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ArticleExperimental neurology2025

Novel peptidomimetic compounds attenuate hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in neonatal rats.

Xiaodi F Chen, Brynn Kroke, Jun Ni, Christian Munoz, Mark Appleman, Bryce Jacobs, Tuong Tran, Kevin V Nguyen, Chenxi Qiu, Barbara S Stonestreet and 1 more

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Xiaodi F ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of RI, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Electronic address: xchen@wihri.org.
Brynn KrokeDepartment of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of RI, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Jun NiDepartment of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Christian MunozDepartment of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of RI, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Mark ApplemanDepartment of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Bryce JacobsDepartment of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Tuong TranDepartment of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of RI, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Kevin V NguyenDepartment of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of RI, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Chenxi QiuDepartment of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Barbara S StonestreetDepartment of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of RI, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Emerita, Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of RI, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
John MarshallDepartment of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Electronic address: John_Marshall@brown.edu.

Funding

Cis proline directed proteotoxicity in the early development and therapy of traumatic brain injury and vascular dementiaR00AG076739 · NIA · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI Chenxi Qiu · 2024 to 2026
$742k
A Novel BDNF Potentiator for the Treatment of Neonatal Brain InjuryR21NS133544 · NINDS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, XIAODI FELIX, MARSHALL, JOHN · 2024 to 2025
$483k
NIA NIH HHS R00 AG076739NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS133544
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury is a common neurological problem in neonates. The postsynaptic density protein-95 (PSD-95) is an excitatory synaptic scaffolding protein that regulates synaptic function, and represents a potential therapeutic target to attenuate HI brain injury. Syn3 and d-Syn3 are novel high affinity cyclic peptides that bind the PDZ3 domain of PSD-95. We investigated the neuroprotective efficacy of Syn3 and d-Syn3 after exposure to HI in neonatal rodents. Postnatal (P) day-7 rats were treated with Syn3 and d-Syn3 at zero, 24, and 48-h after carotid artery ligation and 90-min of 8 % oxygen. Hemispheric volume atrophy and Iba-1 positive microglia were quantified by cresyl violet and immunohistochemical staining. Treatment with Syn3 and d-Syn3 reduced tissue volume loss by 47.0 % and 41.0 % in the male plus female, and by 42.1 % and 65.0 % in the male groups, respectively. Syn3 reduced tissue loss by 52.3 % in females. D-Syn3 reduced Iba-1 positive microglia/DAPI ratios in the pooled group, males, and females. Syn3 effects were observed in the pooled group and females. Changes in Iba-1 positive microglia/DAPI cellular ratios correlated directly with reduced hemispheric volume loss, suggesting that Syn3 and d-Syn3 provide neuroprotection in part by their effects on Iba-1 positive microglia. The pathogenic cis phosphorylated Thr231 in Tau (cis P-tau) is a marker of neuronal injury. Cis P-tau was induced in cortical cells of the placebo-treated pooled group, males and females after HI, and reduced by treatment with d-Syn3. Therefore, treatment with these peptidomimetic agents exert neuroprotective effects after exposure of neonatal subjects to HI related brain injury.

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Hypoxia-Ischemia, BrainNeuroprotective AgentsPeptidomimeticsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCalcium-Binding ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMaleMicrofilament ProteinsMicrogliaRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyCalcium-Binding ProteinsMicrofilament ProteinsNeuroprotective AgentsPeptidomimeticsD-Syn3, hypoxic-ischemic brain injuryNeuroprotectionNewbornSyn3

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PMID39832663
PMCPMC11895808

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