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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2020

S100A8 Promotes Inflammation

Guo-Yuan He, Chen-Hui Zhao, De-Gang Wu, Hao Cheng, Le-An Sun, De-Long Zhang, Xin-Jie Yang, Xi-Ran Fan, Guang-Fu Di, Xiao-Chun Jiang

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guo-Yuan HeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Chen-Hui ZhaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
De-Gang WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Hao ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Le-An SunDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
De-Long ZhangDepartment of ICU, Tongling Clinical College of Anhui Medical University, Tongling, China.
Xin-Jie YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Xi-Ran FanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Guang-Fu DiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Xiao-Chun JiangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Wannan Medical College · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College · CNTongling University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionS100 calcium-binding protein A8 (S100A8) is also known as macrophage-related protein 8, which is involved in various pathological processes in the central nervous system post-traumatic brain injury (TBI), and plays a critical role in inducing inflammatory cytokines. Accumulating evidences have indicated that toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is considered to be involved in inflammatory responses post TBI. The present study was designed to analyze the hypothesis that S100A8 is the key molecule that induces inflammation

methodsThe weight-drop TBI model was used and randomly implemented on mice that were categorized into six groups: Sham, NS, S100A8, S100A8+TAK-242, TBI, and TBI+TAK-242 groups. In the S100A8+TAK-242 and TBI+TAK-242 groups, at half an hour prior to the intracerebroventricular administration of S100A8 or TBI, mice were intraperitoneally treated with TAK-242 that acts as a selective antagonist and inhibitor of TLR4. Furthermore, the protein recombinant of S100A8 was injected into the lateral ventricle of the brain of mice in the S100A8 and S100A8+TAK-242 groups. Sterile normal saline was injected into the lateral ventricle in the NS group. To evaluate the association between S100A8 and TLR4, Western blot, immunofluorescence, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and Nissl staining were employed. Simultaneously, the neurological score and brain water content were assessed. In the

resultsThe levels of S100A8 protein and pro-inflammatory cytokines were significantly elevated after TBI. There was a reduction in the neurological scores of non-TBI animals with remarkable severe brain edema after the intracerebroventricular administration of S100A8. Furthermore, the TLR4, p-p65, and myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) levels were elevated after the administration of S100A8 or TBI, which could be restored by TAK-242. Meanwhile, in the

conclusionThe present study demonstrated that the TLR4-MyD88 pathway was activated by S100A8, which is essential for the development of inflammation in the brain after TBI.

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inflammationmacrophage-related protein 8S100A8toll-like receptor 4traumatic brain injury

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