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ArticleBrain and behavior2020

Metabolomics analysis of the hippocampus in a rat model of traumatic brain injury during the acute phase.

Fei Zheng, Yan-Tao Zhou, Dan-Dan Feng, Peng-Fei Li, Tao Tang, Jie-Kun Luo, Yang Wang

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fei ZhengCollege of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Yan-Tao ZhouCollege of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Dan-Dan FengLaboratory of Ethnopharmacology, Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Peng-Fei LiLaboratory of Ethnopharmacology, Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Tao TangLaboratory of Ethnopharmacology, Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4642-4314
Jie-Kun LuoLaboratory of Ethnopharmacology, Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yang WangLaboratory of Ethnopharmacology, Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0447-3107
Central South University · CNHunan University · CN

Funding

Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 2019JJ30042National Natural Science Foundation of China 61472126National Natural Science Foundation of China 81673719National Natural Science Foundation of China 81973665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) has increased in rank among traumatic injuries worldwide. Traumatic brain injury is a serious obstacle given that its complex pathology represents a long-term process. Recently, systems biology strategies such as metabolomics to investigate the multifactorial nature of TBI have facilitated attempts to find biomarkers and probe molecular pathways for its diagnosis and therapy.

methodsThis study included a group of 20 rats with controlled cortical impact and a group of 20 sham rats. We utilized mNSS tests to investigate neurological metabolic impairments on day 1 and day 3. Furthermore, we applied metabolomics and bioinformatics to determine the metabolic perturbation caused by TBI during the acute period in the hippocampus tissue of controlled cortical impact (CCI) rats. Notably, TBI-protein-metabolite subnetworks identified from a database were assessed for associations between metabolites and TBI by the dysregulation of related enzymes and transporters.

resultsOur results identified 7 and 8 biomarkers on day 1 and day 3, respectively. Additionally, related pathway disorders showed effects on arginine and proline metabolism as well as taurine and hypotaurine metabolism on day 3 in acute TBI. Furthermore, according to metabolite-protein database searches, 25 metabolite-protein pairs were established as causally associated with TBI. Further, bioinformation indicated that these TBI-associated proteins mainly take part in 5'-nucleotidase activity and carboxylic acid transmembrane transport. In addition, interweaved networks were constructed to show that the development of TBI might be affected by metabolite-related proteins and their protein pathways.

conclusionThe overall results show that acute TBI is susceptible to metabolic disorders, and the joint metabolite-protein network analysis provides a favorable prediction of TBI pathogenesis mechanisms in the brain. The signatures in the hippocampus might be promising for the development of biomarkers and pathways relevant to acute TBI and could further guide testable predictions of the underlying mechanism of TBI.

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Brain InjuriesBrain Injuries, TraumaticAnimalsBiomarkersComputational BiologyDatabases, ProteinDisease Models, AnimalHippocampusMetabolomicsPrognosisRatsBiomarkersacute traumatic brain injuryhippocampusmetabolomicsprotein database analysis

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PMID31908160
PMCPMC7010586
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