Time-dependent cytokine and chemokine changes in mouse cerebral cortex following a mild traumatic brain injury

  1. David Tweedie  Is a corresponding author
  2. Hanuma Kumar Karnati
  3. Roger Mullins
  4. Chaim G Pick
  5. Barry J Hoffer
  6. Edward J Goetzl
  7. Dimitrios Kapogiannis
  8. Nigel H Greig
  1. National Institute on Aging, NIH, United States
  2. Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
  3. Case Western Reserve University, United States
  4. University of California Medical Center, United States

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious global health concern, many individuals live with TBI-related neurological dysfunction. A lack of biomarkers of TBI has impeded medication development. To identify new potential biomarkers, we time-dependently evaluated mouse brain tissue and neuronally derived plasma extracellular vesicle proteins in a mild model of TBI with parallels to concussive head injury. Mice (CD-1, 30–40 g) received a sham procedure or 30 g weight-drop, and were euthanized 8, 24, 48, 72, 96 hours, 7, 14 and 30 days later. We quantified ipsilateral cortical proteins, many of which differed from sham by 8 hours post-mTBI, particularly GAS-1 and VEGF-B were increased while CXCL16 reduced, 23 proteins changed in 4 or more of the time points. Gene ontology pathways mapped from altered proteins over time related to pathological and physiological processes. Validation of proteins identified in this study may provide utility as treatment response biomarkers.

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  1. David Tweedie

    Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, United States
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  2. Hanuma Kumar Karnati

    Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, United States
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  3. Roger Mullins

    Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, United States
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  4. Chaim G Pick

    Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  5. Barry J Hoffer

    Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  6. Edward J Goetzl

    Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, United States
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  7. Dimitrios Kapogiannis

    Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, United States
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  8. Nigel H Greig

    Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, United States
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National Institutes of Health (AG000944)

  • Nigel H Greig

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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Animal experimentation: AlI animal studies were conducted at the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA. Experimental animal protocols were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging (438-TGB-2022) and were in compliance with the guidelines for animal experimentation of the National Research Council (Committee for the Update of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 2011) and the National Institutes of Health (DHEW publication 85-23, revised, 1995).

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  1. David Tweedie
  2. Hanuma Kumar Karnati
  3. Roger Mullins
  4. Chaim G Pick
  5. Barry J Hoffer
  6. Edward J Goetzl
  7. Dimitrios Kapogiannis
  8. Nigel H Greig
(2020)
Time-dependent cytokine and chemokine changes in mouse cerebral cortex following a mild traumatic brain injury
eLife 9:e55827.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.55827

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