title: Lateralized response of dynorphin a peptide levels after traumatic brain injury.
abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces a cascade of primary and secondary events resulting in impairment of neuronal networks that eventually determines clinical outcome. The dynorphins, endogenous opioid peptides, have been implicated in secondary injury and neurodegeneration in rodent and human brain. To gain insight into the role of dynorphins in the brain's response to trauma, we analyzed short-term (1-day) and long-term (7-day) changes in dynorphin A (Dyn A) levels in the frontal cortex, hippocampus, and striatum, induced by unilateral left-side or right-side cortical TBI in mice. The effects of TBI were significantly different from those of sham surgery (Sham), while the sham surgery also produced noticeable effects. Both sham and TBI induced short-term changes and long-term changes in all three regions. Two types of responses were generally observed. In the hippocampus, Dyn A levels were predominantly altered ipsilateral to the injury. In the striatum and frontal cortex, injury to the right (R) hemisphere affected Dyn A levels to a greater extent than that seen in the left (L) hemisphere. The R-TBI but not L-TBI produced Dyn A changes in the striatum and frontal cortex at 7 days after injury. Effects of the R-side injury were similar in the two hemispheres. In naive animals, Dyn A was symmetrically distributed between the two hemispheres. Thus, trauma may reveal a lateralization in the mechanism mediating the response of Dyn A-expressing neuronal networks in the brain. These networks may differentially mediate effects of left and right brain injury on lateralized brain functions.
authors.affiliation: The Division of Biological Research on Drug Dependence, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Zubair Muhammad
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fitting
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Usynin
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yakovleva
authors.forename: Pamela E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Scheff
authors.forename: Kurt F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Georgy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bakalkin
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000378:metabolism*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D004399:Dynorphins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D004399:Dynorphins