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Chincarini G, Walker DW, Wong F, Richardson SJ, Cumberland A, Tolcos M. Thyroid hormone analogues: Promising therapeutic avenues to improve the neurodevelopmental outcomes of intrauterine growth restriction. J Neurochem 2024. [PMID: 38742992 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.16124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a pregnancy complication impairing fetal growth and development. The compromised development is often attributed to disruptions of oxygen and nutrient supply from the placenta, resulting in a number of unfavourable physiological outcomes with impaired brain and organ growth. IUGR is associated with compromised development of both grey and white matter, predisposing the infant to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes, including long-lasting cognitive and motor difficulties. Cerebral thyroid hormone (TH) signalling, which plays a crucial role in regulating white and grey matter development, is dysregulated in IUGR, potentially contributing to the neurodevelopmental delays associated with this condition. Notably, one of the major TH transporters, monocarboxylate transporter-8 (MCT8), is deficient in the fetal IUGR brain. Currently, no effective treatment to prevent or reverse IUGR exists. Management strategies involve close antenatal monitoring, management of maternal risk factors if present and early delivery if IUGR is found to be severe or worsening in utero. The overall goal is to determine the most appropriate time for delivery, balancing the risks of preterm birth with further fetal compromise due to IUGR. Drug candidates have shown either adverse effects or little to no benefits in this vulnerable population, urging further preclinical and clinical investigation to establish effective therapies. In this review, we discuss the major neuropathology of IUGR driven by uteroplacental insufficiency and the concomitant long-term neurobehavioural impairments in individuals born IUGR. Importantly, we review the existing clinical and preclinical literature on cerebral TH signalling deficits, particularly the impaired expression of MCT8 and their correlation with IUGR. Lastly, we discuss the current evidence on MCT8-independent TH analogues which mimic the brain actions of THs by being metabolised in a similar manner as promising, albeit underappreciated approaches to promote grey and white matter development and improve the neurobehavioural outcomes following IUGR.
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- Ginevra Chincarini
- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
- Monash Newborn Health, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Newborn Health, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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Jiang ZD, Wang C, Jiang JK, Wang J. Infants with neonatal Chronic Lung Disease are associated with delayed auditory conduction in the rostral brainstem after term. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2024; 79:100341. [PMID: 38457938 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2024.100341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
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AIMS Very Low Birthweight (VLBW) infants with neonatal Chronic Lung Disease (CLD) have been found to have functional impairment of the brainstem auditory pathway at term. This study investigated the functional status of the brainstem auditory pathway in VLBW infants with CLD after term for any abnormality. METHODS Fifty-two VLBW infants were recruited at 50 weeks of Postconceptional Age: 25 with neonatal CLD and 27 without CLD. None had any other major complications to minimize confounding effects. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses were studied at 21‒91/s click rates. RESULTS Compared with those without CLD, VLBW infants with CLD had relatively shorter latencies of BAER waves I and III, associated with a slightly lower BAER threshold. Wave V latency and I‒V interpeak interval did not differ significantly between the two groups of infants. The I‒III interval in infants with CLD was shorter than in those without CLD at 91/s clicks. However, the III‒V interval was significantly longer than in those without CLD at all click rates (all p < 0.05). There were no significant differences in the amplitudes of BAER wave components between the two groups of infants. CONCLUSIONS The main BAER abnormality in VLBW infants with CLD was a prolonged III‒V interval. Auditory conduction is delayed or impaired at more central regions of the brainstem in CLD infants. After term central auditory function is adversely affected by neonatal CLD. Monitoring post-term change is required to provide valuable information for post-term care of CLD infants.
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- Ze Dong Jiang
- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, China.
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, China
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, China
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, China
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Jiang ZD, Wang C. Preterm babies treated with lengthy continuous positive airway pressure are associated with moderate auditory abnormality. Early Hum Dev 2023; 181:105774. [PMID: 37068439 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2023.105774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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AIMS Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been used for the prevention and treatment of neonatal respiratory distress for over four decades, but it remains very poorly understood whether there is any brainstem auditory abnormality in babies treated with CPAP. We aimed to detect brainstem auditory abnormality at 34-35 weeks of corrected age in preterm babies treated with CPAP and define any difference between different durations of CPAP treatment. STUDY DESIGN Preterm babies were recruited and dichotomized to those with CPAP treatment (CPAP group, n = 67) and those without CPAP treatment (n-CPAP group) (n = 49). Brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) was studied at 34-35 weeks of corrected age. RESULTS Compared with the n-CPAP group, the CPAP group manifested moderately elevated BAER threshold and significantly prolonged latencies of BAER waves III and V and I-V interval. The prolongation was generally more significant in the babies with longer duration of CPAP treatment than those with shorter duration. The I-V interval in the babies with CPAP treatment for >30 days were significantly longer than those with fewer days of CPAP treatment. CONCLUSION At 34-35 weeks of corrected age, preterm babies treated with CPAP are associated with moderate auditory abnormality. Further study is warranted to explore more detail of the auditory abnormality in babies treated with CPAP.
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- Ze Dong Jiang
- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, China.
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, China
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Yang Y, Wang C, Chen R, Wang Y, Tan C, Liu J, Zhang Q, Xiao G. Novel therapeutic modulators of astrocytes for hydrocephalus. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:932955. [PMID: 36226316 PMCID: PMC9549203 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.932955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Hydrocephalus is mainly characterized by excessive production or impaired absorption of cerebrospinal fluid that causes ventricular dilation and intracranial hypertension. Astrocytes are the key response cells to inflammation in the central nervous system. In hydrocephalus, astrocytes are activated and show dual characteristics depending on the period of development of the disease. They can suppress the disease in the early stage and may aggravate it in the late stage. More evidence suggests that therapeutics targeting astrocytes may be promising for hydrocephalus. In this review, based on previous studies, we summarize different forms of hydrocephalus-induced astrocyte reactivity and the corresponding function of these responses in hydrocephalus. We also discuss the therapeutic effects of astrocyte regulation on hydrocephalus in experimental studies.
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- Yijian Yang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Hydrocephalus, 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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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Hydrocephalus, 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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- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Hydrocephalus, 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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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Hydrocephalus, 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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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Hydrocephalus, 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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- Department of Neurosurgery, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
- The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, China
- *Correspondence: Qinghua Zhang,
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Hydrocephalus, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Gelei Xiao,
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Mir IN, White SP, Steven Brown L, Heyne R, Rosenfeld CR, Chalak LF. Autism spectrum disorders in extremely preterm infants and placental pathology findings: a matched case-control study. Pediatr Res 2021; 89:1825-1831. [PMID: 32950030 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-020-01160-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is 5-fold higher in preterm (PT) infants born ≤28 weeks gestational age (GA) as compared to the general population. The relationship between placental pathologic lesions and ASD in PT infants has not been studied. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the association of placental pathology with the occurrence of ASD in PT infants born ≤28 weeks GA. STUDY DESIGN A matched case-control study to identify confirmed ASD cases (n = 16) and matched controls (n = 48) born at Parkland Hospital between January 2012 and December 2015. Patients were matched using known variables associated with increased risk of ASD in PT infants. Placental histology from all births was reviewed. RESULTS Children with ASD had 2-fold greater incidence of multiple placental pathologic lesions vs. matched controls [11/16 (69%) vs.16/48 (33%), respectively; P = 0.01]. In contrast, single placental pathologic lesions were not associated with ASD [5/16 (31%) vs. 21/48 (43%), respectively; P = 0.1]. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we have demonstrated an association between the increasing complexity of histologic placental lesions and the later risk for ASD in infants born ≤28 weeks GA. Thus, placental pathology findings may be valuable in further understanding the prenatal pathologic processes underlying ASD in PT infants. IMPACT PT infants with ASD have a 2-fold greater incidence of multiple placental pathologies. This is the first study to report an association between the complexity of histologic placental lesions and later risk of ASD in infant born extremely PT (i.e., ≤28 weeks GA). This study reiterates the importance of examining placental pathologic lesions, since placental evidence of antenatal insults correlates with postnatal morbidities and mortality in PT infants.
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- Imran N Mir
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Autism and Related Disorders, Emory University School of Medicine and Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA
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Disruption of neonatal Purkinje cell function underlies injury-related learning deficits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2017876118. [PMID: 33688045 PMCID: PMC7980280 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017876118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Injury to the cerebellum during late fetal and early postnatal life is associated with long-term motor and cognitive deficits. It is thought that injury at this stage of development results in delayed maturation of neural circuitry, causing altered behavior at later stages. This study identifies the neural basis of locomotor learning deficits in the cerebellum using a clinically relevant model of neonatal brain injury. By combining fiber-optic-enabled Purkinje cell activity measurement during locomotor behavior, we provide evidence for long-term changes in neuronal responses during learning. By artificially reducing Purkinje cell function during the neonatal stage, we observed similarly altered physiological responses as those seen in injury. Our findings indicate that injury-related inhibition of developing Purkinje cells causes long-term locomotor dysfunction. It is hypothesized that perinatal cerebellar injury leads to long-term functional deficits due to circuit dysmaturation. Using a novel integration of GCaMP6f fiber photometry with automated measurement of cerebellar behavior using the ErasmusLadder, we causally link cerebellar injury to altered Purkinje cell responses during maladaptive behavior. Chemogenetic inhibition of neonatal Purkinje cells is sufficient to phenocopy the effects of perinatal cerebellar injury. Our results uncover a direct link between perinatal cerebellar injury and activity-dependent maturation of cerebellar cortex.
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Cherchi F, Pugliese AM, Coppi E. Oligodendrocyte precursor cell maturation: role of adenosine receptors. Neural Regen Res 2021; 16:1686-1692. [PMID: 33510056 PMCID: PMC8328763 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.306058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Oligodendrocyte-formed myelin sheaths allow fast synaptic transmission in the brain and their degeneration leads to demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Remyelination requires the differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells into mature oligodendrocytes but, in chronic neurodegenerative disorders, remyelination fails due to adverse environment. Therefore, a strategy to prompt oligodendrocyte progenitor cell differentiation towards myelinating oligodendrocytes is required. The neuromodulator adenosine, and its receptors (A1, A2A, A2B and A3 receptors: A1R, A2AR, A2BR and A3R), are crucial mediators in remyelination processes. It is known that A1Rs facilitate oligodendrocyte progenitor cell maturation and migration whereas the A3Rs initiates apoptosis in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells. Our group of research contributed to the field by demonstrating that A2AR and A2BR inhibit oligodendrocyte progenitor cell maturation by reducing voltage-dependent K+ currents necessary for cell differentiation. The present review summarizes the possible role of adenosine receptor ligands as potential therapeutic targets in demyelinating pathologies such as multiple sclerosis.
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- Federica Cherchi
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health-Neurofarba-Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health-Neurofarba-Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health-Neurofarba-Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Hamdy N, Eide S, Sun HS, Feng ZP. Animal models for neonatal brain injury induced by hypoxic ischemic conditions in rodents. Exp Neurol 2020; 334:113457. [PMID: 32889009 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Neonatal hypoxia-ischemia and resulting encephalopathies are of significant concern. Intrapartum asphyxia is a leading cause of neonatal death globally. Among surviving infants, there remains a high incidence of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, manifesting as mild conditions including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and debilitating disorders such as cerebral palsy. Various animal models of neonatal hypoxic brain injury have been implemented to explore cellular and molecular mechanisms, assess the potential of novel therapeutic strategies, and characterize the functional and behavioural correlates of injury. Each of the animal models has individual advantages and limitations. The present review looks at several widely-used and alternative rodent models of neonatal hypoxia and hypoxia-ischemia; it highlights their strengths and limitations, and their potential for continued and improved use.
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- Nancy Hamdy
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
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Tang W, Xin X, O'Connor M, Zhang N, Lai B, Man HY, Xie Y, Wei Y. Transient sublethal hypoxia in neonatal rats causes reduced dendritic spines, aberrant synaptic plasticity, and impairments in memory. J Neurosci Res 2020; 98:1588-1604. [PMID: 32495348 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hypoxic/ischemic insult, a leading cause of functional brain defects, has been extensively studied in both clinical and experimental animal research, including its etiology, neuropathogenesis, and pharmacological interventions. Transient sublethal hypoxia (TSH) is a common clinical occurrence in the perinatal period. However, its effect on early developing brains remains poorly understood. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of TSH on the dendrite and dendritic spine formation, neuronal and synaptic activity, and cognitive behavior of early postnatal Day 1 rat pups. While TSH showed no obvious effect on gross brain morphology, neuron cell density, or glial activation in the hippocampus, we found transient hypoxia did cause significant changes in neuronal structure and function. In brains exposed to TSH, hippocampal neurons developed shorter and thinner dendrites, with decreased dendritic spine density, and reduced strength in excitatory synaptic transmission. Moreover, TSH-treated rats showed impaired cognitive performance in spatial learning and memory. Our findings demonstrate that TSH in newborn rats can cause significant impairments in synaptic formation and function, and long-lasting brain functional deficits. Therefore, this study provides a useful animal model for the study of TSH on early developing brains and to explore potential pharmaceutical interventions for patients subjected to TSH insult.
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- Wenjie Tang
- Research Center for Translational Medicine & Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine & Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Brain science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Clinic and Medicine Research Institute for Geriatric Diseases, Gannan Health Promotion and Translational Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Gannan University of Medical sciences, Ganzhou, China
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine & Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Durán-Carabali LE, Sanches EF, Odorcyk FK, Nicola F, Mestriner RG, Reichert L, Aristimunha D, Pagnussat AS, Netto CA. Tissue Injury and Astrocytic Reaction, But Not Cognitive Deficits, Are Dependent on Hypoxia Duration in Very Immature Rats Undergoing Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia. Neurochem Res 2019; 44:2631-2642. [PMID: 31564017 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-019-02884-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Preterm birth and hypoxia-ischemia (HI) are major causes of neonatal death and neurological disabilities in newborns. The widely used preclinical HI model combines carotid occlusion with hypoxia exposure; however, the relationship between different hypoxia exposure periods with brain tissue loss, astrocyte reactivity and behavioral impairments following HI is lacking. Present study evaluated HI-induced behavioral and morphological consequences in rats exposed to different periods of hypoxia at postnatal day 3. Wistar rats of both sexes were assigned into four groups: control group, HI-120 min, HI-180 min and HI-210 min. Neurodevelopmental reflexes, exploratory abilities and cognitive function were assessed. At adulthood, tissue damage and reactive astrogliosis were measured. Animals exposed to HI-180 and HI-210 min had delayed neurodevelopmental reflexes compared to control group. Histological assessment showed tissue loss that was restricted to the ipsilateral hemisphere in lower periods of hypoxia exposure (120 and 180 min) but affected both hemispheres when 210 min was used. Reactive astrogliosis was increased only after 210 min of hypoxia. Interestingly, cognitive deficits were induced regardless the duration of hypoxia and there were correlations between behavioral parameters and cortex, hippocampus and corpus callosum volumes. These results show the duration of hypoxia has a close relationship with astrocytic response and tissue damage progression. Furthermore, the long-lasting cognitive memory deficit and its association with brain structures beyond the hippocampus suggests that complex anatomical changes should be involved in functional alterations taking place as hypoxia duration is increased, even when the cognitive impairment limit is achieved.
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- L E Durán-Carabali
- Post-graduation Program of Physiology, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2600, anexo, Porto Alegre, RS, CEP 90035-003, Brazil.
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- Biochemistry Department, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program of Physiology, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2600, anexo, Porto Alegre, RS, CEP 90035-003, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program of Neuroscience, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair Research Group, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair Research Group, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Biochemistry Department, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program of Physiology, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2600, anexo, Porto Alegre, RS, CEP 90035-003, Brazil.,Post-graduation Program of Neuroscience, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.,Biochemistry Department, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Hiraiwa A, Kawasaki Y, Ibuki K, Hirono K, Matsui M, Yoshimura N, Origasa H, Oishi K, Ichida F. Brain Development of Children With Single Ventricle Physiology or Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Longitudinal Observation Study. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 32:936-944. [PMID: 31306764 DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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To define the correlation between neuroanatomic and developmental outcomes of children with single ventricle (SV) or transposition of the great arteries (TGA), a prospective longitudinal study was performed in preschool and school-age children. Twenty-seven children with congenital heart disease (9, TGA; 18, SV) were included. Participants underwent 3-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neurodevelopmental assessment at around 3 years (preschool age) and at 9 years (school age), and 48 healthy controls underwent MRI, and their data were used to derive best-fit models for normal brain volumes for comparisons with congenital heart disease patients. Total brain volume (TBV) and regional brain volumes remained significantly smaller in SV children than in TGA children at both time points, though the growth slope of TBV was not significantly different between the SV and TGA groups. Although the psychomotor developmental index at preschool was significantly lower in SV patients, the full-scale IQ at school age was not significantly lower in SV patients. There was a strong correlation between full-scale IQ and TBV (r = 0.49, P = 0.005). Despite the current best practices, persistently lower TBV was seen in SV patients until 9 years of age. For both the SV and TGA groups, TBV at 3 years was a strong predictor of TBV at 9 years. Since there was a correlation between TBV and IQ at 9 years, identification of factors that affect brain growth until 3 years will be imperative to improve patients' cognitive function at school age.
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- Akiko Hiraiwa
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
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- Department of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Liberal Arts and Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- The 1st Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Division of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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Lima-Ojeda JM, Mallien AS, Brandwein C, Lang UE, Hefter D, Inta D. Altered prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response in BDNF-deficient mice in a model of early postnatal hypoxia: implications for schizophrenia. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2019; 269:439-447. [PMID: 29453493 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-018-0882-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a major proliferative agent in the nervous system. Both BDNF-deficiency and perinatal hypoxia represent genetic/environmental risk factors for schizophrenia. Moreover, a decreased BDNF response to birth hypoxia was associated with the disease. BDNF expression is influenced by neuronal activity and environmental conditions such as hypoxia. Thus, it may partake in neuroprotective and reparative mechanisms in acute or chronic neuronal insults. However, the interaction of hypoxia and BDNF is insufficiently understood and the behavioral outcome unknown. Therefore, we conducted a battery of behavioral tests in a classical model of chronic early postnatal mild hypoxia (10% O2), known to significantly impair brain development, in BDNF-deficient mice. We found selective deficits in measures associated with sensorimotor gating, namely enhanced acoustic startle response (ASR) and reduced prepulse inhibition (PPI) of ASR in BDNF-deficient mice. Unexpectedly, the alterations of sensorimotor gating were caused only by BDNF-deficiency alone, whereas hypoxia failed to evoke severe deficits and even leads to a milder phenotype in BDNF-deficient mice. As deficits in sensorimotor gating are present in schizophrenia and animal models of the disease, our results are of relevance regarding the involvement of BDNF in its pathogenesis. On the other hand, they suggest that the effect of perinatal hypoxia on long-term brain abnormalities is complex, ranging from protective to deleterious actions, and may critically depend on the degree of hypoxia. Therefore, future studies may refine existing hypoxia protocols to better understand neurodevelopmental consequences associated with schizophrenia.
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- Juan M Lima-Ojeda
- RG Animal Models in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- RG Animal Models in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- RG Animal Models in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry (UPK), University of Basel, Wilhelm Klein-Strasse 27, 4012, Basel, Switzerland
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- RG Animal Models in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- RG Animal Models in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Psychiatry (UPK), University of Basel, Wilhelm Klein-Strasse 27, 4012, Basel, Switzerland.
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Neuroinflammation in preterm babies and autism spectrum disorders. Pediatr Res 2019; 85:155-165. [PMID: 30446768 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-018-0208-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Genetic anomalies have a role in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Each genetic factor is responsible for a small fraction of cases. Environment factors, like preterm delivery, have an important role in ASD. Preterm infants have a 10-fold higher risk of developing ASD. Preterm birth is often associated with maternal/fetal inflammation, leading to a fetal/neonatal inflammatory syndrome. There are demonstrated experimental links between fetal inflammation and the later development of behavioral symptoms consistent with ASD. Preterm infants have deficits in connectivity. Most ASD genes encode synaptic proteins, suggesting that ASD are connectivity pathologies. Microglia are essential for normal synaptogenesis. Microglia are diverted from homeostatic functions towards inflammatory phenotypes during perinatal inflammation, impairing synaptogenesis. Preterm infants with ASD have a different phenotype from term born peers. Our original hypothesis is that exposure to inflammation in preterm infants, combined with at risk genetic background, deregulates brain development leading to ASD.
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Whitehead HV, Vesoulis ZA, Maheshwari A, Rao R, Mathur AM. Anemia of prematurity and cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy: should transfusion thresholds in preterm infants be revised? J Perinatol 2018; 38:1022-1029. [PMID: 29740185 PMCID: PMC6136959 DOI: 10.1038/s41372-018-0120-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 03/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of progressive anemia of prematurity on cerebral regional saturation (C-rSO2) in preterm infants and identify the hemoglobin threshold below which a critical decrease (>2SD below the mean) in C-rSO2 occurs. STUDY DESIGN In a cohort of infants born ≤30 weeks EGA, weekly C-rSO2 data were prospectively collected from the second week of life through 36 weeks post-menstrual age (PMA). Clinically obtained hemoglobin values were noted at the time of recording. Recordings were excluded if they were of insufficient duration (<1 h) or if the hemoglobin was not measured within 7 days. Statistical analysis was performed using a linear mixed effects-model and ROC analysis. ROC analysis was used to determine the threshold of anemia, where C-rSO2 critically decreased >2SD below the mean normative value (<55%) in preterm infants. RESULTS In total 253 recordings from 68 infants (mean EGA 26.9 ± 2.1 weeks, BW 1025 ± 287 g, 49% male) were included. Approximately 29 out of 68 infants (43%) were transfused during hospitalization. Mixed-model statistical analysis adjusting for EGA, BW, and PMA revealed a significant association between decreasing hemoglobin and C-rSO2 (p < 0.01) in transfusion-naive infants but not in transfused infants. In the transfusion naive group, using ROC analysis demonstrated a threshold hemoglobin of 9.5 g/dL (AUC 0.81, p < 0.01) for critical cerebral desaturation in preterm infants. CONCLUSIONS In transfusion-naive preterm infants, worsening anemia was associated with a progressive decrease in cerebral saturations. Analysis identified a threshold hemoglobin of 9.5 g/dL below which C-rSO2 dropped >2SD below the mean.
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- Halana V. Whitehead
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
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Radom-Aizik S, Zaldivar FP, Nance DM, Haddad F, Cooper DM, Adams GR. A Translational Model of Incomplete Catch-Up Growth: Early-Life Hypoxia and the Effect of Physical Activity. Clin Transl Sci 2018; 11:412-419. [PMID: 29603633 PMCID: PMC6039202 DOI: 10.1111/cts.12550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Advances in therapies have led to prolonged survival from many previously lethal health threats in children, notably among prematurely born babies and those with congenital heart disease. Evidence for catch‐up growth is common in these children, but in many cases the adult phenotype is never achieved. A translational animal model is required in which specific tissues can be studied over a reasonable time interval. We investigated the impact of postnatal hypoxia (HY) (12%O2 (HY12) or 10% O2 (HY10)) on growth in rats relative to animals raised in room air. Subgroups had access to running wheels following the HY period. Growth was fully compensated in adult HY12 rats but not HY10 rats. The results of this study indicate that neonatal hypoxia can be a useful model for the elucidation of mechanisms that mediate successful catch‐up growth following neonatal insults and identify the critical factors that prevent successful catch‐up growth.
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- Shlomit Radom-Aizik
- Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center (PERC), Departments of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center (PERC), Departments of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center (PERC), Departments of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center (PERC), Departments of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center (PERC), Departments of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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Hefter D, Marti HH, Gass P, Inta D. Perinatal Hypoxia and Ischemia in Animal Models of Schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2018; 9:106. [PMID: 29651259 PMCID: PMC5884869 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Intrauterine or perinatal complications constitute a major risk for psychiatric diseases. Infants who suffered from hypoxia-ischemia (HI) are at twofold risk to develop schizophrenia in later life. Several animal models attempt to reproduce these complications to study the yet unknown steps between an insult in early life and outbreak of the disease decades later. However, it is very challenging to find the right type and severity of insult leading to a disease-like phenotype in the animal, but not causing necrosis and focal neurological deficits. By contrast, too mild, repetitive insults may even be protective via conditioning effects. Thus, it is not surprising that animal models of hypoxia lead to mixed results. To achieve clinically translatable findings, better protocols are urgently needed. Therefore, we compare widely used models of hypoxia and HI and propose future directions for the field.
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- Dimitri Hefter
- RG Animal Models in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,RG Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- RG Neurovascular Research, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- RG Animal Models in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- RG Animal Models in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Heye KN, Knirsch W, Latal B, Scheer I, Wetterling K, Hahn A, Akintürk H, Schranz D, Beck I, O´Gorman Tuura R, Reich B. Reduction of brain volumes after neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in single-ventricle congenital heart disease before Fontan completion. Pediatr Res 2018; 83:63-70. [PMID: 29278641 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2017.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BackgroundLittle is known about the relationship between brain volumes and neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age in children with single-ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD). We hypothesized that reduced brain volumes may be associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcome.MethodsVolumetric segmentation of cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans was carried out in 44 patients without genetic comorbidities and in 8 controls. Neurodevelopmental outcome was assessed with the Bayley-III scales.ResultsGray matter (GM), deep GM, white matter (WM), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volumes were 611±59, 43±4.5, 277±30, and 16.4 ml, respectively (interquartile range (IQR) 13.1, 23.3 ml). Children undergoing neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass surgery showed smaller deep GM (P=0.005) and WM (P=0.021) volumes. Brain volumes were smaller in patients compared with controls (GM: P=0.017, deep GM: P=0.012, and WM: P=0.015), whereas CSF volumes were greater (P=0.014). Of all intracranial volumes, only CSF volume was associated with neurodevelopmental outcome, accounting for 21% (P=0.011) of variability in the cognitive composite score when combined with common risk factors in a multivariable analysis.ConclusionIncreased CSF volume represents a significant risk factor for neurodevelopmental impairment in children with single-ventricle CHD. Later assessments are warranted to determine the prognostic role of intracranial volumes for long-term outcome.
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- Kristina N Heye
- Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Child Development Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, MR-Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Giessen, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Pediatric Heart Center, University Hospital Giessen, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Pediatric Heart Center, University Hospital Giessen, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, MR-Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Heart Center, University Hospital Giessen, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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van Tilborg E, Achterberg EJM, van Kammen CM, van der Toorn A, Groenendaal F, Dijkhuizen RM, Heijnen CJ, Vanderschuren LJMJ, Benders MNJL, Nijboer CHA. Combined fetal inflammation and postnatal hypoxia causes myelin deficits and autism-like behavior in a rat model of diffuse white matter injury. Glia 2017; 66:78-93. [PMID: 28925578 PMCID: PMC5724703 DOI: 10.1002/glia.23216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Diffuse white matter injury (WMI) is a serious problem in extremely preterm infants, and is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcome, including cognitive impairments and an increased risk of autism-spectrum disorders. Important risk factors include fetal or perinatal inflammatory insults and fluctuating cerebral oxygenation. However, the exact mechanisms underlying diffuse WMI are not fully understood and no treatment options are currently available. The use of clinically relevant animal models is crucial to advance knowledge on the pathophysiology of diffuse WMI, allowing the definition of novel therapeutic targets. In the present study, we developed a multiple-hit animal model of diffuse WMI by combining fetal inflammation and postnatal hypoxia in rats. We characterized the effects on white matter development and functional outcome by immunohistochemistry, MRI and behavioral paradigms. Combined fetal inflammation and postnatal hypoxia resulted in delayed cortical myelination, microglia activation and astrogliosis at P18, together with long-term changes in oligodendrocyte maturation as observed in 10 week old animals. Furthermore, rats with WMI showed impaired motor performance, increased anxiety and signs of autism-like behavior, i.e. reduced social play behavior and increased repetitive grooming. In conclusion, the combination of fetal inflammation and postnatal hypoxia in rats induces a pattern of brain injury and functional impairments that closely resembles the clinical situation of diffuse WMI. This animal model provides the opportunity to elucidate pathophysiological mechanisms underlying WMI, and can be used to develop novel treatment options for diffuse WMI in preterm infants.
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- Erik van Tilborg
- Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584EA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animals in Science and Society, Division of Behavioural Neuroscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584CM, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584EA, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CJ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584EA, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CJ, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, Department of Symptom Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 77030
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- Department of Animals in Science and Society, Division of Behavioural Neuroscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584CM, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584EA, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584EA, The Netherlands
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Clayton BL, Huang A, Kunjamma RB, Solanki A, Popko B. The integrated stress response in hypoxia-induced diffuse white matter injury. J Neurosci 2017; 37:2738-16. [PMID: 28720571 PMCID: PMC5546113 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2738-16.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Revised: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Currently no treatments exist for preterm infants with diffuse white matter injury (DWMI) caused by hypoxia. Due to improved care of preterm neonates and increased recognition by advanced imaging techniques, the prevalence of DWMI is increasing. A better understanding of the pathophysiology of DWMI is therefore of critical importance. The integrated stress response (ISR), a conserved eukaryotic response to myriad stressors including hypoxia, may play a role in hypoxia-induced DWMI and may represent a novel target for much needed therapies. In this study we utilize in vitro and in vivo hypoxic models of DWMI to investigate whether the ISR is involved in DWMI. We demonstrate that hypoxia activates the ISR in primary mouse oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) in vitro and that genetically inhibiting the ISR in differentiating OPCs increases their susceptibility to in vitro hypoxia. We also show that a well-established in vivo mild chronic hypoxia (MCH) mouse model and a new severe acute hypoxia (SAH) mouse model of DWMI activates the initial step of the ISR. Nonetheless, genetic inhibition of the ISR has no detectable effect on either MCH or SAH-induced DWMI. In addition, we demonstrate that genetic enhancement of the ISR does not ameliorate MCH or SAH-induced DWMI. These studies suggest that while the ISR protects OPCs from hypoxia in vitro, it does not appear to play a major role in either MCH or SAH-induced DWMI and is therefore not a likely target for therapies aimed at improving neurological outcome in preterm neonates with hypoxia-induced DWMI.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTDiffuse white matter injury (DWMI) caused by hypoxia is a leading cause of neurological deficits following premature birth. An increased understanding of the pathogenesis of this disease is critical. The integrated stress response (ISR) is activated by hypoxia and protects oligodendrocyte lineage cells in other disease models. This has led to an interest in the potential role of the ISR in DWMI. Here we examine the ISR in hypoxia-induced DWMI and show that while the ISR protects oligodendrocyte lineage cells from hypoxia in vitro, genetic inhibition or enhancement of the ISR has no effect on hypoxia-induced DWMI in vivo suggesting that the ISR does not play a major role in, and is not a likely therapeutic target for, DWMI.
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- Benjamin Ll Clayton
- Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Animal Resource Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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Jiang ZD, Wang C. Abnormal findings in brainstem auditory evoked response at 36-37weeks of postconceptional age in babies with neonatal chronic lung disease. Early Hum Dev 2016; 103:161-165. [PMID: 27693722 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM To examine brainstem auditory function at 36-37weeks of postconceptional age in preterm infants who are diagnosed to have neonatal chronic lung disease (CLD). STUDY DESIGN Preterm infants, born at 31 and less weeks of gestation, were studied at 36-37weeks of postconceptional age when they were diagnosed to have neonatal CLD. Brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) was recorded and analyzed at different click rates. RESULTS Compared with healthy controls at the same postconceptional age, the CLD infants showed a slightly increase in BAER wave V latency. However, the I-V, and III-V interpeak intervals in the CLD infants were significantly increased. The III-V/I-III interval ratio was also significantly increased. The amplitudes of BAER waves III and V in the CLD infants tended to be reduced. These BAER findings were similar at all 21, 51 and 91/s clicks, although the abnormalities tended to be more significant at higher than at low click rates. CONCLUSION At 36-37weeks of postconceptional age, BAER was abnormal in preterm infants who were diagnosed to have neonatal CLD. This suggests that at time when the diagnosis of CLD is made there is functional impairment, reflecting poor myelination, in the brainstem auditory pathway in preterm infants with neonatal CLD.
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- Ze D Jiang
- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China,.
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Wang WT, Lee P, Dong Y, Yeh HW, Kim J, Weiner CP, Brooks WM, Choi IY. In Vivo Neurochemical Characterization of Developing Guinea Pigs and the Effect of Chronic Fetal Hypoxia. Neurochem Res 2016; 41:1831-43. [PMID: 27233245 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-016-1924-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The guinea pig is a frequently used animal model for human pregnancy complications, such as oxygen deprivation or hypoxia, which result in altered brain development. To investigate the impact of in utero chronic hypoxia on brain development, pregnant guinea pigs underwent either normoxic or hypoxic conditions at about 70 % of 65-day term gestation. After delivery, neurochemical profiles consisting of 19 metabolites and macromolecules were obtained from the neonatal cortex, hippocampus, and striatum from birth to 12 weeks postpartum using in vivo (1)H MR spectroscopy at 9.4 T. The effects of chronic fetal hypoxia on the neurochemical profiles were particularly significant at birth. However, the overall developmental trends of neurochemical concentration changes were similar between normoxic and hypoxic animals. Alterations of neurochemicals including N-acetylaspartate (NAA), phosphorylethanolamine, creatine, phosphocreatine, and myo-inositol indicate neuronal loss, delayed myelination, and altered brain energetics due to chronic fetal hypoxia. These observed neurochemical alterations in the developing brain may provide insights into hypoxia-induced brain pathology, neurodevelopmental compromise, and potential neuroprotective measures.
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- Wen-Tung Wang
- Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MSN 1052, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MSN 1052, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
- The Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- The Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MSN 1052, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MSN 1052, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
- The Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MSN 1052, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.
- The Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.
- The Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.
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Wang X, Mallard C. Editorial: White blood cells matter in neonatal white-matter injury. J Leukoc Biol 2016; 99:4-6. [PMID: 26733001 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.3ce0615-242r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Xiaoyang Wang
- *Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden; and Centre for the Developing Brain, Department of Perinatal Imaging and Health, King's College London, United Kingdom
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- *Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden; and Centre for the Developing Brain, Department of Perinatal Imaging and Health, King's College London, United Kingdom
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Cognitive impairment in a young marmoset reveals lateral ventriculomegaly and a mild hippocampal atrophy: a case report. Sci Rep 2015; 5:16046. [PMID: 26527211 PMCID: PMC4630607 DOI: 10.1038/srep16046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
The number of studies that use the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) in various fields of neurosciences is increasing dramatically. In general, animals enter the study when their health status is considered satisfactory on the basis of classical clinical investigations. In behavioral studies, variations of score between individuals are frequently observed, some of them being considered as poor performers or outliers. Experimenters rarely consider the fact that it could be related to some brain anomaly. This raises the important issue of the reliability of such classical behavioral approaches without using complementary imaging, especially in animals lacking striking external clinical signs. Here we report the case of a young marmoset which presented a set of cognitive impairments in two different tasks compared to other age-matched animals. Brain imaging revealed a patent right lateral ventricular enlargement with a mild hippocampal atrophy. This abnormality could explain the cognitive impairments of this animal. Such a case points to the importance of complementing behavioral studies by imaging explorations to avoid experimental bias.
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Penn AA, Gressens P, Fleiss B, Back SA, Gallo V. Controversies in preterm brain injury. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 92:90-101. [PMID: 26477300 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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In this review, we highlight critical unresolved questions in the etiology and mechanisms causing preterm brain injury. Involvement of neurons, glia, endogenous factors and exogenous exposures is considered. The structural and functional correlates of interrupted development and injury in the premature brain are under active investigation, with the hope that the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying developmental abnormalities in the human preterm brain can be understood, prevented or repaired.
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- Anna A Penn
- Fetal Medicine Institute, Neonatology, Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMRS 1141, Paris, France; Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College, St Thomas' Campus, London, UK
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- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMRS 1141, Paris, France; Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College, St Thomas' Campus, London, UK
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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Watzlawik JO, Kahoud RJ, O’Toole RJ, White KAM, Ogden AR, Painter MM, Wootla B, Papke LM, Denic A, Weimer JM, Carey WA, Rodriguez M. Abbreviated exposure to hypoxia is sufficient to induce CNS dysmyelination, modulate spinal motor neuron composition, and impair motor development in neonatal mice. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0128007. [PMID: 26020269 PMCID: PMC4447462 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Neonatal white matter injury (nWMI) is an increasingly common cause of cerebral palsy that results predominantly from hypoxic injury to progenitor cells including those of the oligodendrocyte lineage. Existing mouse models of nWMI utilize prolonged periods of hypoxia during the neonatal period, require complex cross-fostering and exhibit poor growth and high mortality rates. Abnormal CNS myelin composition serves as the major explanation for persistent neuro-motor deficits. Here we developed a simplified model of nWMI with low mortality rates and improved growth without cross-fostering. Neonatal mice are exposed to low oxygen from postnatal day (P) 3 to P7, which roughly corresponds to the period of human brain development between gestational weeks 32 and 36. CNS hypomyelination is detectable for 2–3 weeks post injury and strongly correlates with levels of body and brain weight loss. Immediately following hypoxia treatment, cell death was evident in multiple brain regions, most notably in superficial and deep cortical layers as well as the subventricular zone progenitor compartment. PDGFαR, Nkx2.2, and Olig2 positive oligodendrocyte progenitor cell were significantly reduced until postnatal day 27. In addition to CNS dysmyelination we identified a novel pathological marker for adult hypoxic animals that strongly correlates with life-long neuro-motor deficits. Mice reared under hypoxia reveal an abnormal spinal neuron composition with increased small and medium diameter axons and decreased large diameter axons in thoracic lateral and anterior funiculi. Differences were particularly pronounced in white matter motor tracts left and right of the anterior median fissure. Our findings suggest that 4 days of exposure to hypoxia are sufficient to induce experimental nWMI in CD1 mice, thus providing a model to test new therapeutics. Pathological hallmarks of this model include early cell death, decreased OPCs and hypomyelination in early postnatal life, followed by dysmyelination, abnormal spinal neuron composition, and neuro-motor deficits in adulthood.
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- Jens O. Watzlawik
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Children's Health Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States of America
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- Children's Health Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States of America
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- Children's Health Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Children's Health Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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Coppi E, Cellai L, Maraula G, Dettori I, Melani A, Pugliese AM, Pedata F. Role of adenosine in oligodendrocyte precursor maturation. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 9:155. [PMID: 25964740 PMCID: PMC4408841 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Differentiation and maturation of oligodendroglial cells are postnatal processes that involve specific morphological changes correlated with the expression of stage-specific surface antigens and functional voltage-gated ion channels. A small fraction of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) generated during development are maintained in an immature and slowly proliferative or quiescent state in the adult central nervous system (CNS) representing an endogenous reservoir of immature cells. Adenosine receptors are expressed by OPCs and a key role of adenosine in oligodendrocyte maturation has been recently recognized. As evaluated on OPC cultures, adenosine, by stimulating A1 receptors, promotes oligodendrocyte maturation and inhibits their proliferation; on the contrary, by stimulating A2A receptors, it inhibits oligodendrocyte maturation. A1 and A2A receptor-mediated effects are related to opposite modifications of outward delayed rectifying membrane K+ currents (IK) that are involved in the regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation. Brain A1 and A2A receptors might represent new molecular targets for drugs useful in demyelinating pathologies, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), stroke and brain trauma.
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- Elisabetta Coppi
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence Florence, Italy
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Navarrete-Opazo A, Mitchell GS. Therapeutic potential of intermittent hypoxia: a matter of dose. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2014; 307:R1181-97. [PMID: 25231353 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00208.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Intermittent hypoxia (IH) has been the subject of considerable research in recent years, and triggers a bewildering array of both detrimental and beneficial effects in multiple physiological systems. Here, we review the extensive literature concerning IH and its impact on the respiratory, cardiovascular, immune, metabolic, bone, and nervous systems. One major goal is to define relevant IH characteristics leading to safe, protective, and/or therapeutic effects vs. pathogenesis. To understand the impact of IH, it is essential to define critical characteristics of the IH protocol under investigation, including potentially the severity of hypoxia within episodes, the duration of hypoxic episodes, the number of hypoxic episodes per day, the pattern of presentation across time (e.g., within vs. consecutive vs. alternating days), and the cumulative time of exposure. Not surprisingly, severe/chronic IH protocols tend to be pathogenic, whereas any beneficial effects are more likely to arise from modest/acute IH exposures. Features of the IH protocol most highly associated with beneficial vs. pathogenic outcomes include the level of hypoxemia within episodes and the number of episodes per day. Modest hypoxia (9-16% inspired O2) and low cycle numbers (3-15 episodes per day) most often lead to beneficial effects without pathology, whereas severe hypoxia (2-8% inspired O2) and more episodes per day (48-2,400 episodes/day) elicit progressively greater pathology. Accumulating evidence suggests that "low dose" IH (modest hypoxia, few episodes) may be a simple, safe, and effective treatment with considerable therapeutic potential for multiple clinical disorders.
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- Angela Navarrete-Opazo
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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Shim JW, Sandlund J, Madsen JR. VEGF: a potential target for hydrocephalus. Cell Tissue Res 2014; 358:667-83. [PMID: 25146955 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1978-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Growth factors are primarily responsible for the genesis, differentiation and proliferation of cells and maintenance of tissues. Given the central role of growth factors in signaling between cells in health and in disease, it is understandable that disruption of growth factor-mediated molecular signaling can cause diverse phenotypic consequences including cancer and neurological conditions. This review will focus on the specific questions of enlarged cerebral ventricles and hydrocephalus. It is also well known that angiogenic factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), affect tissue permeability through activation of receptors and adhesion molecules; hence, recent studies showing elevations of this factor in pediatric hydrocephalus led to the demonstration that VEGF can induce ventriculomegaly and altered ependyma when infused in animals. In this review, we discuss recent findings implicating the involvement of biochemical and biophysical factors that can induce a VEGF-mimicking effect in communicating hydrocephalus and pay particular attention to the role of the VEGF system as a potential pharmacological target in the treatment of some cases of hydrocephalus. The source of VEGF secretion in the cerebral ventricles, in periventricular regions and during pathologic events including hydrocephalus following hypoxia and hemorrhage is sought. The review is concluded with a summary of potential non-surgical treatments in preclinical studies suggesting several molecular targets including VEGF for hydrocephalus and related neurological disorders.
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- Joon W Shim
- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 723 W. Michigan Street SL354, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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Yuen TJ, Silbereis JC, Griveau A, Chang SM, Daneman R, Fancy SPJ, Zahed H, Maltepe E, Rowitch DH. Oligodendrocyte-encoded HIF function couples postnatal myelination and white matter angiogenesis. Cell 2014; 158:383-396. [PMID: 25018103 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2013] [Revised: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Myelin sheaths provide critical functional and trophic support for axons in white matter tracts of the brain. Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) have extraordinary metabolic requirements during development as they differentiate to produce multiple myelin segments, implying that they must first secure adequate access to blood supply. However, mechanisms that coordinate myelination and angiogenesis are unclear. Here, we show that oxygen tension, mediated by OPC-encoded hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) function, is an essential regulator of postnatal myelination. Constitutive HIF1/2α stabilization resulted in OPC maturation arrest through autocrine activation of canonical Wnt7a/7b. Surprisingly, such OPCs also show paracrine activity that induces excessive postnatal white matter angiogenesis in vivo and directly stimulates endothelial cell proliferation in vitro. Conversely, OPC-specific HIF1/2α loss of function leads to insufficient angiogenesis in corpus callosum and catastrophic axon loss. These findings indicate that OPC-intrinsic HIF signaling couples postnatal white matter angiogenesis, axon integrity, and the onset of myelination in mammalian forebrain.
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- Tracy J Yuen
- Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Medical Science Training Program, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Division of Neonatology, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Division of Neonatology, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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Lack of protracted behavioral abnormalities following intermittent or continuous chronic mild hypoxia in perinatal C57BL/6 mice. Neurosci Lett 2014; 577:77-82. [PMID: 24937272 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Revised: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Several prospective studies indicated perinatal hypoxia as risk factor for psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia. It is thought that hypoxia prior to or during birth may contribute to alterations leading to the protracted clinical manifestation during young adulthood. However, only a small fraction of children with a history of perinatal hypoxia develop later psychotic symptoms, therefore it is not known if hypoxia alone is sufficient to trigger long-term behavioral changes. Here we exposed C57BL/6 mice from postnatal day 3-7 (P3-P7) to two established paradigms of chronic mild hypoxia (10% ambient O2), intermittent and continuous. Subsequently, mice were analysed during young adult stages using several basic behavioral tests. Previous studies demonstrated severe, but only transient, cortical damage in these paradigms; it is not clear, if these reversible morphological changes are accompanied by long-term behavioral effects. We found that neither intermittent nor continuous perinatal hypoxia induced long-term behavioral alterations. This may be due to the high regenerative capacity of the perinatal brain. Other possibilities include a potential resistance to perinatal hypoxia of the mouse strain used here or a level of hypoxia that was insufficient to trigger significant behavioral changes. Therefore, our data do not exclude a role of perinatal hypoxia as risk factor for psychiatric disorders. They rather suggest that either other, more severe hypoxic conditions like anoxia, or the presence of additional factors (as genetic risk factors) are necessary for generating long-term behavioral abnormalities.
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Elitt CM, Rosenberg PA. The challenge of understanding cerebral white matter injury in the premature infant. Neuroscience 2014; 276:216-38. [PMID: 24838063 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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White matter injury in the premature infant leads to motor and more commonly behavioral and cognitive problems that are a tremendous burden to society. While there has been much progress in understanding unique vulnerabilities of developing oligodendrocytes over the past 30years, there remain no proven therapies for the premature infant beyond supportive care. The lack of translational progress may be partially explained by the challenge of developing relevant animal models when the etiology remains unclear, as is the case in this disorder. There has been an emphasis on hypoxia-ischemia and infection/inflammation as upstream etiologies, but less consideration of other contributory factors. This review highlights the evolution of white matter pathology in the premature infant, discusses the prevailing proposed etiologies, critically analyzes a sampling of common animal models and provides detailed support for our hypothesis that nutritional and hormonal deprivation may be additional factors playing critical and overlooked roles in white matter pathology in the premature infant.
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- C M Elitt
- Department of Neurology and the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology and the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Back SA, Rosenberg PA. Pathophysiology of glia in perinatal white matter injury. Glia 2014; 62:1790-815. [PMID: 24687630 DOI: 10.1002/glia.22658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Injury to the preterm brain has a particular predilection for cerebral white matter. White matter injury (WMI) is the most common cause of brain injury in preterm infants and a major cause of chronic neurological morbidity including cerebral palsy. Factors that predispose to WMI include cerebral oxygenation disturbances and maternal-fetal infection. During the acute phase of WMI, pronounced oxidative damage occurs that targets late oligodendrocyte progenitors (pre-OLs). The developmental predilection for WMI to occur during prematurity appears to be related to both the timing of appearance and regional distribution of susceptible pre-OLs that are vulnerable to a variety of chemical mediators including reactive oxygen species, glutamate, cytokines, and adenosine. During the chronic phase of WMI, the white matter displays abberant regeneration and repair responses. Early OL progenitors respond to WMI with a rapid robust proliferative response that results in a several fold regeneration of pre-OLs that fail to terminally differentiate along their normal developmental time course. Pre-OL maturation arrest appears to be related in part to inhibitory factors that derive from reactive astrocytes in chronic lesions. Recent high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data support that three distinct forms of chronic WMI exist, each of which displays unique MRI and histopathological features. These findings suggest the possibility that therapies directed at myelin regeneration and repair could be initiated early after WMI and monitored over time. These new mechanisms of acute and chronic WMI provide access to a variety of new strategies to prevent or promote repair of WMI in premature infants.
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- Stephen A Back
- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Morken TS, Nyman AKG, Sandvig I, Torp SH, Skranes J, Goa PE, Brubakk AM, Widerøe M. Brain development after neonatal intermittent hyperoxia-hypoxia in the rat studied by longitudinal MRI and immunohistochemistry. PLoS One 2013; 8:e84109. [PMID: 24358332 PMCID: PMC3866165 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Neonatal intermittent hyperoxia-hypoxia (IHH) is involved in the pathogenesis of retinopathy of prematurity. Whether similar oxygen fluctuations will create pathological changes in the grey and white matter of the brain is unknown. METHODS From birth until postnatal day 14 (P14), two litters (total n = 22) were reared in IHH: hyperoxia (50% O2) interrupted by three consecutive two-minute episodes of hypoxia (12% O2) every sixth hour. Controls (n = 8) were reared in room-air (20.9% O2). Longitudinal MRI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging and T2-mapping) was performed on P14 and P28 and retinal and brain tissue were examined for histopathological changes. Long-term neurodevelopment was assessed on P20 and P27. RESULTS Mean, radial and axial diffusivity were higher in white matter of IHH versus controls at P14 (p < 0.04), while fractional anisotropy (FA) was lower in the hippocampal fimbria and tended to be lower in corpus callosum (p = 0.08) and external capsule (p = 0.05). White matter diffusivity in IHH was similar to controls at P28. Higher cortical vessel density (p = 0.005) was observed at P14. Cortical and thalamic T2-relaxation time and mean diffusivity were higher in the IHH group at P14 (p ≤ 0.03), and albumin leakage was present at P28. Rats in the IHH group ran for a longer time on a Rotarod than the control group (p ≤ 0.005). Pups with lower bodyweight had more severe MRI alterations and albumin leakage. CONCLUSION IHH led to subtle reversible changes in brain white matter diffusivity, grey matter water content and vascular density. However, alterations in blood-brain barrier permeability may point to long-term effects. The changes seen after IHH exposure were more severe in animals with lower bodyweight and future studies should aim at exploring possible interactions between IHH and growth restriction.
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- Tora Sund Morken
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Pediatrics, St. Olav University Hospital, Central Norway Regional Health Authority, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Radiology, St. Olav University Hospital, Central Norway Regional Health Authority, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Pediatrics, St. Olav University Hospital, Central Norway Regional Health Authority, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Pozo Devoto VM, Bogetti ME, Fiszer de Plazas S. Developmental and hypoxia-induced cell death share common ultrastructural and biochemical apoptotic features in the central nervous system. Neuroscience 2013; 252:190-200. [PMID: 23933309 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.07.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Hypoxic insults during the perinatal period lead to motor and cognitive impairments that later appear during childhood. In the adult brain, hypoxic events often lead to necrotic neuronal death, depending on the region and intensity of the event. During development an active apoptotic cell death occurs and could be an important variable affecting the hypoxic insult outcome. In the present work we performed a comparative study, in a chick embryo model, of the phenotypes and molecular markers exhibited during developmental and hypoxic cell death (HxCD). Ultrastructural analysis of optic tectum cells of embryos subjected to hypoxia (8% O2, 60 min) revealed a clear apoptotic morphology that did not differ from the one exhibited during developmental cell death. Integrity of plasma membrane, condensation of chromatin in round well-defined bodies, and gradual shrinkage of the cell are all hallmarks of the apoptotic process and were present in both control and hypoxic cells. To elucidate if hypoxic and developmental cell deaths share a common mechanism we evaluated the activation of both intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways. A basal cleavage of caspase-9 and cytochrome c release was observed by co-immunofluorescence in control embryos, but hypoxic insult significantly increased the incidence of this colocalization. Caspase-8 cleavage remained unchanged after the hypoxic insult, suggesting that the extrinsic pathway would not be involved in hypoxic death. We also observed a significant decrease of Akt activation immediately after hypoxia, possibly facilitating the later release of cytochrome c. In addition we analyzed the influence of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) in neuronal survival. Transection of RGC fibers at embryonic day (ED) 3 did not induce any change in developmental and HxCD at ED12. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate that a hypoxic insult in the developing brain triggers the same apoptotic pathway as the active developmental death.
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- V M Pozo Devoto
- Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Prof. E. De Robertis, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Oligodendrocyte regeneration after neonatal hypoxia requires FoxO1-mediated p27Kip1 expression. J Neurosci 2013; 32:14775-93. [PMID: 23077062 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2060-12.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Diffuse white matter injury (DWMI) caused by hypoxia is associated with permanent neurodevelopmental disabilities in preterm infants. The cellular and molecular mechanisms producing DWMI are poorly defined. Using a mouse model of neonatal hypoxia, we demonstrate a biphasic effect on oligodendrocyte development, resulting in hypomyelination. Oligodendrocyte death and oligodendrocyte progenitor cell (OPC) proliferation during the week after hypoxia were followed by delayed oligodendrocyte differentiation and abnormal myelination, as demonstrated by electron microscopy. Cdk2 activation was essential for the regenerative OPC response after hypoxia and was accompanied by reduced FoxO1-dependent p27(Kip1) expression. p27(Kip1) was also reduced in OPCs in human infant white matter lesions after hypoxia. The negative effects of hypoxia on oligodendrogenesis and myelination were more pronounced in p27(Kip1)-null mice; conversely, overexpression of FoxO1 or p27(Kip1) in OPCs after hypoxia promoted oligodendrogenesis. Our studies demonstrate for the first time that neonatal hypoxia affects the Foxo1/p27(Kip1) pathway during white matter development. We also show that molecular manipulation of this pathway enhances oligodendrocyte regeneration during a critical developmental time window after DWMI. Thus, FoxO1 and p27(Kip1) may serve as promising target molecules for promoting timely oligodendrogenesis in neonatal DWMI.
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Traudt CM, Juul SE. Erythropoietin as a neuroprotectant for neonatal brain injury: animal models. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 982:113-26. [PMID: 23456865 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-308-4_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Prematurity and perinatal hypoxia-ischemia are common problems that result in significant neurodevelopmental morbidity and high mortality worldwide. The Vannucci model of unilateral brain injury was developed to model perinatal brain injury due to hypoxia-ischemia. Because the rodent brain is altricial, i.e., it develops postnatally, investigators can model either preterm or term brain injury by varying the age at which injury is induced. This model has allowed investigators to better understand developmental changes that occur in susceptibility of the brain to injury, evolution of brain injury over time, and response to potential neuroprotective treatments. The Vannucci model combines unilateral common carotid artery ligation with a hypoxic insult. This produces injury of the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, hippocampus, and periventricular white matter ipsilateral to the ligated artery. Varying degrees of injury can be obtained by varying the depth and duration of the hypoxic insult. This chapter details one approach to the Vannucci model and also reviews the neuroprotective effects of erythropoietin (Epo), a neuroprotective treatment that has been extensively investigated using this model and others.
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- Christopher M Traudt
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Chronic perinatal hypoxia reduces glutamate-aspartate transporter function in astrocytes through the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription pathway. J Neurosci 2012; 31:17864-71. [PMID: 22159101 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3179-11.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern the response of the perinatal brain to injury remain largely unexplored. We investigated the role of white matter astrocytes in a rodent model of diffuse white matter injury produced by exposing neonatal mice to chronic hypoxia-a paradigm that mimics brain injury in premature infants. We demonstrate the absence of reactive gliosis in the immature white matter following chronic hypoxia, as determined by astrocyte proliferation index and glial fibrillary acidic protein levels. Instead, Nestin expression in astrocytes is transiently increased, and the glial-specific glutamate transporters glutamate-aspartate transporter (GLAST) and glutamate transporter 1 (GLT-1) are reduced. Finally, we demonstrate that Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling-which is important in both astrocyte development and response to injury-is reduced in the white matter following hypoxia, as well as in primary astrocytes exposed to hypoxia in vitro. Hypoxia and JAK/STAT inhibition reduce glutamate transporter expression in astrocytes, but unlike hypoxia JAK/STAT inhibition downregulates GLAST expression without affecting GLT-1, as demonstrated in vitro by treatment with JAK inhibitor I and in vivo by treatment with the JAK/STAT inhibitor AG490 [(E)-2-cyano-3-(3,4-dihydrophenyl)-N-(phenylmethyl)-2-propenamide]. Our findings (1) demonstrate specific changes in astrocyte function after perinatal hypoxia, which might contribute to the particular pathogenesis of perinatal white matter injury, (2) provide evidence that at least part of these changes result from a disturbance of the JAK/STAT pathway by hypoxia, and (3) identify JAK/STAT signaling as a potential therapeutic target to restore normal GLAST expression and uptake of glutamate after perinatal brain injury.
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Tao JD, Barnette AR, Griffith JL, Neil JJ, Inder TE. Histopathologic correlation with diffusion tensor imaging after chronic hypoxia in the immature ferret. Pediatr Res 2012; 71:192-8. [PMID: 22258131 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2011.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Chronic hypoxia in rodents induces white matter (WM) injury similar to that in human preterm infants. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and immunohistochemistry to study the impact of hypoxia in the immature ferret at two developmental time points relevant to the preterm and term brain. RESULTS On ex vivo imaging, the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was decreased throughout the WM after 10 days of hypoxia (hypoxia from postnatal day 10 (P10) to P20 and killed at P20 (early hypoxia P20)), corresponding to increased astrocytosis and decreased myelination. Diffusion values normalized after 10 days of normoxia (hypoxia from P10 to P20 and killed at P30 (early hypoxia P30)), but immunohistochemistry revealed significant astrocytosis and hypomyelination. In contrast, ADC and anisotropy were increased after 10 days of hypoxia at a later developmental time point (hypoxia from P20 to P30 and killed at P30 (late hypoxia P30)), with less astrocytosis and more prominent myelination. DISCUSSION The patterns of alteration in imaging and histology varied in relation to the developmental time at which hypoxia occurred. Normalization of diffusion measures did not correspond to the normalization of underlying histopathology. METHODS Ferrets were subjected to 10% hypoxia and divided into three groups: early hypoxia P20, early hypoxia P30, and late hypoxia P30.
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- Joshua D Tao
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Tolcos M, Bateman E, O'Dowd R, Markwick R, Vrijsen K, Rehn A, Rees S. Intrauterine growth restriction affects the maturation of myelin. Exp Neurol 2011; 232:53-65. [PMID: 21867703 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Revised: 05/21/2011] [Accepted: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Intrauterine growth-restriction (IUGR) can lead to adverse neurodevelopmental sequelae in postnatal life. Our objective was to determine whether IUGR, induced by chronic placental insufficiency (CPI) in the guinea pig results in long-term deficits in brain myelination and could therefore contribute to altered neural function. CPI was induced by unilateral ligation of the uterine artery at mid-gestation (term~67 days of gestation; dg), producing growth-restricted (GR) foetuses (60 dg), neonates (1 week) and young adults (8 week); controls were from the unligated horn or sham-operated animals. In GR foetuses (n=8) and neonates (n=7), white matter (WM) volume was reduced (p<0.05); this reduction did not persist in young adults (n=11) however the corpus callosum width was reduced (p<0.05). Immunoreactivity (IR) for myelin basic protein (MBP), myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and myelin proteolipid protein (PLP), all markers of myelinating oligodendrocytes (OL), was reduced in GR foetuses compared to controls. MBP was the most markedly affected with an abnormal retention of protein in the OL soma and a reduction of its incorporation into the myelin sheath. MAG-IR OL density was reduced (p<0.05), while the density of OLs immunoreactive for Olig-2, a transcription factor expressed throughout the entire OL lineage, was increased (p<0.05). MBP-, MAG- and PLP-IR recovered to control levels postnatally. These results suggest that IUGR transiently delays OL maturation and myelination in utero but that myelination and WM volume are restored to control levels postnatally. Long-term deficits in myelination are therefore unlikely to be the major factor underlying the altered neurological function which can be associated with IUGR.
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- Mary Tolcos
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
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Lan WCJ, Priestley M, Mayoral SR, Tian L, Shamloo M, Penn AA. Sex-specific cognitive deficits and regional brain volume loss in mice exposed to chronic, sublethal hypoxia. Pediatr Res 2011; 70:15-20. [PMID: 21436761 PMCID: PMC3547599 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e31821b98a3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Male sex is an independent risk factor for long-term neurologic deficits in human preterm infants. Using a chronic, sublethal hypoxia (CSH) mouse model of preterm brain injury, we recently demonstrated acute brain volume loss with an increased male susceptibility to hippocampal volume loss and hypomyelination. We now characterize the long-term, sex-specific effects of CSH on cognition and brain growth. Neonatal mice were treated with CSH for 8 d, raised in normoxia thereafter and underwent behavioral testing at 6 wk of age. Behavioral assays sensitive to hippocampal function were chosen. CSH-treated males had impairments in associative learning, spatial memory, and long-term social memory compared with control males. In contrast, CSH-treated females were less impaired. Persistent reductions in hippocampal and cerebellar volumes were found in adult CSH-treated males, whereas regional brain volumes in adult CSH-treated females were indistinguishable from controls. Similar to human preterm infants, males exposed to hypoxia are especially vulnerable to short-term and long-term deficits in cognition and brain growth.
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- Wen-Chun J Lan
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Rivkees SA, Wendler CC. Adverse and protective influences of adenosine on the newborn and embryo: implications for preterm white matter injury and embryo protection. Pediatr Res 2011; 69:271-8. [PMID: 21228731 PMCID: PMC3100210 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e31820efbcf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Few signaling molecules have the potential to influence the developing mammal as the nucleoside adenosine. Adenosine levels increase rapidly with tissue hypoxia and inflammation. Adenosine antagonists include the methylxanthines caffeine and theophylline. The receptors that transduce adenosine action are the A1, A2a, A2b, and A3 adenosine receptors (ARs). In the postnatal period, A1AR activation may contribute to white matter injury in the preterm infant by altering oligodendrocyte (OL) development. In models of perinatal brain injury, caffeine is neuroprotective against periventricular white matter injury (PWMI) and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Supporting the notion that blockade of adenosine action is of benefit in the premature infant, caffeine reduces the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and CP in clinical studies. In comparison with the adverse effects on the postnatal brain, adenosine acts via A1ARs to play an essential role in protecting the embryo from hypoxia. Embryo protective effects are blocked by caffeine, and caffeine intake during early pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage and fetal growth retardation. Adenosine and adenosine antagonists play important modulatory roles during mammalian development. The protective and deleterious effects of adenosine depend on the time of exposure and target sites of action.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Adenosine/pharmacology
- Adenosine/therapeutic use
- Animals
- Caffeine/pharmacology
- Embryo, Mammalian/drug effects
- Embryo, Mammalian/physiology
- Female
- Humans
- Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain/drug therapy
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature
- Leukomalacia, Periventricular/drug therapy
- Nerve Fibers, Myelinated/drug effects
- Nerve Fibers, Myelinated/pathology
- Neuroprotective Agents/pharmacology
- Neuroprotective Agents/therapeutic use
- Oligodendroglia/drug effects
- Oligodendroglia/pathology
- Pregnancy
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/metabolism
- Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists/pharmacology
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/genetics
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/metabolism
- Respiration/drug effects
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- Scott A Rivkees
- Department of Pediatrics, Yale Child Health Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
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Silbereis JC, Huang EJ, Back SA, Rowitch DH. Towards improved animal models of neonatal white matter injury associated with cerebral palsy. Dis Model Mech 2011; 3:678-88. [PMID: 21030421 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.002915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Newborn neurological injuries are the leading cause of intellectual and motor disabilities that are associated with cerebral palsy. Cerebral white matter injury is a common feature in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), which affects full-term infants, and in periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), which affects preterm infants. This article discusses recent efforts to model neonatal white matter injury using mammalian systems. We emphasize that a comprehensive understanding of oligodendrocyte development and physiology is crucial for obtaining new insights into the pathobiology of HIE and PVL as well as for the generation of more sophisticated and faithful animal models.
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- John C Silbereis
- Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regeneration Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Fogal B, McClaskey C, Yan S, Yan H, Rivkees SA. Diazoxide promotes oligodendrocyte precursor cell proliferation and myelination. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10906. [PMID: 20531945 PMCID: PMC2878350 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2010] [Accepted: 04/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Background Several clinical conditions are associated with white matter injury, including periventricular white matter injury (PWMI), which is a form of brain injury sustained by preterm infants. It has been suggested that white matter injury in this condition is due to altered oligodendrocyte (OL) development or death, resulting in OL loss and hypomyelination. At present drugs are not available that stimulate OL proliferation and promote myelination. Evidence suggests that depolarizing stimuli reduces OL proliferation and differentiation, whereas agents that hyperpolarize OLs stimulate OL proliferation and differentiation. Considering that the drug diazoxide activates KATP channels to hyperpolarize cells, we tested if this compound could influence OL proliferation and myelination. Methodology/Findings Studies were performed using rat oligodendrocyte precursor cell (OPC) cultures, cerebellar slice cultures, and an in vivo model of PWMI in which newborn mice were exposed to chronic sublethal hypoxia (10% O2). We found that KATP channel components Kir 6.1 and 6.2 and SUR2 were expressed in oligodendrocytes. Additionally, diazoxide potently stimulated OPC proliferation, as did other KATP activators. Diazoxide also stimulated myelination in cerebellar slice cultures. We also found that diazoxide prevented hypomyelination and ventriculomegaly following chronic sublethal hypoxia. Conclusions These results identify KATP channel components in OLs and show that diazoxide can stimulate OL proliferation in vitro. Importantly we find that diazoxide can promote myelination in vivo and prevent hypoxia-induced PWMI.
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- Birgit Fogal
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology and Endocrinology, Yale Child Health Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology and Endocrinology, Yale Child Health Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology and Endocrinology, Yale Child Health Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology and Endocrinology, Yale Child Health Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology and Endocrinology, Yale Child Health Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Differences in impaired brainstem conduction between neonatal chronic lung disease and perinatal asphyxia. Clin Neurophysiol 2010; 121:725-33. [PMID: 20097607 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2009] [Revised: 11/06/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore any differences in impaired brainstem function between preterm infants with neonatal chronic lung disease (CLD) and term infants after perinatal asphyxia. METHODS Brainstem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) collected using maximum length sequence (MLS) technique were compared at term equivalent age between 43 CLD infants and 117 asphyxiated infants. RESULTS In both CLD and asphyxiated infants there was a significant increase in wave V latency and I-V interval in MLS BAER. CLD infants showed a significant increased III-V interval but a normal I-III interval at all click rates. However, asphyxiated infants showed a significant increase in both III-V and I-III intervals. I-III interval was shorter and III-V/I-III interval ratio was greater in CLD infants than in asphyxiated infants. The slope of I-III interval-rate function was steeper in asphyxiated infants than in CLD infants, while the slope of III-V/I-III interval ratio-rate function was the other way around. CONCLUSIONS CLD infants had a major increase in more central components of MLS BAER, without appreciable abnormality in more peripheral components. However, asphyxiated infants had a significant increase in both central and peripheral components. SIGNIFICANCE Neonatal CLD affects more central regions of the brainstem, whereas perinatal asphyxia affects both peripheral and central regions. This difference, which is likely related to the different nature of hypoxia in CLD and asphyxia, may have some significance for neuroprotective interventions for the two problems.
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Male sex is a well-established risk factor for poor neurodevelopmental outcome after premature birth. The mechanisms behind this sex-related difference are unknown. The damage associated with prematurity can be mimicked in rodents by prolonged exposure to sublethal postnatal hypoxia. This chronic hypoxia leads to anatomical changes in mice that strongly resemble the loss of volume, decreased myelination, and ventriculomegaly seen in preterm newborns. However, no sex differences have been previously noted in this rodent model. We hypothesized that sex comparisons in hypoxic mice would show sex-related differences in brain volume and white matter loss in response to the same degree of hypoxic insult. Mice were placed in chronic sublethal hypoxia from postnatal day 3-11. Cortical, hippocampal, and cerebellar volumes and myelination indices were measured. We found that the male hippocampus, normally larger than the female, undergoes a greater volume loss compared with females (p < 0.05). Myelination, generally greater in males, was significantly disrupted by hypoxia in neonatal male forebrain. These results support the use of this rodent model to investigate the basis of sex-related susceptibility to brain damage and develop new sex-based neuroprotective strategies.
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- Sonia R. Mayoral
- Neuroscience Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305
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Akundi RS, Rivkees SA. Hypoxia alters cell cycle regulatory protein expression and induces premature maturation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4739. [PMID: 19270736 PMCID: PMC2649433 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Accepted: 02/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Periventricular white matter injury (PWMI) is a common form of brain injury sustained by preterm infants. A major factor that predisposes to PWMI is hypoxia. Because oligodendrocytes (OLs) are responsible for myelination of axons, abnormal OL development or function may affect brain myelination. At present our understanding of the influences of hypoxia on OL development is limited. To examine isolated effects of hypoxia on OLs, we examined the influences of hypoxia on OL development in vitro. METHODOLOGY/FINDINGS Cultures of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) were prepared from mixed glial cultures and were 99% pure. OPCs were maintained at 21% O(2) or hypoxia (1% or 4% O(2)) for up to 7 days. We observed that 1% O(2) lead to an increase in the proportion of myelin basic protein (MBP)-positive OLs after 1 week in culture, and a decrease in the proportion of platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRalpha)-positive cells suggesting premature OL maturation. Increased expression of the cell cycle regulatory proteins p27(Kip1) and phospho-cdc2, which play a role in OL differentiation, was seen as well. CONCLUSIONS These results show that hypoxia interferes with the normal process of OL differentiation by inducing premature OPC maturation.
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- Ravi Shankar Akundi
- Yale Child Health Research Center, Section of Developmental Biology & Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Yale Child Health Research Center, Section of Developmental Biology & Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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This article summarizes recent insights into perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in the neonate. Before effective treatments can be offered, diagnosis, timing, and an understanding of the pathogenesis are imperative. The analysis of appropriate animal models is also summarized in this review. These models have provided interesting evidence that after hypoxia ischemia, progenitor cells in the postnatal brain are stimulated to generate new neurons and oligodendrocytes. The role of these newly generated cells is unclear, and mechanisms of migration and survival are currently being elucidated. A discussion of more recent imaging techniques, such as diffusion tensor imaging, is provided. This allows for improved understanding of the microstructural organization of white matter and how this is altered by hypoxic-ischemic injury. Neuroprotection with hypothermia is now occurring in full-term neonates that meet clinical criteria; however, specific therapies such as inhibition of non-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors may offer improved outcomes by targeting specific pathways and populations of cells.
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- Joseph Scafidi
- Department of Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
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A combined behavioral and morphological study on the effects of fetal asphyxia on the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system in adult rats. Exp Neurol 2008; 211:413-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2007] [Revised: 01/18/2008] [Accepted: 02/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lee HM, Greeley GH, Englander EW. Sustained hypoxia modulates mitochondrial DNA content in the neonatal rat brain. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 44:807-14. [PMID: 18078825 PMCID: PMC2730834 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2007] [Revised: 10/18/2007] [Accepted: 11/05/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The effects of placental insufficiency and preterm birth on neurodevelopment can be modeled in experimental settings of neonatal hypoxia in rodents. Here, rat pups were reared in reduced oxygen (9.5%) for 11 days, starting on postnatal day 3 (P3). This led to a significant reduction in brain and body weight gain in hypoxic pups compared to age-matched normoxia-reared controls, plausibly reflecting an inability to fulfill the energetic needs of normal growth and development. Adaptive processes designed to augment energetic capacity in eukaryotes include stimulation of mitochondrial biogenesis. We show that after 11 days of sustained hypoxia, the levels of nuclear respiratory factor-1 and mitochondrial transcription factor A are elevated and the content of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is greater in the hypoxic P14 pup brain compared to normoxic conditions. Corresponding immunohistochemical analyses reveal increased density of mtDNA in large cortical neurons. In contrast, no changes in mtDNA content are observed in the brain of pups reared for 24 h (P3-P4) under hypoxic conditions. Together, these data suggest that prolonged inadequate oxygenation may trigger a compensatory increase in neuronal mitochondrial DNA content to partially mitigate compromised energy homeostasis and reduced energetic capacity in the developing hypoxic brain.
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- Heung M Lee
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, Galveston, Texas
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, Galveston, Texas
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Farahani R, Kanaan A, Gavrialov O, Brunnert S, Douglas RM, Morcillo P, Haddad GG. Differential effects of chronic intermittent and chronic constant hypoxia on postnatal growth and development. Pediatr Pulmonol 2008; 43:20-8. [PMID: 18041750 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Exposure to chronic constant or intermittent hypoxia (CCH or CIH) may have different effects on growth and development in early life. In this work, we exposed postnatal day 2 (P2) CD1 mice to CCH or CIH (11% O2) for 4 weeks and examined the effect of hypoxia on body and organ growth until P30. Regression analysis showed that weight increased in control, CCH and CIH cohorts with age with r2 values of 0.99, 0.97, and 0.94, respectively. Between days 2 and 30, slopes were 0.93+/-0.057, 0.76+/-0.108, and 0.63+/-0.061 (g/day, means+/-SEM) for control, CIH, and CCH, respectively and significantly different from each other (P<0.001). The slopes between P2 and P16 were 0.78+/-0.012, 0.46+/-0.002, and 0.47+/-0.019 for control, CCH and CIH, respectively. From P16 to 30, slopes were 1.12+/-0.033, 1.09+/-0.143, and 0.82+/-0.08 for control, CIH, and CCH, respectively with no significant difference from each other, suggesting a catch-up growth in the latter part of the hypoxic period. Slower weight gain resulted in a 12% and 23% lower body weight in CIH and CCH mice (P<0.001) by P30. Lung/body ratios were 0.010, 0.015, 0.015 for control, CIH, and CCH at P30, respectively. The decrease in liver, kidney, and brain weight were greater in CCH than CIH. Smaller liver weight was shown to be due to a reduction in cell size and cell number. Liver in CIH and CCH mice showed a 5% and 10% reduction in cell size (P<0.05) and a reduction of 28% in cell number (P<0.001) at P30. In contrast, CCH and CIH heart weight was 13% and 33% greater than control at P30 (P<0.05), respectively. This increase in the heart weight was due to an increase in the size of cardiomyocytes which showed an increase of 12% and 14% (P<0.001) for CIH and CCH, respectively as compared to control. Brain weight was 0.48 and 0.46 g for CIH and CCH, respectively (95% and 92% of normal). We concluded that (a) CIH and CCH follow different body and organ growth patterns; (b) mostly with CCH, the liver and kidneys are reduced in size in a proportionate way to body size but heart, lung, and brain are either spared or increased in size compared to body weight; and (c) the decrease in liver is secondary mostly to a decrease in cell number.
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- Reza Farahani
- Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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