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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
卷 11, 期 3, 页码 129-135出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.11.009
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brain injury; newborn; excitotoxicity; T3
Background: Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is a major cause of neurological handicap in pre-term infants. At present, there are no effective or causal therapies available. Thyroid hormones play an essential role in brain development and are reported to be decreased in pre-terms and following brain injury in adults. Hypothesis: Excitotoxic brain damage of newborn mice decreases thyroid hormone concentrations. Exogenous T3 administration restores thyroid hormone levels and reduces perinatal brain damage in an animal model of PVL. Design and method: To create white and gray matter (WM/GM) lesion mimicking several key aspects of PVL, we injected ibotenic acid (Ibo), a glutamate analog, into the right hemisphere (intracranially (i.c.)) of 5-day-old mice. T3 (10 mu g/kg body weight (bw)) was injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) 1 h or repeatedly 1/24/48/72/96 h post-insult. We determined lesion size, number of apoptotic cells in WM/GM and serum T3/T4 concentration at 24 and 120h after injury. Serum T3/T4 concentration was also determined before and 1 and 2h after T3 administration. Results: Excitotoxic brain damage did not alter serum T3/T4 concentrations within 120h of injury. Serum T3 levels were distinctly elevated within 1 h of T3 injection; however, this elevation was relatively short-lived (half-life estimated to be less than 12h). Neither single nor repetitive T3 treatment regimen reduced excitotoxic lesion size, but it did reduce apoptosis. Condusions: T3 replacement does not prevent excitotoxic cell death, but it does reduce developmental neuronal apoptosis, which could participate to the beneficial neuropsychological effects of hormone therapy. Further study is therefore warranted. (c) 2006 European Paediatric Neurology Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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