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ArticleBiomolecules2020

Reduced Reelin Expression in the Hippocampus after Traumatic Brain Injury.

Valentina Dal Pozzo, Beth Crowell, Nicholas Briski, David P Crockett, Gabriella D'Arcangelo

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Article in Biomolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valentina Dal PozzoGraduate Program in Neuroscience, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Beth CrowellDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Nicholas BriskiDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
David P CrockettDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Gabriella D'ArcangeloDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

National Science Foundation IOS-1755184New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research CBR15FEL012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a relatively common occurrence following accidents or violence, and often results in long-term cognitive or motor disability. Despite the high health cost associated with this type of injury, presently there are no effective treatments for many neurological symptoms resulting from TBI. This is due in part to our limited understanding of the mechanisms underlying brain dysfunction after injury. In this study, we used the mouse controlled cortical impact (CCI) model to investigate the effects of TBI, and focused on Reelin, an extracellular protein that critically regulates brain development and modulates synaptic activity in the adult brain. We found that Reelin expression decreases in forebrain regions after TBI, and that the number of Reelin-expressing cells decrease specifically in the hippocampus, an area of the brain that plays an important role in learning and memory. We also conducted in vitro experiments using mouse neuronal cultures and discovered that Reelin protects hippocampal neuronal cells from glutamate-induced neurotoxicity, a well-known secondary effect of TBI. Together our findings suggest that the loss of Reelin expression may contribute to neuronal death in the hippocampus after TBI, and raise the possibility that increasing Reelin levels or signaling activity may promote functional recovery.

Indexed as

Down-RegulationAnimalsBrain Injuries, TraumaticCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalExtracellular Matrix ProteinsGlutamic AcidHippocampusMaleMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsReelin ProteinSerine EndopeptidasesSignal TransductionCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalExtracellular Matrix ProteinsGlutamic AcidNerve Tissue ProteinsReelin ProteinReln protein, mouseSerine Endopeptidasescell deathcerebral cortexhippocampustrauma

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PMID32610618
PMCPMC7407987
OpenAlexW3037006568

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