arrangement of the radial component.
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- Y Yamamoto
- Department of Neurology, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamada- oka, Suita, Osaka 5650-0871, Japan
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Häntzschel A, Andreas K. Efficacy of glutamate receptor antagonists in the management of functional disorders in cytotoxic brain oedema induced by hexachlorophene. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 1998; 82:80-8. [PMID: 9498236 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1998.tb01402.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The hexachlorophene-induced cytotoxic brain oedema is an experimental model of brain damage, suitable for testing cerebroprotective substances (Andreas 1993). In order to examine whether glutamate receptors are involved in mediating functional disorders due to neurotoxic brain damage, we have studied the protective effects of several competitive and non-competitive antagonists using adult male Wistar rats in a simple "ladder-test" for assessing coordinative motor behaviour. Hexachlorophene-induced brain damage was verified by histological examination of the cerebellum with vacuolation of white matter, astrocyte hypertrophy and astrocyte proliferation taken as signs of neurotoxic injury. The non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist dizocilpine maleate (MK-801) decreased the motor disturbance on the first and second day of the "ladder-test" when applied in the doses 0.1 mg/kg and 0.2 mg/kg intraperitoneally for 3 weeks during the hexachlorophene treatment. Acute MK-801 administration (0.1 mg/kg intraperitoneally) after 3 weeks hexachlorophene exposure improved the coordinative motor response only on the first day. When testing the competitive NMDA receptor antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP-5) in the dose 1.0 mg/kg intraperitoneally the motor disturbance was lowered significantly earlier than in spontaneous remission. Similar effects were observed with 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) in the dose of 0.8 mg/kg intraperitoneally, an antagonist interacting both with the strychnine-insensitive binding site for glycine within the NMDA receptor complex and with the kainate(+/-)-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor complex. Concurrent MK-801 administration decreased the vacuolation of white matter. The results suggest that NMDA receptors and non-NMDA receptors are involved in development of functional disorders induced by hexachlorophene.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Häntzschel
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Technical University Dresden, Germany
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