Profiling the neuroimmune cascade in 3xTg-AD mice exposed to successive mild traumatic brain injuries
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Repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries (rmTBI) sustained within a window of vulnerability can result in long term cognitive deficits, depression, and eventual neurodegeneration associated with tau pathology, amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques, gliosis, and neuronal and functional loss. However, a comprehensive study relating acute changes in immune signaling and glial reactivity to neuronal changes and pathological markers after single and repetitive mTBIs is currently lacking. In the current study, we addressed the question of how repeated injuries affect the brain neuroimmune response in the acute phase of injury (< 24 h) by exposing the 3xTg-AD mouse model of tau and Aβ pathology to successive (1x-5x) once-daily weight drop closed-head injuries and quantifying immune markers, pathological markers, and transcriptional profiles at 30 min, 4 h, and 24 h after each injury. We used young adult 2–4 month old 3xTg-AD mice to model the effects of rmTBI in the absence of significant tau and Aβ pathology. We identified pronounced sexual dimorphism in this model, with females eliciting more diverse changes after injury compared to males. Specifically, females showed: (1) a single injury caused a decrease in neuron-enriched genes inversely correlated with inflammatory protein expression and an increase in AD-related genes within 24 h, (2) each injury significantly increased a group of cortical cytokines (IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-9, IL-13, IL-17, KC) and MAPK phospho-proteins (phospho-Atf2, phospho-Mek1), several of which co-labeled with neurons and correlated with phospho-tau, and (3) repetitive injury caused increased expression of genes associated with astrocyte reactivity and macrophage-associated immune function. Collectively our data suggest that neurons respond to a single injury within 24 h, while other cell types, including astrocytes, transition to inflammatory phenotypes within days of repetitive injury.
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- Authors
- Pybus, A. F., Bitarafan, S., Brothers, R. O., Rohrer, A., Khaitan, A., Moctezuma, F. R., Udeshi, K., Davies, B., Triplett, S., Griffin, M. N., Dammer, E. B., Rangaraju, S., Buckley, E. M., & Wood, L. B.
- Affiliations
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Buckley, Erin M.
- Wood, Levi B.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Neuroinflammation
- Published
- 2024-06-13
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 156-156
- ISSN
- 1742-2094 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC11177462
- OpenAlex
- W4399626290
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 135
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 3
- FWCI
- 3.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Neuroinflammation (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (W81XWH-18-1-0669)
- National Institutes of Health (1R01NS115994, 1R01AG075820)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- repetitive mild traumatic brain injury, neuroimmune response, 3xTg-AD mice, Alzheimer's disease model, sex differences, cytokines, MAPK signaling, astrocyte activation, macrophages, tau phosphorylation, glial activation, gene expression profiling
- MeSH terms
- Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Brain, Brain Concussion, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Sex Characteristics, Neuroimmunomodulation, tau Proteins, Mice
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