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ArticleBiomolecules2026

Calretinin and Parvalbumin Trapping of TDP43 and XRCC1 Instructs Neocortical Interneuron Death in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.

Lee J Martin, Rebecca N Ichord, Caitlin E O'Brien, Sophie Yohannan, Danay Fernandez, Annalise Garrido, Naya Amauri, Dongseok Park, Jordan Benderoth, Jennifer K Lee

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Lee J MartinDepartment of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8961-7020
Rebecca N IchordDepartment of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Caitlin E O'BrienDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Sophie YohannanDepartment of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Danay FernandezDepartment of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Annalise GarridoDepartment of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Naya AmauriDepartment of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Dongseok ParkDepartment of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0065-7945
Jordan BenderothDepartment of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Jennifer K LeeDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

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NIH HHS NS113921
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Abstract

We examined neocortical pathology and interneuron degeneration in neonatal hypoxia-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Piglets in two age groups (2-3 or 7-10 days old, n = 4-12/group) underwent global cerebral hypoxia-ischemia (HI) or sham treatment. Piglets (2-3 days old) had epidural electrodes for continuous electroencephalography (cEEG) and were treated with hypothermia (HT) or remained at normothermia (NT). Older piglets, all NT, had scalp EEG. Piglets at both ages had seizures and survived for 1-7 days. Cortical damage was assessed by hematoxylin & eosin staining and immunohistochemistry; calretinin (CR), parvalbumin (PV), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) interneurons (INs) were counted. Cell injury was assessed by DNA fragmentation and protein nitration. TAR DNA binding protein-43 (TDP43) and the DNA repair scaffold protein X-ray repair cross complementing-1 (XRCC1) were examined for degeneration mechanisms. Cortical layers 3 and 4 showed high vulnerability; damage emerged as isolated cells, focal and laminar, and distributed as panlaminar throughout different cortical regions that correlated with seizure burden. HT protected strongly against cortical damage. CR- and PV-INs were severely depleted in HI-NT piglets compared to sham. VIP INs appeared invulnerable. HT partially rescued the loss of INs. CR and PV formed nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions that colocalized with TDP43 and XRCC1; co-immunoprecipitation identified interactions among these proteins, and tyrosine nitration of CR. CR and PV INs accumulated DNA single- and double-strand breaks and appeared as attritional apoptosis variants with proteinopathy. This cell death is identified as aggreosis. IN loss correlated with seizure presence. Postmortem human neonatal HIE cases had a similar loss of CR and PV INs and nuclear depletion of TDP43 in the neocortex. Thus, neonatal HIE causes the loss of neocortical inhibitory IN subtypes with vulnerabilities instructed by their intrinsic calcium-binding protein signature and by mechanisms consistent with toxic sequestration and the nuclear depletion of XRCC1 and TDP43 underlying DNA damage accumulation. Early inhibitory IN deletion could drive seizure evolution in HIE; TDP43 and XRCC1 could be therapeutic targets for neonatal HIE.

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Calbindin 2DNA-Binding ProteinsHypoxia-Ischemia, BrainInterneuronsNeocortexParvalbuminsX-ray Repair Cross Complementing Protein 1AnimalsAnimals, NewbornCell DeathSwineCalbindin 2DNA-Binding ProteinsParvalbuminsX-ray Repair Cross Complementing Protein 1aggreosiscell deathepilepsyHIEinterneuronprotein nitrationseizure

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PMID42193971
PMCPMC13204630

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