Evaluation of 3K3A-Activated Protein C to Treat Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury in the Spiny Mouse.

Neurotherapeutics : the Journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics
Stacey J ElleryFlora Y Wong

Abstract

Neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) resulting from intrapartum asphyxia is a global problem that causes severe disabilities and up to 1 million deaths annually. A variant form of activated protein C, 3K3A-APC, has cytoprotective properties that attenuate brain injury in models of adult stroke. In this study, we compared the ability of 3K3A-APC and APC (wild-type (wt)) to attenuate neonatal brain injury, using the spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) model of intrapartum asphyxia. Pups were delivered at 38 days of gestation (term = 39 days), with an intrapartum hypoxic insult of 7.5 min (intrapartum asphyxia cohort), or immediate removal from the uterus (control cohort). After 1 h, pups received a subcutaneous injection of 3K3A-APC or wild-type APC (wtAPC) at 7 mg/kg, or vehicle (saline). At 24 h of age, pups were killed and brain tissue was collected for measurement of inflammation and cell death using RT-qPCR and histopathology. Intrapartum asphyxia increased weight loss, inflammation, and apoptosis/necrosis in the newborn brain. 3K3A-APC administration maintained body weight and ameliorated an asphyxia-induced increase of TGFβ1 messenger RNA expression in the cerebral cortex, immune cell aggregation in the corpus callosu...Continue Reading

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