Campus Units
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, Immunobiology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
7-2017
Journal or Book Title
The American Journal of Pathology
Volume
187
Issue
7
First Page
1459
Last Page
1472
DOI
10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.03.005
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury due to blast exposure is currently the most prevalent of war injuries. Although secondary ocular blast injuries due to flying debris are more common, primary ocular blast exposure resulting from blast wave pressure has been reported among survivors of explosions, but with limited understanding of the resulting retinal pathologies. Using a compressed air-driven shock tube system, adult male and female C57BL/6 mice were exposed to blast wave pressure of 300 kPa (43.5 psi) per day for 3 successive days, and euthanized 30 days after injury. We assessed retinal tissues using immunofluorescence for glial fibrillary acidic protein, microglia-specific proteins Iba1 and CD68, and phosphorylated tau (AT-270 pThr181 and AT-180 pThr231). Primary blast wave pressure resulted in activation of Müller glia, loss of photoreceptor cells, and an increase in phosphorylated tau in retinal neurons and glia. We found that 300-kPa blasts yielded no detectable cognitive or motor deficits, and no neurochemical or biochemical evidence of injury in the striatum or prefrontal cortex, respectively. These changes were detected 30 days after blast exposure, suggesting the possibility of long-lasting retinal injury and neuronal inflammation after primary blast exposure.
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Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Mammadova, Najiba; Ghaisas, Shivani; Zenitsky, Gary; Sakaguchi, Donald S.; Kanthasamy, Anumantha; Greenlee, Justin J.; and Greenlee, M. Heather West, "Lasting Retinal Injury in a Mouse Model of Blast-Induced Trauma" (2017). Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Publications. 201.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/gdcb_las_pubs/201
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Comments
This article is published as Mammadova, Najiba, Shivani Ghaisas, Gary Zenitsky, Donald S. Sakaguchi, Anumantha G. Kanthasamy, Justin J. Greenlee, and M. Heather West Greenlee. "Lasting Retinal Injury in a Mouse Model of Blast-Induced Trauma." The American Journal of Pathology 187, no. 7 (2017): 1459-1472. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.03.005.