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ArticleBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie2025

Clemastine enhances myelin formation in the striatum and medial prefrontal cortex and improves sociability in a neonatal rat hypoxic-ischemic model.

Yu Feng, Xiaohui Ma, Xuemei Zong, J Dedrick Jordan, Celeste Yin-Chieh Wu, Vesna Tesic, Reggie Hui-Chao Lee, Quanguang Zhang

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8 authors.

Yu FengDepartment of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Xiaohui MaDepartment of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Xuemei ZongDepartment of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
J Dedrick JordanDepartment of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Celeste Yin-Chieh WuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Taneja College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Vesna TesicDepartment of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Reggie Hui-Chao LeeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Taneja College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. Electronic address: huichao.lee@lsuhs.edu.
Quanguang ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. Electronic address: qzhang@augusta.edu.

Funding

Using Photobiomodulation to Alleviate Brain Hypoperfusion in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG081874 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Hung Wen (Kevin) Lin, Quanguang Zhang · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Pulsed laser therapy in an asymptomatic head injury-accelerated Alzheimer's modelRF1NS135548 · NINDS · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, QUANGUANG · 2024 to 2024
$2.3M
Silent brain ischemia accelerates Alzheimer's dementia: pathogenesis and laser treatmentR01AG082207 · NIA · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC SHREVEPORT · PI Quanguang Zhang · 2024 to 2026
$2.2M
Role of Brain Aromatase in Alzheimer's Dementia: Sex differences and the Preventive Therapy using Pulsed PhotobiomodulationR01AG083947 · NIA · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI DHANDAPANI, KRISHNAN M. · 2024 to 2025
$1.5M
Kinase regulation in cerebral ischemiaR01NS126273 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI LEE, REGGIE HUI-CHAO · 2022 to 2025
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG081874NIA NIH HHS R01 AG082207NIA NIH HHS R01 AG083947NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126273NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS135548
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neonatal hypoxia-ischemia (HI) results in gray and white matter injuries, leading to impairments in social behavior and severe neurological deficits. Clemastine treatment has demonstrated efficacy in alleviating behavioral deficits in various neurological disorders by improving myelin formation. It has been suggested that the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and the striatum play a key role in human social behaviors. To test whether clemastine can mitigate sociability deficits by rescuing the myelin damage in these key brain areas, we administered clemastine orally for two weeks following HI insult in neonatal rats. We demonstrated that clemastine successfully ameliorated HI-induced social deficits during adolescence, attenuated hypomyelination and promoted oligodendrocyte maturation in the striatum and mPFC. We also observed that clementine reduced proliferation and apoptosis of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), decreased myelin debris induced by HI in the striatum, and was accompanied by microglia morphological changes in the striatum. Furthermore, our findings revealed a positive correlation between sociability and myelin formation in the striatum and mPFC. In conclusion, our data indicate that clemastine attenuates HI-induced sociability impairments during adolescence, potentially through its role in promoting myelin formation in the striatum and mPFC.

Indexed as

Behavior, AnimalClemastineCorpus StriatumHypoxia-Ischemia, BrainMyelin SheathPrefrontal CortexSocial BehaviorAnimalsAnimals, NewbornApoptosisCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalMaleMicrogliaOligodendrocyte Precursor CellsOligodendrogliaClemastineClemastineHypomyelinationHypoxic ischemiaOligodendrocyteSociability

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PMID40058153
PMCPMC12820980

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