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ArticleExperimental neurology2014

Effects of inter-alpha inhibitor proteins on neonatal brain injury: Age, task and treatment dependent neurobehavioral outcomes.

Steven W Threlkeld, Cynthia M Gaudet, Molly E La Rue, Ethan Dugas, Courtney A Hill, Yow-Pin Lim, Barbara S Stonestreet

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Article in Experimental neurology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Inter-alpha inhibitor proteins attenuate lipopolysaccharide-induced blood-brain barrier disruption and downregulate circulating interleukin 6 in mice.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2020
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  20. Alterations in inter-alpha inhibitor protein expression after hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in neonatal rats.International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience · 2018
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Steven W ThrelkeldDepartment of Psychology, Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence, RI 02904, USA. Electronic address: Sthrelkeld@ric.edu.
Cynthia M GaudetDepartment of Psychology, Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence, RI 02904, USA.
Molly E La RueDepartment of Pediatrics, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA.
Ethan DugasDepartment of Psychology, Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence, RI 02904, USA.
Courtney A HillDepartment of Pediatrics, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA.
Yow-Pin LimProThera Biologics, Inc., East Providence, RI 02914, USA.
Barbara S StonestreetDepartment of Pediatrics, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA.
Providence College · USRhode Island College · USWomen & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island · USBrown University · US

Funding

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND SEMINARSP20RR016457 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI ALMEIDA, KAREN H. · 2001 to 2011
$35.5M
Cytokines and the blood-brain barrier in the ovine fetusR01HD057100 · NICHD · WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL-RHODE ISLAND · PI STONESTREET, BARBARA S · 2008 to 2020
$3.8M
Neonatal brain injury: Mediating factors for improved neurobehavioral outcomeR15HD077544 · NICHD · RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE · PI THRELKELD, STEVEN WAKELY · 2013 to 2018
$605k
NCRR NIH HHS 5P20RR016457-12NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016457NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD057100NICHD NIH HHS R01HD057100NICHD NIH HHS R15 HD077544NICHD NIH HHS R15HD077544
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury is frequently associated with premature and/or full term birth related complications. HI injury often results in learning and processing deficits that reflect widespread damage to an extensive range of cortical and sub-cortical brain structures. Further, inflammation has been implicated in the long-term progression and severity of HI injury. Recently, inter-alpha inhibitor proteins (IAIPs) have been shown to attenuate inflammation in models of systemic infection. Importantly, preclinical studies of neonatal HI injury and neuroprotection often focus on single time windows of assessment or single behavioral domains. This approach limits translational validity, given evidence for a diverse spectrum of neurobehavioral deficits that may change across developmental windows following neonatal brain injury. Therefore, the aims of this research were to assess the effects of human IAIPs on early neocortical cell death (72h post-insult), adult regional brain volume measurements (cerebral cortex, hippocampus, striatum, corpus callosum) and long-term behavioral outcomes in juvenile (P38-50) and adult (P80+) periods across two independent learning domains (spatial and non-spatial learning), after postnatal day 7 HI injury in rats. Here, for the first time, we show that IAIPs reduce acute neocortical neuronal cell death and improve brain weight outcome 72h following HI injury in the neonatal rat. Further, these longitudinal studies are the first to show age, task and treatment dependent improvements in behavioral outcome for both spatial and non-spatial learning following systemic administration of IAIPs in neonatal HI injured rats. Finally, results also show sparing of brain regions critical for spatial and non-spatial learning in adult animals treated with IAIPs at the time of injury onset. These data support the proposal that inter-alpha inhibitor proteins may serve as novel therapeutics for brain injury associated with premature birth and/or neonatal brain injury and highlight the importance of assessing multiple ages, brain regions and behavioral domains when investigating experimental treatment efficacy.

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AgingAlpha-GlobulinsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBrainBrain InjuriesCell DeathDisease Models, AnimalHumansLearning DisabilitiesMaleOrgan SizeRatsRats, WistarReaction TimeAlpha-Globulinsinter-alpha-inhibitorBrain volume estimationNeonatal brain injuryNeuronal cell deathRodent modelSpatial and non-spatial learningWater maze

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