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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 131, Issue 6, Pages 816-824Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12971
Keywords
microglial activation; TG-interacting factor; traumatic brain injury
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- National Science Council (Taipei, Taiwan) [NSC102-2320-B-006-017-]
- Chi Met Medical Center (Tainan, Taiwan) [CMNCKU9911, CMNCKU10011]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex injury involving several physiological alterations, potentially leading to neurological impairment. Previous mouse studies using high-density oligonucleotide array analysis have confirmed the upregulation of transforming growth-interacting factor (TGIF) mRNA in TBI. TGIF is a transcriptional corepressor of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-) signaling which plays a protective role in TBI. However, the functional roles of TGIF in TBI are not well understood. In this study, we used confocal microscopy after immunofluorescence staining to demonstrate the increase of TGIF levels in the activated microglia of the pericontusional cortex of rats with TBI. Intracerebral knockdown of TGIF in the pericontusional cortex significantly downregulated TGIF expression, attenuated microglial activation, reduced the volume of damaged brain tissue, and facilitated recovery of limb motor function. Collectively, our results indicate that TGIF is involved in TBI-induced microglial activation, resulting in secondary brain injury and motor dysfunction.
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