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NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 696-+Publisher
MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA PVT LTD
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.206632
Keywords
traumatic brain injury; hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha; S-nitrosoglutathione; neurorepair; functional recovery
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- VA merit awards [BX3401, RX2090]
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Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), also called concussion, initiates sequelae leading to motor deficits, cognitive impairments and subtly compromised neurobehaviors. While the acute phase of TBI is associated with neuroinflammation and nitroxidative burst, the chronic phase shows a lack of stimulation of the neurorepair process and regeneration. The deficiency of nitric oxide (NO), the consequent disturbed NO metabolome, and imbalanced mechanisms of S-nitrosylation are implicated in blocking the mechanisms of neurorepair processes and functional recovery in the both phases. Hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-l alpha), a master regulator of hypoxia/ischemia, stimulates the process of neurorepair and thus aids in functional recovery after brain trauma. The activity of HIF-l alpha is regulated by NO via the mechanism of S-nitrosylation of HIF-l alpha. S-nitrosylation is dynamically regulated by NO metabolites such as S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) and peroxynitrite. GSNO stabilizes, and peroxynitrite destabilizes HIF-l alpha. Exogenously administered GSNO was found not only to stabilize HIF-l alpha and to induce HIF-l alpha-dependent genes but also to stimulate the regeneration process and to aid in functional recovery in TBI animals.
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