Author:
Lafrenaye Audrey,Mondello Stefania,Povlishock John,Gorse Karen,Walker Susan,Hayes Ronald,Wang Kevin,Kochanek Patrick M.
Abstract
Operation brain trauma therapy (OBTT) is a drug- and biomarker-screening consortium intended to improve the quality of preclinical studies and provide a rigorous framework to increase the translational potential of experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI) treatments. Levetiracetam (LEV) is an antiepileptic agent that was the fifth drug tested by OBTT in three independent rodent models of moderate to severe TBI. To date, LEV has been the most promising drug tested by OBTT and was therefore advanced to testing in the pig. Adult male micro pigs were subjected to a mild central fluid percussion brain injury followed by a post-injury intravenous infusion of either 170 mg/kg LEV or vehicle. Systemic physiology was assessed throughout the post-injury period. Serial serum samples were obtained pre-injury as well as at 1 min, 30 min, 1 h, 3 h, and 6 h post-injury for a detailed analysis of the astroglial biomarker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1. Tissue was collected 6 h following injury for histological assessment of diffuse axonal injury using antibodies against the amyloid precursor protein (APP). The animals showed significant increases in circulating GFAP levels from baseline to 6 h post-injury; however, LEV treatment was associated with greater GFAP increases compared to the vehicle. There were no differences in the numbers of APP+ axonal swellings within the pig thalamus with LEV treatment; however, significant alterations in the morphological properties of the APP+ axonal swellings, including reduced swelling area and increased swelling roundness, were observed. Additionally, expression of the neurite outgrowth marker, growth-associated protein 43, was reduced in axonal swellings following LEV treatment, suggesting potential effects on axonal outgrowth that warrant further investigation.
Funder
U.S. Army Medical Command
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Neurology
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