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J Neurotrauma ; 37(8): 1108-1123, 2020 04 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31856661

ABSTRACT

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to chronic diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders and epilepsy. The hippocampus, one of the most affected brain region after TBI, plays a critical role in learning and memory and is one of the only two regions in the brain in which new neurons are generated throughout life from neural stem cells (NSC) in the dentate gyrus (DG). These cells migrate into the granular layer where they integrate into the hippocampus circuitry. While increased proliferation of NSC in the hippocampus is known to occur shortly after injury, reduced neuronal maturation and aberrant migration of progenitor cells in the hilus contribute to cognitive and neurological dysfunctions, including epilepsy. Here, we tested the ability of a novel, proprietary non-invasive nano-pulsed laser therapy (NPLT), that combines near-infrared laser light (808 nm) and laser-generated, low-energy optoacoustic waves, to mitigate TBI-driven impairments in neurogenesis and cognitive function in the rat fluid percussion injury model. We show that injured rats treated with NPLT performed significantly better in a hippocampus-dependent cognitive test than did sham rats. In the DG, NPLT significantly decreased TBI-dependent impaired maturation and aberrant migration of neural progenitors, while preventing TBI-induced upregulation of specific microRNAs (miRNAs) in NSC. NPLT did not significantly reduce TBI-induced microglia activation in the hippocampus. Our data strongly suggest that NPLT has the potential to be an effective therapeutic tool for the treatment of TBI-induced cognitive dysfunction and dysregulation of neurogenesis, and point to modulation of miRNAs as a possible mechanism mediating its neuroprotective effects.


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Brain Injuries, Traumatic/physiopathology , Cell Movement/physiology , Cognition/physiology , Hippocampus/physiopathology , Laser Therapy , Neural Stem Cells/physiology , Animals , Male , Memory, Short-Term/physiology , Motor Activity/physiology , Neurogenesis/physiology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Recovery of Function/physiology
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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 85(4): 750-7, 2011 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21976583

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Outbreaks of Mayaro fever have been associated with a sylvatic cycle of Mayaro virus (MAYV) transmission in South America. To evaluate the potential for a common urban mosquito to transmit MAYV, laboratory vector competence studies were performed with Aedes aegypti from Iquitos, Peru. Oral infection in Ae. aegypti ranged from 0% (0/31) to 84% (31/37), with blood meal virus titers between 3.4 log(10) and 7.3 log(10) plaque-forming units (PFU)/mL. Transmission of MAYV by 70% (21/30) of infected mosquitoes was shown by saliva collection and exposure to suckling mice. Amount of viral RNA in febrile humans, determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction, ranged from 2.7 to 5.3 log(10) PFU equivalents/mL. Oral susceptibility of Ae. aegypti to MAYV at titers encountered in viremic humans may limit opportunities to initiate an urban cycle; however, transmission of MAYV by Ae. aegypti shows the vector competence of this species and suggests potential for urban transmission.


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Aedes/virology , Alphavirus Infections/transmission , Insect Vectors , Alphavirus/genetics , Alphavirus/pathogenicity , Alphavirus Infections/epidemiology , Animals , Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral , Disease Outbreaks , Polymerase Chain Reaction , RNA, Viral/analysis , Viral Plaque Assay
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