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- Title
Cerebrolysin Reduces Astrogliosis and Axonal Injury and Enhances Neurogenesis in Rats After Closed Head Injury.
- Authors
Zhang, Yanlu; Chopp, Michael; Zhang, Zheng Gang; Zhang, Yi; Zhang, Li; Lu, Mei; Zhang, Talan; Winter, Stefan; Doppler, Edith; Brandstäetter, Hemma; Mahmood, Asim; Xiong, Ye
- Abstract
Background. Cerebrolysin is a neuropeptide preparation with neuroprotective and neurotrophic properties. Our previous study demonstrates that cerebrolysin significantly improves functional recovery in rats after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Objective. To determine histological outcomes associated with therapeutic effects of cerebrolysin on functional recovery after TBI. Methods. In this prospective, randomized, blinded, and placebo-controlled study, adult Wistar rats with mild TBI induced by a closed head impact were randomly assigned to one of the cerebrolysin dose groups (0.8, 2.5, 7.5 mL/kg) or placebo, which were administered 4 hours after TBI and then daily for 10 consecutive days. Functional tests assessed cognitive, behavioral, motor, and neurological performance. Study end point was day 90 after TBI. Brains were processed for histological tissue analyses of astrogliosis, axonal injury, and neurogenesis. Results. Compared with placebo, cerebrolysin significantly reduced amyloid precursor protein accumulation, astrogliosis, and axonal damage in various brain regions and increased the number of neuroblasts and neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus. There was a significant dose effect of cerebrolysin on functional outcomes at 3 months after injury compared with saline treatment. Cerebrolysin at a dose of ⩾0.8 mL/kg significantly improved cognitive function, whereas at a dose of ⩾2.5 mL/kg, cerebrolysin also significantly improved sensorimotor function at various time points. There were significant correlations between multiple histological and functional outcomes 90 days after mTBI. Conclusions. Our findings demonstrate that cerebrolysin reduces astrogliosis and axonal injury and promotes neurogenesis, which may contribute to improved functional recovery in rats with mTBI.
- Subjects
NEURAL physiology; ANIMAL experimentation; CELL differentiation; CENTRAL nervous system diseases; COGNITIVE testing; HISTOLOGICAL techniques; LONGITUDINAL method; PSYCHOLOGY of movement; NEUROLOGIC examination; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; HEAD injuries; TREATMENT effectiveness; REHABILITATION for brain injury patients; FUNCTIONAL assessment; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair, 2019, Vol 33, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
1545-9683
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1545968318809916