TY - JOUR
T1 - Meningeal and Visual Pathway Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis after Single and Repetitive Closed-Head Impact Model of Engineered Rotational Acceleration (CHIMERA)-Induced Disruption in Male and Female Mice
AU - McNamara, Eileen H.
AU - Knutsen, Andrew
AU - Korotcov, Alexandru
AU - Bosomtwi, Asamoah
AU - Liu, Jiong
AU - Fu, Amanda H.
AU - Kostelnik, Claire
AU - Grillakis, Antigone A.
AU - Spencer, Haley
AU - Dardzinski, Bernard
AU - McCabe, Joseph T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (Department of Defense), Proposal 310185–6.01–65310, to JTM.
Publisher Copyright:
© Eileen H. McNamara et al., 2022; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
PY - 2022/6/1
Y1 - 2022/6/1
N2 - The consequences of forceful rotational acceleration on the central nervous system are not fully understood. While traumatic brain injury (TBI) research primarily has focused on effects related to the brain parenchyma, reports of traumatic meningeal enhancement in TBI patients may possess clinical significance. The objective of this study was to evaluate the meninges and brain for changes in dynamic contrast enhancement (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) following closed-head impact model of engineered rotational acceleration (CHIMERA)-induced cerebral insult. Adult male and female mice received one (1 ×; n = 19 CHIMERA, n = 19 Sham) or four (4 × one/day; n = 18 CHIMERA, n = 12 Sham) injuries. Each animal underwent three MRI scans: 1 week before injury, immediately after the final injury, and 1 week post-injury. Compared with baseline readings and measures in sham animals, meningeal DCE in males was increased after single impact and repetitive injury. In female mice, DCE was elevated relative to their baseline level after a single impact. One week after CHIMERA, the meningeal enhancement returned to below baseline for single injured male mice, but compared with uninjured mice remained elevated in both sexes in the multiple impact groups. Pre-DCE meningeal T2-weighted relaxation time was increased only after 1 × CHIMERA in injured mice. Since vision is impaired after CHIMERA, visual pathway regions were analyzed through imaging and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) histology. Initial DCE in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and superior colliculus (SC) and T2 increases in the optic tract (OPT) and LGN were observed after injury with decreases in DCE and T2 1 week later. Astrogliosis was apparent in the OPT and SC with increased GFAP staining 7 days post-injury. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine meningeal integrity after CHIMERA in both male and female rodents. DCE-MRI may serve as a useful approach for pre-clinical models of meningeal injury that will enable further evaluation of the underlying mechanisms.
AB - The consequences of forceful rotational acceleration on the central nervous system are not fully understood. While traumatic brain injury (TBI) research primarily has focused on effects related to the brain parenchyma, reports of traumatic meningeal enhancement in TBI patients may possess clinical significance. The objective of this study was to evaluate the meninges and brain for changes in dynamic contrast enhancement (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) following closed-head impact model of engineered rotational acceleration (CHIMERA)-induced cerebral insult. Adult male and female mice received one (1 ×; n = 19 CHIMERA, n = 19 Sham) or four (4 × one/day; n = 18 CHIMERA, n = 12 Sham) injuries. Each animal underwent three MRI scans: 1 week before injury, immediately after the final injury, and 1 week post-injury. Compared with baseline readings and measures in sham animals, meningeal DCE in males was increased after single impact and repetitive injury. In female mice, DCE was elevated relative to their baseline level after a single impact. One week after CHIMERA, the meningeal enhancement returned to below baseline for single injured male mice, but compared with uninjured mice remained elevated in both sexes in the multiple impact groups. Pre-DCE meningeal T2-weighted relaxation time was increased only after 1 × CHIMERA in injured mice. Since vision is impaired after CHIMERA, visual pathway regions were analyzed through imaging and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) histology. Initial DCE in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and superior colliculus (SC) and T2 increases in the optic tract (OPT) and LGN were observed after injury with decreases in DCE and T2 1 week later. Astrogliosis was apparent in the OPT and SC with increased GFAP staining 7 days post-injury. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine meningeal integrity after CHIMERA in both male and female rodents. DCE-MRI may serve as a useful approach for pre-clinical models of meningeal injury that will enable further evaluation of the underlying mechanisms.
KW - Closed-head impact model of engineered rotational acceleration (CHIMERA)
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
KW - Meninges
KW - Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
KW - Traumatic meningeal enhancement (TME)
KW - Visual pathway
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U2 - 10.1089/neu.2021.0494
DO - 10.1089/neu.2021.0494
M3 - Article
C2 - 35243900
AN - SCOPUS:85131667862
SN - 0897-7151
VL - 39
SP - 784
EP - 799
JO - Central Nervous System Trauma
JF - Central Nervous System Trauma
IS - 11-12
ER -