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ArticleBrain, behavior, and immunity2013

Chronic mild stress eliminates the neuroprotective effect of Copaxone after CNS injury.

Igor Smirnov, James T Walsh, Jonathan Kipnis

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Article in Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Glatiramer acetate does not protect from acute ischemic stroke in mice.Experimental & translational stroke medicine · 2014
    Article
  3. Stress as necessary component of realistic recovery in animal models of experimental stroke.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Igor SmirnovCenter for Brain Immunology and Glia, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
James T Walsh
Jonathan Kipnis
University of Virginia · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007267 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI GARCIA-BLANCO, MARIANO A. · 1985 to 2024
$13.4M
Phagocytosis of dying cells, adult neurogenesis and depressionR01MH096484 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI KIPNIS, JONATHAN, RAVICHANDRAN, KODI S · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Regulatory T cells in central nervous system injuryR01NS061973 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI KIPNIS, JONATHAN · 2009 to 2013
$1.6M
NIMH NIH HHS MH096484NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH096484NINDS NIH HHS NS061973NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS061973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Copolymer (Cop)-1, also known as glatiramer acetate, is an active compound of Copaxone, a drug widely used by patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Copaxone functions in MS through two mechanisms of action, namely immunomodulation and neuroprotection. Because the immune system is suppressed or altered in depressed individuals, and since depression is often associated with neurological conditions, we were interested in examining whether the neuroprotective effect of Copaxone persists under conditions of stress-induced depressive behavior. We exposed mice to unpredictable chronic mild stress for 4 weeks and then treated them with three doses of Copaxone at 3-day intervals, with the last dose given immediately before the mice underwent a crush injury to the optic nerve. Whereas nonstressed mice exhibited a strong neuroprotective response after Copaxone treatment, this effect was completely absent in mice that underwent chronic mild stress. Interestingly, when Copaxone was combined with Prozac, the neuroprotective effect of Copaxone was regained, suggesting that chronic mild stress interferes with the neuroprotective effect of Copaxone. These results may shed a light on mechanism of action of Copaxone and lead to new combined therapies for neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disorders.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntidepressive AgentsBehavior, AnimalDrug InteractionsEscape ReactionFluoxetineGlatiramer AcetateMiceNerve CrushNeuroprotective AgentsOptic Nerve InjuriesPeptidesStress, PhysiologicalStress, PsychologicalAntidepressive AgentsFluoxetineGlatiramer AcetateNeuroprotective AgentsPeptides

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PMID23295266
PMCPMC3633726
OpenAlexW2026745732

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