title: Regional changes in glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor after cardiac arrest and hypothermia in rats.
abstract: Hypothermia after resuscitation from cardiac arrest reduces functional and histological brain injury. Stimulation of neurotrophic factors may contribute to the beneficial effects of hypothermia. This study examined the effects of cardiac arrest and induced hypothermia on regional levels of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) over the first 24 h after rat cardiac arrest. Hypothermia increased GDNF in hippocampus at 6 h, but did not prevent a subsequent decline in hippocampal GDNF. In contrast, hypothermia prevented early increases in cortical levels of GDNF at 3 and 6 h. Cerebellar GDNF increased slightly over 24 h in hypothermia-treated rats, but brainstem levels of GDNF did not change in response to cardiac arrest or hypothermia. These results suggest that temperature after resuscitation produces regionally specific changes of GNDF levels in brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Melissa J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Repine
authors.forename: Shawn D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: Donald B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: DeFranco
authors.forename: Clifton W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Callaway
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000379:methods; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000378:metabolism*; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: C495041:Gdnf protein, rat; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors