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ArticleJCI insight2021

Attenuation of cerebral edema facilitates recovery of glymphatic system function after status epilepticus.

Kewei Liu, Juan Zhu, Yuan Chang, Zhenzhou Lin, Zhu Shi, Xing Li, Xing Chen, Chuman Lin, Suyue Pan, Kaibin Huang

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Article in JCI insight, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kewei LiuDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Juan ZhuDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yuan ChangDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhenzhou LinDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhu ShiDepartment of Neurology, Dongguan Hospital, Southern Medical University, Dongguan, China.
Xing LiDepartment of Neurology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xing ChenDepartment of Neurology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Chuman LinDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Suyue PanDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Kaibin HuangDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Southern Medical University · CNNanfang Hospital · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Status epilepticus (SE) is a neurological emergency usually accompanied by acute cerebral edema and long-term cognitive impairment, and is characterized by neurodegeneration and aberrant hyperphosphorylated tau protein (p-tau) aggregation. The glia-lymphatic (glymphatic) system plays a central role in facilitating the clearance of metabolic waste from the brain, but its relationship with cerebral edema and cognitive dysfunction after SE is unclear. We hypothesized that cerebral edema after SE might impair glymphatic system function through compression, thus leading to impaired removal of metabolic waste, and ultimately affecting long-term cognitive function. Our results showed that glymphatic system function was temporarily impaired, as evidenced by 2-photon imaging, MRI enhancement, imaging of brain sections, and astrocytic water channel aquaporin 4 (AQP4) protein polarization. The severity of cerebral edema on MRI correlated well with glymphatic system dysfunction within 8 days following SE. Moreover, when cerebral edema was alleviated by glibenclamide treatment or genetic deletion of Trpm4, post-SE glymphatic system function recovered earlier, along with fewer p-tau-deposited neurons and neuronal degeneration and better cognitive function. These findings suggest that SE-induced cerebral edema may cause glymphatic system dysfunction and render the post-SE brain vulnerable to p-tau aggregation and neurocognitive impairment.

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MutationAnimalsAquaporin 4BrainBrain EdemaCognitionDisease Models, AnimalDNADNA Mutational AnalysisGlymphatic SystemMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMethyltransferasesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLStatus EpilepticusAqp4 protein, mouseAquaporin 4DNAMethyltransferasesNSUN2 protein, humanEpilepsyNeurodegenerationNeuroscienceTherapeutics

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PMID34494549
PMCPMC8492308
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