Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33352274›Full record

ArticleNeurotoxicology2021

Comparison of neuropathology in rats following status epilepticus induced by diisopropylfluorophosphate and soman.

Asheebo Rojas, Hilary S McCarren, Jennifer Wang, Wenyi Wang, JuanMartin Abreu-Melon, Sarah Wang, John H McDonough, Raymond Dingledine

Open access · greenAbstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in Neurotoxicology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Asheebo RojasDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States. Electronic address: arajas@emory.edu.
Hilary S McCarrenNeuroscience Department, Medical Toxicology Research Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Rd, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 21010, United States.
Jennifer WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States.
Wenyi WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States.
JuanMartin Abreu-MelonDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States.
Sarah WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States.
John H McDonoughNeuroscience Department, Medical Toxicology Research Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Rd, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 21010, United States.
Raymond DingledineDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States.
Emory University · USUnited States Army · US

Funding

Prostanoid modulators that reduce brain injury and inflammation after seizuresU01NS058158 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI DINGLEDINE, RAYMOND J · 2006 to 2015
$5.9M
Exploiting EP2 receptor biology to target seizure-related neuroinflammation selectivelyR01NS112308 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI VARVEL, NICHOLAS · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
Inflammatory control of blood-brain barrier integrity and epileptogenesis after seizuresR01NS097776 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI DINGLEDINE, RAYMOND J · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097776NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112308NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS058158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing number of cases involving the use of nerve agents as deadly weapons has spurred investigation into the molecular mechanisms underlying nerve agent-induced pathology. The highly toxic nature of nerve agents restrict their use in academic research laboratories. Less toxic organophosphorus (OP) based agents including diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) are used as surrogates in academic research laboratories to mimic nerve agent poisoning. However, neuropathology resulting from DFP-induced status epilepticus (SE) has not been compared directly to neuropathology observed following nerve agent poisoning in the same study. Here, the hypothesis that neuropathology measured four days after SE is the same for rats exposed to DFP and soman was tested. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with soman or DFP to induce SE. Cortical electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded prior to and during soman-induced SE. EEG power analysis of rats administered soman revealed prolonged electrographic SE similar to that of rats that endure uninterrupted SE following injection of DFP. Rats that experienced soman-induced SE displayed less hippocampal neuroinflammation and gliosis compared to rats administered DFP. Seizure-induced weight change, blood-brain barrier (BBB) leakiness and neurodegeneration in most seizure sensitive limbic brain regions were similar for rats that endured SE following soman or DFP. The amalgamated pathology score calculated by combining pathological measures (weight loss, hippocampal neuroinflammation, gliosis, BBB integrity and neurodegeneration) was similar in rats administered the OP agents. These findings support use of the rat DFP model of SE as a suitable surrogate for investigating some, but not all delayed consequences produced by nerve agents.

Indexed as

IsoflurophateSomanAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierBrainBrain WavesCell DeathCyclooxygenase 2Disease Models, AnimalElectroencephalographyEncephalitisGliosisMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyStatus EpilepticusCyclooxygenase 2IsoflurophatePtgs2 protein, ratSomanDFPEEGGliosisNeurodegenerationNeuroinflammationSomanStatus epilepticus

Identifiers

PMID33352274
PMCPMC7987879
OpenAlexW3113850035

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.