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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2022

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Disruption of the Blood-Brain Barrier Triggers an Atypical Neuronal Response.

Carmen Munoz-Ballester, Dzenis Mahmutovic, Yusuf Rafiqzad, Alia Korot, Stefanie Robel

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Carmen Munoz-BallesterFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, United States.
Dzenis MahmutovicFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, United States.
Yusuf RafiqzadFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, United States.
Alia KorotFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, United States.
Stefanie RobelFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA, United States.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USCarilion Clinic · USKenyon College · USVirginia Tech · US

Funding

Evaluating astrocyte loss after traumatic brain injury in initiation of post-traumatic epilepsyR01NS105807 · NINDS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI ROBEL, STEFANIE · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105807
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mild TBI (mTBI), which affects 75% of TBI survivors or more than 50 million people worldwide each year, can lead to consequences including sleep disturbances, cognitive impairment, mood swings, and post-traumatic epilepsy in a subset of patients. To interrupt the progression of these comorbidities, identifying early pathological events is key. Recent studies have shown that microbleeds, caused by mechanical impact, persist for months after mTBI and are correlated to worse mTBI outcomes. However, the impact of mTBI-induced blood-brain barrier damage on neurons is yet to be revealed. We used a well-characterized mouse model of mTBI that presents with frequent and widespread but size-restricted damage to the blood-brain barrier to assess how neurons respond to exposure of blood-borne factors in this pathological context. We used immunohistochemistry and histology to assess the expression of neuronal proteins in excitatory and inhibitory neurons after mTBI. We observed that the expression of NeuN, Parvalbumin, and CamKII was lost within minutes in areas with blood-brain barrier disruption. Yet, the neurons remained alive and could be detected using a fluorescent Nissl staining even 6 months later. A similar phenotype was observed after exposure of neurons to blood-borne factors due to endothelial cell ablation in the absence of a mechanical impact, suggesting that entrance of blood-borne factors into the brain is sufficient to induce the neuronal atypical response. Changes in postsynaptic spines were observed indicative of functional changes. Thus, this study demonstrates That exposure of neurons to blood-borne factors causes a rapid and sustained loss of neuronal proteins and changes in spine morphology in the absence of neurodegeneration, a finding that is likely relevant to many neuropathologies.

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acute TBIchronic TBIconcussionNeuNprimary injurysecondary injuryspinestraumatic brain injury

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PMID35250487
PMCPMC8894613
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