Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Mol Neurobiol. 2018 Aug;55(8):7079-7089. doi: 10.1007/s12035-018-0897-z. Epub 2018 Jan 30.
The purpose of this study was to assess the long-term treatment efficacy of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) on functional outcomes, brain edema, and the possible involvement of reactions in mice following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Mice subjected to controlled cortical impact injury received LIPUS treatment daily for a period of 4 weeks. The effects of LIPUS on edema were detected by MR imaging in the mouse brain at 148 days following TBI. Long-term functional outcomes of LIPUS stimulation were evaluated by behavioral analyses. One-way or two-way analysis of variance and Student's t test were used for statistical analyses, with a significant level of .05. Up to post-injury day 148, treatment with LIPUS significantly improved functional outcomes (all p < 0.05). LIPUS also significantly attenuated brain edema and neuronal death at day 148 after TBI (all p < 0.05). Furthermore, LIPUS reduced MMP9 activity, neutrophil infiltration, and microglial activation at day 1 or day 4 following TBI (all p < 0.05). Meanwhile, LIPUS increased the Bcl-2/Bax ratio and enhanced the phosphorylation of Bad and FOXO-1 at day 1 or day 4 following TBI (all p < 0.05). Almost 5 months of follow-up showed that the treatment efficacy of post-injury LIPUS stimulation on reduced brain edema and improved functional outcomes persisted over time after TBI. The neuroprotective effects of LIPUS are associated with a reduction of early inflammatory events and inhibition of apoptotic progression.
本研究旨在评估低强度脉冲超声(LIPUS)对创伤性脑损伤(TBI)后小鼠功能结果、脑水肿的长期治疗效果,以及可能的反应涉及。采用皮质冲击伤模型,伤后即刻至第 28 天每天对小鼠进行 LIPUS 治疗。TBI 后 148 天,MR 成像检测 LIPUS 对脑水肿的影响。通过行为分析评估 LIPUS 刺激的长期功能结果。采用单因素或双因素方差分析和学生 t 检验进行统计学分析,显著性水平为 0.05。伤后 148 天,LIPUS 治疗显著改善了功能结果(均 p<0.05)。LIPUS 还显著减轻了 TBI 后 148 天的脑水肿和神经元死亡(均 p<0.05)。此外,LIPUS 降低了 TBI 后第 1 天或第 4 天的 MMP9 活性、中性粒细胞浸润和小胶质细胞激活(均 p<0.05)。同时,LIPUS 增加了 Bcl-2/Bax 比值,并增强了 TBI 后第 1 天或第 4 天 Bad 和 FOXO-1 的磷酸化(均 p<0.05)。5 个月的随访结果表明,TBI 后 LIPUS 刺激对减轻脑水肿和改善功能结果的治疗效果在时间上持续存在。LIPUS 的神经保护作用与减少早期炎症事件和抑制细胞凋亡进展有关。
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