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Blood Exposure Causes Ventricular Zone Disruption and Glial Activation In Vitro.


ABSTRACT: Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is the most common cause of pediatric hydrocephalus in North America but remains poorly understood. Cell junction-mediated ventricular zone (VZ) disruption and astrogliosis are associated with the pathogenesis of congenital, nonhemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Recently, our group demonstrated that VZ disruption is also present in preterm infants with IVH. On the basis of this observation, we hypothesized that blood triggers the loss of VZ cell junction integrity and related cytopathology. In order to test this hypothesis, we developed an in vitro model of IVH by applying syngeneic blood to cultured VZ cells obtained from newborn mice. Following blood treatment, cells were assayed for N-cadherin-dependent adherens junctions, ciliated ependymal cells, and markers of glial activation using immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting. After 24-48?hours of exposure to blood, VZ cell junctions were disrupted as determined by a significant reduction in N-cadherin expression (p?

SUBMITTER: Castaneyra-Ruiz L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6927874 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Blood Exposure Causes Ventricular Zone Disruption and Glial Activation In Vitro.

Castaneyra-Ruiz Leandro L   Morales Diego M DM   McAllister James P JP   Brody Steven L SL   Isaacs Albert M AM   Strahle Jennifer M JM   Dahiya Sonika M SM   Limbrick David D DD  

Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 20180901 9


Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is the most common cause of pediatric hydrocephalus in North America but remains poorly understood. Cell junction-mediated ventricular zone (VZ) disruption and astrogliosis are associated with the pathogenesis of congenital, nonhemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Recently, our group demonstrated that VZ disruption is also present in preterm infants with IVH. On the basis of this observation, we hypothesized that blood triggers the loss of VZ cell junction integrity and r  ...[more]

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