Systemic application of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor and stem cell factor exacerbates excitotoxic brain injury in newborn mice.
Pediatr Res
; 59(4 Pt 1): 549-53, 2006 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-16549527
ABSTRACT
Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) has been shown to reduce brain lesion size and mortality in adult mice after hypoxic-ischemic injury. Another hematopoietic growth factor, stem cell factor (SCF), has been shown to be up-regulated in the brains of adult rodents following brain damage, where it stimulates postlesional neurogenesis. Injection of the excitotoxic agent ibotenate into the brain of newborn mice produces a brain lesion characterized by neuronal death and white matter cysts, which is similar to periventricular leucomalacia. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether administration of SCF and G-CSF is neuroprotective against ibotenate lesions in neonatal mice. Contrary to our expectations, cortical and white matter brain lesions induced by ibotenate were enhanced following the administration of 50 microg/kg SCF or 200 microg/kg G-CSF. Dose-response studies indicated that G-CSF could increase grey matter lesions even at lower dosages (22 and 66 microg/kg). Administration of SCF and G-CSF in combination also increased cortical and white matter lesions, to 133 +/- 8% and 187 +/- 12%. In the undamaged brain, G-CSF or G-CSF+SCF treatment had no effect on apoptosis in the grey or white matter; however, these treatments significantly increased apoptosis in the damaged brain. Our data clearly demonstrate that G-CSF and SCF are not neuroprotective and result in deleterious enhancement of excitotoxic brain damage in newborn mice. We conclude that G-CSF and SCF should be used cautiously in newborn infants with brain lesions; if they are used, long term neurologic and neurodevelopmental follow-up is warranted.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Brain Injuries
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Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
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Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
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Stem Cell Factor
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Ibotenic Acid
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Neurotoxins
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Pediatr Res
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article
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