Abstract
BACKGROUND: Evidence from clinical studies and preclinical animal models suggests that proinflammatory cytokine overproduction is a potential driving force for pathology progression in traumatic brain injury (TBI). This raises the possibility that selective targeting of the overactive cytokine response, a component of the neuroinflammation that contributes to neuronal dysfunction, may be a useful therapeutic approach. MW151 is a CNS-penetrant, small molecule experimental therapeutic that selectively restores injury- or disease-induced overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines towards homeostasis. We previously reported that MW151 administered post-injury (p.i.) is efficacious in a closed head injury (CHI) model of diffuse TBI in mice. Here we test dose dependence of MW151 to suppress the target mechanism (proinflammatory cytokine up-regulation), and explore the therapeutic window for MW151 efficacy.
METHODS: We examined suppression of the acute cytokine surge when MW151 was administered at different times post-injury and the dose-dependence of cytokine suppression. We also tested a more prolonged treatment with MW151 over the first 7 days post-injury and measured the effects on cognitive impairment and glial activation.
RESULTS: MW151 administered up to 6 h post-injury suppressed the acute cytokine surge, in a dose-dependent manner. Administration of MW151 over the first 7 days post-injury rescues the CHI-induced cognitive impairment and reduces glial activation in the focus area of the CHI.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results identify a clinically relevant time window post-CHI during which MW151 effectively restores cytokine production back towards normal, with a resultant attenuation of downstream cognitive impairment.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-10-2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-015-0289-5
Repository Citation
Bachstetter, Adam D.; Webster, Scott J.; Goulding, Danielle S.; Morton, Jonathan E.; Watterson, D. Martin; and Van Eldik, Linda J., "Attenuation of Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Cognitive Impairment in Mice by Targeting Increased Cytokine Levels with a Small Molecule Experimental Therapeutic" (2015). Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications. 42.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/sbcoa_facpub/42
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Journal of Neuroinflammation, v. 12, article 69, p. 1-9.
© 2015 Bachstetter et al.; licensee BioMed Central.
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