TY - JOUR
T1 - Glial response to 17β-estradiol in neonatal rats with excitotoxic brain injury
AU - Pansiot, Julien
AU - Pham, Hoa
AU - Dalous, Jeremie
AU - Chevenne, Didier
AU - Colella, Marina
AU - Schwendimann, Leslie
AU - Fafouri, Assia
AU - Mairesse, Jérôme
AU - Moretti, Raffaella
AU - Schang, Anne-Laure
AU - Charriaut-Marlangue, Christiane
AU - Gressens, Pierre
AU - Baud, Olivier
N1 - Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/8
Y1 - 2016/8
N2 - White-matter injury is the most common cause of the adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes observed in preterm infants. Only few options exist to prevent perinatal brain injury associated to preterm delivery. 17β-estradiol (E2) is the predominant estrogen in circulation and has been shown to be neuroprotective in vitro and in vivo. However, while E2 has been found to modulate inflammation in adult models of brain damage, how estrogens influence glial cells response in the developing brain needs further investigations. Using a model of ibotenate-induced brain injury, we have refined the effects of E2 in the developing brain. E2 provides significant neuroprotection both in the cortical plate and the white matter in neonatal rats subjected to excitotoxic insult mimicking white matter and cortical damages frequently observed in very preterm infants. E2 promotes significant changes in microglial phenotypes balance in response to brain injury and the acceleration of oligodendrocyte maturation. Maturational effects of E2 on myelination process were observed both in vivo and in vitro. Altogether, these data demonstrate that response of glial cells to E2 could be responsible for its neuroprotective properties in neonatal excitotoxic brain injury.
AB - White-matter injury is the most common cause of the adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes observed in preterm infants. Only few options exist to prevent perinatal brain injury associated to preterm delivery. 17β-estradiol (E2) is the predominant estrogen in circulation and has been shown to be neuroprotective in vitro and in vivo. However, while E2 has been found to modulate inflammation in adult models of brain damage, how estrogens influence glial cells response in the developing brain needs further investigations. Using a model of ibotenate-induced brain injury, we have refined the effects of E2 in the developing brain. E2 provides significant neuroprotection both in the cortical plate and the white matter in neonatal rats subjected to excitotoxic insult mimicking white matter and cortical damages frequently observed in very preterm infants. E2 promotes significant changes in microglial phenotypes balance in response to brain injury and the acceleration of oligodendrocyte maturation. Maturational effects of E2 on myelination process were observed both in vivo and in vitro. Altogether, these data demonstrate that response of glial cells to E2 could be responsible for its neuroprotective properties in neonatal excitotoxic brain injury.
U2 - 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.05.024
DO - 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.05.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 27222132
SN - 0014-4886
VL - 282
SP - 56
EP - 65
JO - Experimental Neurology
JF - Experimental Neurology
ER -