Kota Agematsu1, Ludmila Korotcova1, Paul D Morton1, Vittorio Gallo2, Richard A Jonas1, Nobuyuki Ishibashi3. 1. Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC; Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC. 2. Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC. 3. Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC; Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC. Electronic address: nishibas@childrensnational.org.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: White-matter injury after surgery is common in neonates with cerebral immaturity secondary to in utero hypoxia. Astrocytes play a central role in brain protection; however, the reaction of astrocytes to hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) remains unknown. We investigated the role of astrocytes in white-matter injury after HCA and determined the effects of preoperative hypoxia on this role, using a novel mouse model. METHODS: Mice were exposed to hypoxia from days 3 to 11, which is equivalent to the third trimester in humans (prehypoxia, n = 49). Brain slices were transferred to a chamber perfused by cerebrospinal fluid. Oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) was performed to simulate ischemia-reperfusion/reoxygenation resulting from circulatory arrest under hypothermia. Astrocyte reactions were compared with preoperative normoxia (prenormoxia; n = 45). RESULTS: We observed astrocyte activation after 25°C ischemia-reperfusion/reoxygenation in prenormoxia (P < .01). Astrocyte number after OGD correlated with caspase-3(+) cells (rho = .77, P = .001), confirming that astrogliosis is an important response after HCA. At 3 hours after OGD, astrocytes in prenormoxia had already proliferated and become activated (P < .05). Conversely, astrocytes that developed under hypoxia did not display these responses. At 20 hours after ischemia-reperfusion/reoxygenation, astrogliosis was not observed in prehypoxia, demonstrating that hypoxia altered the response of astrocytes to insult. In contrast to prenormoxia, caspase-3(+) cells in prehypoxia increased after ischemia reperfusion/reoxygenation, compared with control (P < .01). Caspase-3(+) cells were more common with prehypoxia than with prenormoxia (P < .001), suggesting that lack of astrogliosis permits increased white-matter injury. CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative hypoxia alters the neuroprotective function of astrocytes. Restoring this function before surgery may be a therapeutic option to reduce postoperative white-matter injury in the immature brain.
OBJECTIVES:White-matter injury after surgery is common in neonates with cerebral immaturity secondary to in utero hypoxia. Astrocytes play a central role in brain protection; however, the reaction of astrocytes to hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) remains unknown. We investigated the role of astrocytes in white-matter injury after HCA and determined the effects of preoperative hypoxia on this role, using a novel mouse model. METHODS:Mice were exposed to hypoxia from days 3 to 11, which is equivalent to the third trimester in humans (prehypoxia, n = 49). Brain slices were transferred to a chamber perfused by cerebrospinal fluid. Oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) was performed to simulate ischemia-reperfusion/reoxygenation resulting from circulatory arrest under hypothermia. Astrocyte reactions were compared with preoperative normoxia (prenormoxia; n = 45). RESULTS: We observed astrocyte activation after 25°C ischemia-reperfusion/reoxygenation in prenormoxia (P < .01). Astrocyte number after OGD correlated with caspase-3(+) cells (rho = .77, P = .001), confirming that astrogliosis is an important response after HCA. At 3 hours after OGD, astrocytes in prenormoxia had already proliferated and become activated (P < .05). Conversely, astrocytes that developed under hypoxia did not display these responses. At 20 hours after ischemia-reperfusion/reoxygenation, astrogliosis was not observed in prehypoxia, demonstrating that hypoxia altered the response of astrocytes to insult. In contrast to prenormoxia, caspase-3(+) cells in prehypoxia increased after ischemia reperfusion/reoxygenation, compared with control (P < .01). Caspase-3(+) cells were more common with prehypoxia than with prenormoxia (P < .001), suggesting that lack of astrogliosis permits increased white-matter injury. CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative hypoxia alters the neuroprotective function of astrocytes. Restoring this function before surgery may be a therapeutic option to reduce postoperative white-matter injury in the immature brain.
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