AQP4-siRNA alleviates traumatic brain edema by altering post-traumatic AQP4 polarity reversal in TBI rats

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Hong LuJian-Qiang Chen

Abstract

The spatial and temporal distribution of aquaporin-4 (AQP4) expression in rat brain following brain trauma and AQP4-siRNA treatment, as well as corresponding pathological changes, were studied to explore the mechanism underlying the effect of AQP4-siRNA treatment on traumatic brain injury (TBI). The rats in the sham operation group had normal structure, with AQP4 located in the perivascular end-foot membranes and astrocytic membranes in a polarized pattern. The accelerated polarity reversal was observed in the TBI group in 1-12 h after TBI. During this period, AQP4 abundance on the astrocytic membrane is gradually increased, while AQP4 abundance on the perivascular end-foot membrane declined rapidly. Twelve hours after TBI, AQP4 expression was depolarized, showing a shift from the perivascular end-foot membrane to the astrocytic membrane. Pathological observation showed that vasogenic edema occurred immediately after TBI, at which time the extracellular space was expanded, leading to severe intracellular edema. AQP4-siRNA reduced the polarity reversal index at the early stage of TBI recovery and reduced edema, demonstrating the potential benefit of reduced AQP4 expression during recovery from TBI.

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