Progesterone and low-dose vitamin D hormone treatment enhances sparing of memory following traumatic brain injury.

Hormones and Behavior
Fang HuaDonald G Stein

Abstract

Progesterone (PROG) has been shown to protect the brain from traumatic injury and is now in Phase III clinical trials. Our work shows that PROG's beneficial effects can be reduced in vitamin D hormone (VDH)-deficient subjects. VDH can modulate neuronal apoptosis, trophic factors, inflammation, oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, and myelin and axon repair. We investigated whether VDH combined with PROG could improve behavioral outcomes more than PROG alone in VDH-sufficient rats given bilateral contusions of the medial frontal cortex. PROG and different doses of VDH (1 μg/kg, VDH1; 2.5 μg/kg, VDH2; 5 μg/kg, VDH3) were injected intraperitoneally 1 h post-injury. Eight additional doses of PROG were given subcutaneously over 8 days with tapering over the last 2 days. Neurobehavioral tests, necrotic cavity, neuronal death and activation of astrocytes were evaluated 21 days post-injury. We found that PROG and PROG + VDH preserve spatial memory processing. VDH1 + PROG improved performance in acquisition more effectively than PROG alone, indicating that the low VDH dose is optimal for combination therapy. There were no significant differences in necrotic cavity size among the groups. The density of positive staining for reactive astrocy...Continue Reading

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