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ArticlePLoS biology2022

Glial immune-related pathways mediate effects of closed head traumatic brain injury on behavior and lethality in Drosophila.

Bart van Alphen, Samuel Stewart, Marta Iwanaszko, Fangke Xu, Keyin Li, Sydney Rozenfeld, Anujaianthi Ramakrishnan, Taichi Q Itoh, Shiju Sisobhan, Zuoheng Qin and 2 more

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Article in PLoS biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bart van AlphenDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.
Samuel StewartDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-4524-1249
Marta IwanaszkoDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.
Fangke XuDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.
Keyin LiDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.
Sydney RozenfeldDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.
Anujaianthi RamakrishnanDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.
Taichi Q ItohDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-0794-1711
Shiju SisobhanDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-9715-1029
Zuoheng QinDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-1792-697X
Bridget C LearDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7741-5341
Ravi AlladaDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-4371-1577
Northwestern University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In traumatic brain injury (TBI), the initial injury phase is followed by a secondary phase that contributes to neurodegeneration, yet the mechanisms leading to neuropathology in vivo remain to be elucidated. To address this question, we developed a Drosophila head-specific model for TBI termed Drosophila Closed Head Injury (dCHI), where well-controlled, nonpenetrating strikes are delivered to the head of unanesthetized flies. This assay recapitulates many TBI phenotypes, including increased mortality, impaired motor control, fragmented sleep, and increased neuronal cell death. TBI results in significant changes in the transcriptome, including up-regulation of genes encoding antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). To test the in vivo functional role of these changes, we examined TBI-dependent behavior and lethality in mutants of the master immune regulator NF-κB, important for AMP induction, and found that while sleep and motor function effects were reduced, lethality effects were enhanced. Similarly, loss of most AMP classes also renders flies susceptible to lethal TBI effects. These studies validate a new Drosophila TBI model and identify immune pathways as in vivo mediators of TBI effects.

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Drosophila melanogasterAnimalsAntimicrobial PeptidesBrain Injuries, TraumaticDisease Models, AnimalImmunity, InnateLocomotionMaleMutationNeurogliaNF-kappa BSleep Wake DisordersTranscriptomeAntimicrobial PeptidesNF-kappa B

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PMID35081110
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