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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2018

Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Contributes to the Loss of Newborn Hippocampal Neurons after Traumatic Brain Injury.

Kimberly N Hood, Jing Zhao, John B Redell, Michael J Hylin, Brynn Harris, Alec Perez, Anthony N Moore, Pramod K Dash

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kimberly N HoodDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225.
Jing ZhaoDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225.
John B RedellDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225.
Michael J HylinDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225.
Brynn HarrisDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225.
Alec PerezDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225.
Anthony N MooreDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225.
Pramod K DashDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225 p.dash@uth.tmc.edu.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and TBI outcomeR01NS088298 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DASH, PRAMOD K · 2015 to 2019
$2.5M
Reducing Memory Dysfunction Following Brain InjuryR01NS087149 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DASH, PRAMOD K · 2014 to 2018
$2.3M
Reducing Neuronal Loss After Traumatic Brain InjuryR01NS090935 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DASH, PRAMOD K · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS087149NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088298NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS090935
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis has been shown to be required for certain types of cognitive function. For example, studies have shown that these neurons are critical for pattern separation, the ability to store similar experiences as distinct memories. Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been shown to cause the loss of newborn hippocampal neurons, the signaling pathway(s) that triggers their death is unknown. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress activates the PERK-eIF2α pathway that acts to restore ER function and improve cell survival. However, unresolved/intense ER stress activates C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), leading to cell death. We show that TBI causes the death of hippocampal newborn neurons via CHOP. Using CHOP KO mice, we show that loss of CHOP markedly reduces newborn neuron loss after TBI. Injured CHOP mice performed significantly better in a context fear discrimination task compared with injured wild-type mice. In contrast, the PERK inhibitor GSK2606414 exacerbated doublecortin cell loss and worsened contextual discrimination. Administration of guanabenz (which reduces ER stress) to injured male rats reduced the loss of newborn neurons and improved one-trial contextual fear memory. Interestingly, we also found that the surviving newborn neurons in brain-injured animals had dendritic loss, which was not observed in injured CHOP KO mice or in animals treated with guanabenz. These results indicate that ER stress plays a key role in the death of newborn neurons after TBI. Further, these findings indicate that ER stress can alter dendritic arbors, suggesting a role for ER stress in neuroplasticity and dendritic pathologies.

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AnimalsBrain Injuries, TraumaticCell DeathDoublecortin ProteinEndoplasmic Reticulum StressHippocampusMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNeurogenesisNeuronsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTranscription Factor CHOPDcx protein, ratDoublecortin ProteinTranscription Factor CHOPcontext fear discriminationdendritic shorteningloss of hippocampal newborn neuronsmemory impairmenttraumatic brain injury

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PMID29386258
PMCPMC5830522
OpenAlexW2785536580

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