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Traumatic brain injury in aged animals increases lesion size and chronically alters microglial/macrophage classical and alternative activation states

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Kumar, Alok, Stoica, Bogdan A., Sabirzhanov, Boris, Burns, Mark P., Faden, Alan I., Loane, David J.·2013·Neurobiology of Aging

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes chronic microglial activation that contributes to subsequent neurodegeneration, with clinical outcomes declining as a function of aging. Microglia/macrophages (MG/Mɸ) have multiple phenotypes, including a classically activated, proinflammatory (M1) state that might contribute to neurotoxicity, and an alternatively activated (M2) state that might promote repair. In this study we used gene expression, immunohistochemical, and stereological analyses to show that TBI in aged versus young mice caused larger lesions associated with an M1/M2 balance switch and increased numbers of reactive (bushy and hypertrophic) MG/Mɸ in the cortex, hippocampus, and thalamus. Chitinase3-like 3 (Ym1), an M2 phenotype marker, displayed heterogeneous expression after TBI with amoeboid-like Ym1-positive MG/Mɸ at the contusion site and ramified Ym1-positive MG/Mɸ at distant sites; this distribution was age-related. Aged-injured mice also showed increased MG/Mɸ expression of major histocompatibility complex II and NADPH oxidase, and reduced antioxidant enzyme expression which was associated with lesion size and neurodegeneration. Thus, altered relative M1/M2 activation and an nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NADPH oxidase)-mediated shift in redox state might contribute to worse outcomes observed in older TBI animals by creating a more proinflammatory M1 MG/Mɸ activation state.

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  • The mode of microglial activation following TBI is somewhat age-dependent and may be less neuroprotective and more toxic in older animals.

    “The mode of activation following TBI is somewhat age-dependent and may be less neuroprotective and more toxic in older animals [109].”
  • Elderly individuals are at greater risk to suffer significant cognitive impairment and early morbidity following TBI, potentially due to an already present dysfunction in the microglial compartment.

    “Elderly individuals are at greater risk to suffer significant cognitive impairment and early morbidity following TBI, potentially due to an already present dysfunction in the microglial compartment [109,122,123].”

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Authors
Kumar, A., Stoica, B. A., Sabirzhanov, B., Burns, M. P., Faden, A. I., & Loane, D. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
  • Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Loane, David J.
Venue
Neurobiology of Aging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-05
Volume
34
Issue
5
Pages
1397-1411
ISSN
0197-4580 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2043020388
Cited by
244
References
69
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FWCI
12.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neurobiology of Aging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Capital Area Rehabilitation Research Network (R24HD050845)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Keywords
traumatic brain injury, aging, microglial activation, macrophages, macrophage polarization, Ym1, NADPH oxidase, MHC class II, antioxidant enzymes, neurodegeneration, lesion size, reactive microglia, redox state, proinflammation
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Brain, Brain Injuries, Cells, Cultured, Chronic Disease, Macrophage Activation, Macrophages, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Microglia, Mice

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