ArticleNutrients2020
A Cecal Slurry Mouse Model of Sepsis Leads to Acute Consumption of Vitamin C in the Brain.
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- Advanced Age in Mice Exacerbates Sepsis-Induced Inflammation, Vascular Permeability, and Multi-Organ Dysfunction.Shock (Augusta, Ga.) · 2026Article
- Age-Related Differences in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Delirium-like Behavior Implicate the Distinct Microglial Composition in the Hippocampus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Vitamin C for sepsis: from mechanisms to individualized therapy.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Microglial-specific knockdown of iron import gene, Slc11a2, blunts LPS-induced neuroinflammatory responses in a sex-specific manner.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2024Article
- Vitamin C as a treatment for organ failure in sepsis.European journal of medical research · 2023Review
- CD169+ macrophage intrinsic IL-10 production regulates immune homeostasis during sepsis.Cell reports · 2023Article
- Postbiotics as potential new therapeutic agents for sepsis.Burns & trauma · 2023Review
- Altered EEG, disrupted hippocampal long-term potentiation and neurobehavioral deficits implicate a delirium-like state in a mouse model of sepsis.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2023Article
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- A two-hit model of sepsis plus hyperoxia causes lung permeability and inflammation.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2022Article
- Ascorbate deficiency decreases dopamine release in guloJournal of neurochemistry · 2021Article
- Vitamin C: From Bench to Bedside.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Macrophage-derived exosomal miRNA-141 triggers endothelial cell pyroptosis by targeting NLRP3 to accelerate sepsis progression.International journal of immunopathology and pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
Vitamin C (ascorbate, ASC) is a critical antioxidant in the body with specific roles in the brain. Despite a recent interest in vitamin C therapies for critical care medicine, little is known about vitamin C regulation during acute inflammation and critical illnesses such as sepsis. Using a cecal slurry (CS) model of sepsis in mice, we determined ASC and inflammatory changes in the brain following the initial treatment. ASC levels in the brain were acutely decreased by approximately 10% at 4 and 24 h post CS treatment. Changes were accompanied by a robust increase in liver ASC levels of up to 50%, indicating upregulation of synthesis beginning at 4 h and persisting up to 7 days post CS treatment. Several key cytokines interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), and chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1 (CXCL1, KC/Gro) were also significantly elevated in the cortex at 4 h post CS treatment, although these levels returned to normal by 48 h. These data strongly suggest that ASC reserves are directly challenged throughout illness and recovery from sepsis. Given the timescale of this response, decreases in cortical ASC are likely driven by hyper-acute neuroinflammatory processes. However, future studies are required to confirm this relationship and to investigate how this deficiency may subsequently impact neuroinflammation.
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