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Ma Z, Zhang Z, Bai F, Jiang T, Yan C, Wang Q. Electroacupuncture Pretreatment Alleviates Cerebral Ischemic Injury Through α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-Mediated Phenotypic Conversion of Microglia. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:537. [PMID: 31866829 PMCID: PMC6908971 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Electroacupuncture (EA) pretreatment alleviates cerebral ischemic injury through α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR). We attempted to investigate whether the phenotypic conversion of microglia was involved in the therapeutic effect of EA pretreatment in cerebral ischemia through α7nAChR. Adult male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) after EA or α7nAChR agonist N-(3R)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl-furo[2,3-c]pyridine-5-carboxamide hydrochloride (PHA-543,613 hydrochloride) and antagonist α-bungarotoxin (α-BGT) pretreatment. Primary microglia were subjected to drug pretreatment and oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD). The expressions of the classical activated phenotype (M1) microglia markers induced nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and cluster of differentiation 86 (CD86); the alternative activated phenotype (M2) microglia markers arginase-1 (Arg-1), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), and cluster of differentiation 206 (CD206); and the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and anti-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in the ischemic penumbra or in the supernatant of primary microglia were analyzed. The infarction volume and neurological scores were assessed 72 h after reperfusion. The cell viability and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release of neurons co-cultured with microglia were analyzed using cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and LDH release assays. EA pretreatment decreased the expressions of M1 markers (iNOS, IL-1β, and CD86) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6), whereas it increased the expressions of M2 markers (Arg-1, TGF-β1, and CD206) and anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-4 and IL-10) by activating α7nAChR. EA pretreatment also significantly reduced the infarction volume and improved the neurological deficit. The activation of α7nAChR in microglia relieved the inflammatory response of primary microglia subjected to OGD and attenuated the injury of neurons co-cultured with microglia. In conclusion, EA pretreatment alleviates cerebral ischemic injury through α7nAChR-mediated phenotypic conversion of microglia, which may be a new mechanism for the EA pretreatment-induced neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia.
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- Zhi Ma
- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Brain Science, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Brain Science, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Brain Science, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Brain Science, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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DeGracia DJ, Taha D, Anggraini FT, Huang ZF. Nonautonomous dynamics of acute cell injury. Phys Rev E 2019; 100:052407. [PMID: 31870014 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.052407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Medical conditions due to acute cell injury, such as stroke and heart attack, are of tremendous impact and have attracted huge amounts of research effort. The biomedical research that seeks cures for these conditions has been dominated by a qualitative, inductive mind-set. Although the inductive approach has not been effective in developing medical treatments, it has amassed enough information to allow construction of quantitative, deductive models of acute cell injury. In this work we develop a modeling approach by extending an autonomous nonlinear dynamic theory of acute cell injury that offered new ways to conceptualize cell injury but possessed limitations that decrease its effectiveness. Here we study the global dynamics of the cell injury theory using a nonautonomous formulation. Different from the standard scenario in nonlinear dynamics that is determined by the steady state and fixed points of the model equations, in this nonautonomous model with a trivial fixed point, the system property is dominated by the transient states and the corresponding dynamic processes. The model gives rise to four qualitative types of dynamical patterns that can be mapped to the behavior of cells after clinical acute injuries. The nonautonomous theory predicts the existence of a latent stress response capacity (LSRC) possessed by injured cells. The LSRC provides a theoretical explanation of how therapies, such as hypothermia, can prevent cell death after lethal injuries. The nonautonomous theory of acute cell injury provides an improved quantitative framework for understanding cell death and recovery and lays a foundation for developing effective therapeutics for acute injury.
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- Donald J DeGracia
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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DeGracia DJ, Taha D, Tri Anggraini F, Sutariya S, Rababeh G, Huang ZF. Abstraction and Idealization in Biomedicine: The Nonautonomous Theory of Acute Cell Injury. Brain Sci 2018; 8:E39. [PMID: 29495539 PMCID: PMC5870357 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci8030039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Neuroprotection seeks to halt cell death after brain ischemia and has been shown to be possible in laboratory studies. However, neuroprotection has not been successfully translated into clinical practice, despite voluminous research and controlled clinical trials. We suggested these failures may be due, at least in part, to the lack of a general theory of cell injury to guide research into specific injuries. The nonlinear dynamical theory of acute cell injury was introduced to ameliorate this situation. Here we present a revised nonautonomous nonlinear theory of acute cell injury and show how to interpret its solutions in terms of acute biomedical injuries. The theory solutions demonstrate the complexity of possible outcomes following an idealized acute injury and indicate that a "one size fits all" therapy is unlikely to be successful. This conclusion is offset by the fact that the theory can (1) determine if a cell has the possibility to survive given a specific acute injury, and (2) calculate the degree of therapy needed to cause survival. To appreciate these conclusions, it is necessary to idealize and abstract complex physical systems to identify the fundamental mechanism governing the injury dynamics. The path of abstraction and idealization in biomedical research opens the possibility for medical treatments that may achieve engineering levels of precision.
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Affiliation(s)
- Donald J DeGracia
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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DeGracia DJ, Tri Anggraini F, Taha DTM, Huang ZF. Inductive and Deductive Approaches to Acute Cell Injury. INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARLY RESEARCH NOTICES 2014; 2014:859341. [PMID: 27437490 PMCID: PMC4897055 DOI: 10.1155/2014/859341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Many clinically relevant forms of acute injury, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, and myocardial infarction, have resisted treatments to prevent cell death following injury. The clinical failures can be linked to the currently used inductive models based on biological specifics of the injury system. Here we contrast the application of inductive and deductive models of acute cell injury. Using brain ischemia as a case study, we discuss limitations in inductive inferences, including the inability to unambiguously assign cell death causality and the lack of a systematic quantitative framework. These limitations follow from an overemphasis on qualitative molecular pathways specific to the injured system. Our recently developed nonlinear dynamical theory of cell injury provides a generic, systematic approach to cell injury in which attractor states and system parameters are used to quantitatively characterize acute injury systems. The theoretical, empirical, and therapeutic implications of shifting to a deductive framework are discussed. We illustrate how a deductive mathematical framework offers tangible advantages over qualitative inductive models for the development of therapeutics of acutely injured biological systems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Donald J. DeGracia
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Lewis MK, Jamison JT, Dunbar JC, DeGracia DJ. mRNA redistribution during permanent focal cerebral ischemia. Transl Stroke Res 2013; 4:604-17. [PMID: 24323415 PMCID: PMC3864703 DOI: 10.1007/s12975-013-0274-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Translation arrest occurs in neurons following focal cerebral ischemia and is irreversible in penumbral neurons destined to die. Following global cerebral ischemia, mRNA is sequestered away from 40S ribosomal subunits as mRNA granules, precluding translation. Here, we investigated mRNA granule formation using fluorescence in situ histochemistry out to 8 h permanent focal cerebral ischemia using middle cerebral artery occlusion in Long Evans rats with and without diabetes. Neuronal mRNA granules colocalized with PABP, HuR, and NeuN, but not 40S or 60S ribosomal subunits, or organelle markers. The volume of brain with mRNA granule-containing neurons decreased exponentially with ischemia duration, and was zero after 8 h permanent focal cerebral ischemia or any duration of ischemia in diabetic rats. These results show that neuronal mRNA granule response has a limited range of insult intensity over which it is expressed. Identifying the limits of effective neuronal stress response to ischemia will be important for developing effective stroke therapies.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Nuclear/metabolism
- Brain Ischemia/complications
- Brain Ischemia/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- ELAV Proteins/metabolism
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/complications
- Male
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Neurons/metabolism
- Poly(A)-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Long-Evans
- Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic/metabolism
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/metabolism
- Time Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- Monique K. Lewis
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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