Kiang J G, Smith J T, Anderson M N, Umali M V, Ho C, Zhai M, Lin B, Jiang S
Radiation Combined Injury Program, Scientific Research Department, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, USA.
Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA.
Pharm Pharmacol Int J. 2019;7(3):133-145. doi: 10.15406/ppij.2019.07.00243. Epub 2019 Jun 26.
Medical treatment becomes challenging when complicated injuries arise from secondary reactive metabolic and inflammatory products induced by initial acute ionizing radiation injury (RI) or when combined with subsequent trauma insult(s) (CI). With such detrimental effects on many organs, CI exacerbates the severity of primary injuries and decreases survival. Previously, in a novel study, we reported that ghrelin therapy significantly improved survival after CI. This study aimed to investigate whether brain hemorrhage induced by RI and CI could be inhibited by ghrelin therapy with pegylated G-CSF (i.e., Neulasta®, an FDA-approved drug). B6D2F1 female mice were exposed to 9.5 Gy Co-γ-radiation followed by 15% total-skin surface wound. Several endpoints were measured at several days. Brain hemorrhage and platelet depletion were observed in RI and CI mice. Brain hemorrhage severity was significantly higher in CI mice than in RI mice. Ghrelin therapy with pegylated G-CSF reduced the severity in brains of both RI and CI mice. RI and CI did not alter PARP and NF-κB but did significantly reduce PGC-1α and ghrelin receptors; the therapy, however, was able to partially recover ghrelin receptors. RI and CI significantly increased IL-6, KC, Eotaxin, G-CSF, MIP-2, MCP-1, MIP-1α, but significantly decreased IL-2, IL-9, IL-10, MIG, IFN-γ, and PDGF-bb; the therapy inhibited these changes. RI and CI significantly reduced platelet numbers, cellular ATP levels, NRF1/2, and AKT phosphorylation. The therapy significantly mitigated these CI-induced changes and reduced p53-mdm2 mediated caspase-3 activation. Our data are the first to support the view that Ghrelin therapy with pegylated G-CSF is potentially a novel therapy for treating brain hemorrhage after RI and CI.
当初始急性电离辐射损伤(RI)诱导的继发性反应性代谢和炎症产物引发复杂损伤,或与随后的创伤性损伤(CI)合并出现时,医学治疗变得具有挑战性。CI对许多器官具有如此有害的影响,会加剧原发性损伤的严重程度并降低生存率。此前,在一项新研究中,我们报告称胃饥饿素疗法显著提高了CI后的生存率。本研究旨在调查聚乙二醇化G-CSF(即FDA批准的药物Neulasta®)的胃饥饿素疗法是否能抑制RI和CI诱导的脑出血。将B6D2F1雌性小鼠暴露于9.5 Gy的Co-γ辐射,随后造成15%的全皮肤表面创伤。在几天内测量了几个终点指标。在RI和CI小鼠中观察到脑出血和血小板减少。CI小鼠的脑出血严重程度显著高于RI小鼠。聚乙二醇化G-CSF的胃饥饿素疗法降低了RI和CI小鼠大脑中的严重程度。RI和CI未改变PARP和NF-κB,但显著降低了PGC-1α和胃饥饿素受体;然而,该疗法能够部分恢复胃饥饿素受体。RI和CI显著增加IL-6、KC、嗜酸性粒细胞趋化因子、G-CSF、MIP-2、MCP-1、MIP-1α,但显著降低IL-2、IL-9、IL-10、MIG、IFN-γ和PDGF-bb;该疗法抑制了这些变化。RI和CI显著降低血小板数量、细胞ATP水平、NRF1/2和AKT磷酸化。该疗法显著减轻了这些CI诱导的变化,并减少了p53-mdm2介导的caspase-3激活。我们的数据首次支持了这样一种观点,即聚乙二醇化G-CSF的胃饥饿素疗法可能是一种治疗RI和CI后脑出血的新疗法。