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  1. Article ; Online: Progressive Transcriptional Changes in the Amygdala Implicate Neuroinflammation in the Effects of Repetitive Low-Level Blast Exposure in Male Rats.

    De Gasperi, Rita / Gama Sosa, Miguel A / Perez Garcia, Georgina S / Perez, Gissel M / Abutarboush, Rania / Kawoos, Usmah / Statz, Jonathan K / Patterson, Jacob / Hof, Patrick R / Katsel, Pavel / Cook, David G / Ahlers, Stephen T / Elder, Gregory A

    Journal of neurotrauma

    2022  Volume 40, Issue 5-6, Page(s) 561–577

    Abstract: Chronic mental health problems are common among military veterans who sustained blast-related traumatic brain injuries. The reasons for this association remain unexplained. Male rats exposed to repetitive low-level blast overpressure (BOP) exposures ... ...

    Abstract Chronic mental health problems are common among military veterans who sustained blast-related traumatic brain injuries. The reasons for this association remain unexplained. Male rats exposed to repetitive low-level blast overpressure (BOP) exposures exhibit chronic cognitive and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-related traits that develop in a delayed fashion. We examined blast-induced alterations on the transcriptome in four brain areas (anterior cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and cerebellum) across the time frame over which the PTSD-related behavioral phenotype develops. When analyzed at 6 weeks or 12 months after blast exposure, relatively few differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were found. However, longitudinal analysis of amygdala, hippocampus, and anterior cortex between 6 weeks and 12 months revealed blast-specific DEG patterns. Six DEGs (hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 1 [Hapln1], glutamate metabotropic receptor 2 [Grm2], purinergic receptor P2y12 [P2ry12], C-C chemokine receptor type 5 [Ccr5], phenazine biosynthesis-like protein domain containing 1 [Pbld1], and cadherin related 23 [Cdh23]) were found altered in all three brain regions in blast-exposed animals. Pathway enrichment analysis using all DEGs or those uniquely changed revealed different transcription patterns in blast versus sham. In particular, the amygdala in blast-exposed animals had a unique set of enriched pathways related to stress responses, oxidative phosphorylation, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Upstream analysis implicated tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α signaling in blast-related effects in amygdala and anterior cortex. Eukaryotic initiating factor eIF4E (EIF4e), an upstream regulator of P2ry12 and Ccr5, was predicted to be activated in the amygdala. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) validated longitudinal changes in two TNFα regulated genes (cathepsin B [Ctsb], Hapln1), P2ry12, and Grm2. These studies have implications for understanding how blast injury damages the brain and implicates inflammation as a potential therapeutic target.
    MeSH term(s) Rats ; Male ; Animals ; Neuroinflammatory Diseases ; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E/metabolism ; Explosions ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic/metabolism ; Blast Injuries/pathology ; Amygdala/metabolism ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 645092-1
    ISSN 1557-9042 ; 0897-7151
    ISSN (online) 1557-9042
    ISSN 0897-7151
    DOI 10.1089/neu.2022.0282
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  2. Article ; Online: Late chronic local inflammation, synaptic alterations, vascular remodeling and arteriovenous malformations in the brains of male rats exposed to repetitive low-level blast overpressures.

    Gama Sosa, Miguel A / De Gasperi, Rita / Pryor, Dylan / Perez Garcia, Georgina S / Perez, Gissel M / Abutarboush, Rania / Kawoos, Usmah / Hogg, Seth / Ache, Benjamin / Sowa, Allison / Tetreault, Timothy / Varghese, Merina / Cook, David G / Zhu, Carolyn W / Tappan, Susan J / Janssen, William G M / Hof, Patrick R / Ahlers, Stephen T / Elder, Gregory A

    Acta neuropathologica communications

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 1, Page(s) 81

    Abstract: In the course of military operations in modern war theaters, blast exposures are associated with the development of a variety of mental health disorders associated with a post-traumatic stress disorder-related features, including anxiety, impulsivity, ... ...

    Abstract In the course of military operations in modern war theaters, blast exposures are associated with the development of a variety of mental health disorders associated with a post-traumatic stress disorder-related features, including anxiety, impulsivity, insomnia, suicidality, depression, and cognitive decline. Several lines of evidence indicate that acute and chronic cerebral vascular alterations are involved in the development of these blast-induced neuropsychiatric changes. In the present study, we investigated late occurring neuropathological events associated with cerebrovascular alterations in a rat model of repetitive low-level blast-exposures (3 × 74.5 kPa). The observed events included hippocampal hypoperfusion associated with late-onset inflammation, vascular extracellular matrix degeneration, synaptic structural changes and neuronal loss. We also demonstrate that arteriovenous malformations in exposed animals are a direct consequence of blast-induced tissue tears. Overall, our results further identify the cerebral vasculature as a main target for blast-induced damage and support the urgent need to develop early therapeutic approaches for the prevention of blast-induced late-onset neurovascular degenerative processes.
    MeSH term(s) Rats ; Male ; Animals ; Vascular Remodeling ; Blast Injuries/complications ; Blast Injuries/pathology ; Brain/pathology ; Inflammation/pathology ; Arteriovenous Malformations/complications ; Arteriovenous Malformations/pathology ; Disease Models, Animal
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2715589-4
    ISSN 2051-5960 ; 2051-5960
    ISSN (online) 2051-5960
    ISSN 2051-5960
    DOI 10.1186/s40478-023-01553-6
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  3. Article ; Online: Low-level blast exposure induces chronic vascular remodeling, perivascular astrocytic degeneration and vascular-associated neuroinflammation.

    Gama Sosa, Miguel A / De Gasperi, Rita / Pryor, Dylan / Perez Garcia, Georgina S / Perez, Gissel M / Abutarboush, Rania / Kawoos, Usmah / Hogg, Seth / Ache, Benjamin / Janssen, William G / Sowa, Allison / Tetreault, Timothy / Cook, David G / Tappan, Susan J / Gandy, Sam / Hof, Patrick R / Ahlers, Stephen T / Elder, Gregory A

    Acta neuropathologica communications

    2021  Volume 9, Issue 1, Page(s) 167

    Abstract: Cerebral vascular injury as a consequence of blast-induced traumatic brain injury is primarily the result of blast wave-induced mechanical disruptions within the neurovascular unit. In rodent models of blast-induced traumatic brain injury, chronic ... ...

    Abstract Cerebral vascular injury as a consequence of blast-induced traumatic brain injury is primarily the result of blast wave-induced mechanical disruptions within the neurovascular unit. In rodent models of blast-induced traumatic brain injury, chronic vascular degenerative processes are associated with the development of an age-dependent post-traumatic stress disorder-like phenotype. To investigate the evolution of blast-induced chronic vascular degenerative changes, Long-Evans rats were blast-exposed (3 × 74.5 kPa) and their brains analyzed at different times post-exposure by X-ray microcomputed tomography, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. On microcomputed tomography scans, regional cerebral vascular attenuation or occlusion was observed as early as 48 h post-blast, and cerebral vascular disorganization was visible at 6 weeks and more accentuated at 13 months post-blast. Progression of the late-onset pathology was characterized by detachment of the endothelial and smooth muscle cellular elements from the neuropil due to degeneration and loss of arteriolar perivascular astrocytes. Development of this pathology was associated with vascular remodeling and neuroinflammation as increased levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9), collagen type IV loss, and microglial activation were observed in the affected vasculature. Blast-induced chronic alterations within the neurovascular unit should affect cerebral blood circulation, glymphatic flow and intramural periarterial drainage, all of which may contribute to development of the blast-induced behavioral phenotype. Our results also identify astrocytic degeneration as a potential target for the development of therapies to treat blast-induced brain injury.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Astrocytes/pathology ; Blast Injuries/complications ; Blast Injuries/pathology ; Blood-Brain Barrier/pathology ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic/etiology ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic/pathology ; Endothelial Cells/pathology ; Neuroinflammatory Diseases/etiology ; Neuroinflammatory Diseases/pathology ; Pericytes/pathology ; Rats ; Rats, Long-Evans ; Vascular Remodeling/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2715589-4
    ISSN 2051-5960 ; 2051-5960
    ISSN (online) 2051-5960
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    DOI 10.1186/s40478-021-01269-5
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  4. Article: Effects of the potential 5-HT7 receptor agonist AS 19 in an autoshaping learning task.

    Perez-García, Georgina S / Meneses, A

    Behavioural brain research

    2005  Volume 163, Issue 1, Page(s) 136–140

    Abstract: This work aimed to evaluate further the role of 5-HT7 receptors during memory formation in an autoshaping Pavlovian/instrumental learning task. Post-training administration of the potential 5-HT7 receptor agonist AS 19 or antagonist SB-269970 enhanced ... ...

    Abstract This work aimed to evaluate further the role of 5-HT7 receptors during memory formation in an autoshaping Pavlovian/instrumental learning task. Post-training administration of the potential 5-HT7 receptor agonist AS 19 or antagonist SB-269970 enhanced memory formation or had no effect, respectively. The AS 19 facilitatory effect was reversed by SB-269970, but not by the selective 5-HT1A antagonist WAY100635. Amnesia induced by scopolamine (cholinergic antagonist) or dizocilpine (NMDA antagonist) was also reversed by AS 19. Certainly, reservations regarding the selectivity of AS 19 for 5-HT7 and other 5-HT receptors in vivo are noteworthy and, therefore, its validity for use in animal models as a pharmacological tool. Having mentioned that, it should be noticed that together these data are providing further support to the notion of the 5-HT7 receptors role in memory formation. Importantly, this 5-HT7 receptor agonist AS 19 appears to represent a step forward respect to the notion that potent and selective 5-HT7 receptor agonists can be useful in the treatment of dysfunctional memory in aged-related decline and Alzheimer's disease.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Association Learning/drug effects ; Conditioning, Classical/drug effects ; Male ; Memory/drug effects ; Phenols/pharmacology ; Piperazines/pharmacology ; Pyrazoles/pharmacology ; Pyridines/pharmacology ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Receptors, Serotonin/drug effects ; Serotonin Receptor Agonists/pharmacology ; Sulfonamides/pharmacology ; Tetrahydronaphthalenes/pharmacology
    Chemical Substances AS 19 compound ; Phenols ; Piperazines ; Pyrazoles ; Pyridines ; Receptors, Serotonin ; SB 269970 ; Serotonin Receptor Agonists ; Sulfonamides ; Tetrahydronaphthalenes ; serotonin 7 receptor ; N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide (71IH826FEG)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-08-30
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 449927-x
    ISSN 1872-7549 ; 0166-4328
    ISSN (online) 1872-7549
    ISSN 0166-4328
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.04.014
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  5. Article ; Online: Low-level blast exposure disrupts gliovascular and neurovascular connections and induces a chronic vascular pathology in rat brain.

    Gama Sosa, Miguel A / De Gasperi, Rita / Perez Garcia, Georgina S / Perez, Gissel M / Searcy, Courtney / Vargas, Danielle / Spencer, Alicia / Janssen, Pierce L / Tschiffely, Anna E / McCarron, Richard M / Ache, Benjamin / Manoharan, Rajaram / Janssen, William G / Tappan, Susan J / Hanson, Russell W / Gandy, Sam / Hof, Patrick R / Ahlers, Stephen T / Elder, Gregory A

    Acta neuropathologica communications

    2019  Volume 7, Issue 1, Page(s) 6

    Abstract: Much concern exists over the role of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the chronic cognitive and mental health problems that develop in veterans and active duty military personnel. The brain vasculature is particularly sensitive to blast ... ...

    Abstract Much concern exists over the role of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the chronic cognitive and mental health problems that develop in veterans and active duty military personnel. The brain vasculature is particularly sensitive to blast injury. The aim of this study was to characterize the evolving molecular and histologic alterations in the neurovascular unit induced by three repetitive low-energy blast exposures (3 × 74.5 kPa) in a rat model mimicking human mild TBI or subclinical blast exposure. High-resolution two-dimensional differential gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry of purified brain vascular fractions from blast-exposed animals 6 weeks post-exposure showed decreased levels of vascular-associated glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and several neuronal intermediate filament proteins (α-internexin and the low, middle, and high molecular weight neurofilament subunits). Loss of these proteins suggested that blast exposure disrupts gliovascular and neurovascular interactions. Electron microscopy confirmed blast-induced effects on perivascular astrocytes including swelling and degeneration of astrocytic endfeet in the brain cortical vasculature. Because the astrocyte is a major sensor of neuronal activity and regulator of cerebral blood flow, structural disruption of gliovascular integrity within the neurovascular unit should impair cerebral autoregulation. Disrupted neurovascular connections to pial and parenchymal blood vessels might also affect brain circulation. Blast exposures also induced structural and functional alterations in the arterial smooth muscle layer. Interestingly, by 8 months after blast exposure, GFAP and neuronal intermediate filament expression had recovered to control levels in isolated brain vascular fractions. However, despite this recovery, a widespread vascular pathology was still apparent at 10 months after blast exposure histologically and on micro-computed tomography scanning. Thus, low-level blast exposure disrupts gliovascular and neurovascular connections while inducing a chronic vascular pathology.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Astrocytes/metabolism ; Astrocytes/pathology ; Brain/blood supply ; Brain/metabolism ; Brain/pathology ; Brain Concussion/metabolism ; Brain Concussion/pathology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Male ; Neurons/metabolism ; Neurons/pathology ; Rats, Long-Evans
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-01-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2715589-4
    ISSN 2051-5960 ; 2051-5960
    ISSN (online) 2051-5960
    ISSN 2051-5960
    DOI 10.1186/s40478-018-0647-5
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  6. Article ; Online: Lack of chronic neuroinflammation in the absence of focal hemorrhage in a rat model of low-energy blast-induced TBI.

    Gama Sosa, Miguel A / De Gasperi, Rita / Perez Garcia, Georgina S / Sosa, Heidi / Searcy, Courtney / Vargas, Danielle / Janssen, Pierce L / Perez, Gissel M / Tschiffely, Anna E / Janssen, William G / McCarron, Richard M / Hof, Patrick R / Haghighi, Fatemeh G / Ahlers, Stephen T / Elder, Gregory A

    Acta neuropathologica communications

    2017  Volume 5, Issue 1, Page(s) 80

    Abstract: Blast-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been a common cause of injury in the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Blast waves can damage blood vessels, neurons, and glial cells within the brain. Acutely, depending on the blast energy, blast ... ...

    Abstract Blast-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been a common cause of injury in the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Blast waves can damage blood vessels, neurons, and glial cells within the brain. Acutely, depending on the blast energy, blast wave duration, and number of exposures, blast waves disrupt the blood-brain barrier, triggering microglial activation and neuroinflammation. Recently, there has been much interest in the role that ongoing neuroinflammation may play in the chronic effects of TBI. Here, we investigated whether chronic neuroinflammation is present in a rat model of repetitive low-energy blast exposure. Six weeks after three 74.5-kPa blast exposures, and in the absence of hemorrhage, no significant alteration in the level of microglia activation was found. At 6 weeks after blast exposure, plasma levels of fractalkine, interleukin-1β, lipopolysaccharide-inducible CXC chemokine, macrophage inflammatory protein 1α, and vascular endothelial growth factor were decreased. However, no differences in cytokine levels were detected between blast-exposed and control rats at 40 weeks. In brain, isolated changes were seen in levels of selected cytokines at 6 weeks following blast exposure, but none of these changes was found in both hemispheres or at 40 weeks after blast exposure. Notably, one animal with a focal hemorrhagic tear showed chronic microglial activation around the lesion 16 weeks post-blast exposure. These findings suggest that focal hemorrhage can trigger chronic focal neuroinflammation following blast-induced TBI, but that in the absence of hemorrhage, chronic neuroinflammation is not a general feature of low-level blast injury.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic/complications ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic/etiology ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic/pathology ; Cerebral Cortex/pathology ; Chemokine CCL3/metabolism ; Chemokine CCL5/metabolism ; Cytokines/metabolism ; Disease Models, Animal ; Encephalitis/etiology ; Female ; Hippocampus/pathology ; Intracranial Hemorrhages/complications ; Intracranial Hemorrhages/etiology ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Transgenic ; Microglia/metabolism ; Microglia/pathology ; Mutation/genetics ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism ; tau Proteins/genetics ; tau Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Chemokine CCL3 ; Chemokine CCL5 ; Cytokines ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; tau Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-11-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2715589-4
    ISSN 2051-5960 ; 2051-5960
    ISSN (online) 2051-5960
    ISSN 2051-5960
    DOI 10.1186/s40478-017-0483-z
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