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ArticleJournal of neurochemistry2021

Enhanced Akt/GSK-3β/CREB signaling mediates the anti-inflammatory actions of mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators in microglia and following traumatic brain injury in male mice.

Shahnawaz A Bhat, Rebecca J Henry, Alexa C Blanchard, Bogdan A Stoica, David J Loane, Alan I Faden

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Article in Journal of neurochemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Post-Translational Modifications in Traumatic Brain Injury: Decoding the Proteomic Landscape and Molecular Mechanisms of Secondary Injury.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  12. Cilostazol Combats Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Hippocampal Injury in Rats: Role of AKT/GSK3Advances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Shahnawaz A BhatDepartment of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Rebecca J HenryDepartment of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Alexa C BlanchardDepartment of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Bogdan A StoicaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
David J LoaneDepartment of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0393-3503
Alan I FadenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

MODULATION OF INJURY BY METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORSR01NS037313 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI FADEN, ALAN IRA · 1999 to 2019
$5.8M
miR-711 regulation of neuronal cell death after traumatic brain injuryR01NS096002 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI SABIRZHANOV, BORIS, STOICA, BOGDAN ADRIAN · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
Microglial activation phenotypes and mechanisms of repair in the aged TBI brainR01NS082308 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI LOANE, DAVID J. · 2013 to 2016
$1.4M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS037313NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS082308NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have previously shown that treatment with a mGluR5 positive allosteric modulator (PAM) is neuroprotective after experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI), limiting post-traumatic neuroinflammation by reducing pro-inflammatory microglial activation and promoting anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective responses. However, the specific molecular mechanisms governing this anti-inflammatory shift in microglia remain unknown. Here we show that the mGluR5 PAM, VU0360172 (VuPAM), regulates microglial inflammatory responses through activation of Akt, resulting in the inhibition of GSK-3β. GSK-3β regulates the phosphorylation of CREB, thereby controlling the expression of inflammation-related genes and microglial plasticity. The anti-inflammatory action of VuPAM in microglia is reversed by inhibiting Akt/GSK-3β/CREB signaling. Using a well-characterized TBI model and CX3CR1

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBrain Injuries, TraumaticCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaMaleMiceMicrogliaNeuroprotective AgentsNiacinamideProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Signal TransductionAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaN-cyclobutyl-6-((3-fluorophenyl)ethynyl)nicotinamideNeuroprotective AgentsNiacinamideProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Akt/GSK-3β/CREB signalinganti-inflammatorymetabotropic glutamate receptor 5microgliapositive allosteric modulatortraumatic brain injury

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PMID31926033
PMCPMC7386074
OpenAlexW2999458171

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