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A new function for Prokineticin 2: recruitment of SVZ-derived neuroblasts to the injured cortex in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury

Mayara Vieira Mundim, Laura Zamproni, Agnes Pinto, Layla Galindo, Andre Machado Xavier, Isaias Glezer, Marimelia Porcionatto
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/273698
Mayara Vieira Mundim
UNIFESP
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Laura Zamproni
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Agnes Pinto
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Layla Galindo
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Andre Machado Xavier
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Isaias Glezer
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Marimelia Porcionatto
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Abstract

Traumatic brain injury is an important cause of mortality and morbidity all over the world. After the initial injury there is a cascade of cellular and molecular events that ultimately lead to cell death. Therapies aim not only to counteract these mechanisms but also to replenish the lost cell population in order to achieve a better recovery. The adult mammal brain in not as plastic as the postnatal, but it has at least two neurogenic regions that maintains physiological functions in the brain; the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, which produces neurons that integrate locally, and the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the lateral ventricles, that produces neuroblasts that migrate through the rostral migratory stream (RMS) to the olfactory bulbs. Brain injuries, as well as neurodegenerative diseases, induce the SVZ to respond by increasing cell proliferation and migration to the injured areas. Here we report that SVZ cells migrate to the injured cortex after traumatic brain injury in mice, and that the physiological RMS migration is not impaired. We also show that Prokineticin 2 (PROK2), a chemokine important for the olfactory bulb neurogenesis by promoting the directional migration of neuroblasts, is induced in the injured cortex. Using PROK2 receptor antagonist and recombinant PROK2 we show for the first time that PROK2 can directionally attract SVZ cells in vitro and in vivo. The data we present here links one more element of the inflammatory process, PROK2 secreted by microglia, to the attempt to regenerate an acutely injured mammalian cortex.

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A new function for Prokineticin 2: recruitment of SVZ-derived neuroblasts to the injured cortex in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury
Mayara Vieira Mundim, Laura Zamproni, Agnes Pinto, Layla Galindo, Andre Machado Xavier, Isaias Glezer, Marimelia Porcionatto
bioRxiv 273698; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/273698
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A new function for Prokineticin 2: recruitment of SVZ-derived neuroblasts to the injured cortex in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury
Mayara Vieira Mundim, Laura Zamproni, Agnes Pinto, Layla Galindo, Andre Machado Xavier, Isaias Glezer, Marimelia Porcionatto
bioRxiv 273698; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/273698

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