Abstract
Intracerebral complement activation after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to a cascade of neuroinflammatory pathological sequelae that propagate host-mediated secondary brain injury and adverse outcomes. There are currently no specific pharmacological agents on the market to prevent or mitigate the development of secondary cerebral insults after TBI. A novel chimeric CR2-fH compound (mTT30) provides targeted inhibition of the alternative complement pathway at the site of tissue injury. This experimental study was designed to test the neuroprotective effects of mTT30 in a mouse model of closed head injury. The administration of 500 μg mTT30 i.v. at 1 h, 4 h and 24 h after head injury attenuated complement C3 deposition in injured brains, reduced the extent of neuronal cell death, and decreased post-injury microglial activation, compared to vehicle-injected placebo controls. These data imply that site-targeted alternative pathway complement inhibition may represent a new promising therapeutic avenue for the future management of severe TBI.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 188-194 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Neuroscience Letters |
Volume | 617 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 23 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CR2-conjugated pharmacological compounds
- Neuroinflammation
- Secondary brain injury
- Site-targeted complement inhibition
- Traumatic brain injury
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience