title: Etazolate, an α-secretase activator, reduces neuroinflammation and offers persistent neuroprotection following traumatic brain injury in mice.
abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) evokes an intense neuroinflammatory reaction that is essentially mediated by activated microglia and that has been reported to act as a secondary injury mechanism that further promotes neuronal death. It involves the excessive production of inflammatory cytokines and the diminution of neuroprotective and neurotrophic factors, such as the soluble form alpha of the amyloid precursor protein (sAPPα), generated by the activity of α-secretases. Hence, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of etazolate, an α-secretase activator, on acute and belated post-TBI consequences. The mouse model of TBI by mechanical percussion was used and injured mice received either the vehicle or etazolate at the dose of 1, 3 or 10 mg/kg at 2 h post-TBI. Neurological score, cerebral œdema, IL-1β and sAPPα levels, microglial activation and lesion size were evaluated from 6 to 24 h post-TBI. Spontaneous locomotor activity was evaluated from 48 h to 12 weeks post-TBI, memory function at 5 weeks and olfactory bulb lesions at 13 weeks post-TBI. A single administration of etazolate exerted a dose-dependent anti-inflammatory and anti-œdematous effect accompanied by lasting memory improvement, reduction of locomotor hyperactivity and olfactory bulb tissue protection, with a therapeutic window of at least 2 h. These effects were associated with the restoration of the levels of the sAPPα protein post-TBI. Taken together, these results highlight for the first time the therapeutic interest of an α-secretase activator in TBI.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie de la Circulation Cérébrale (EA 4475), Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 4, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Siopi
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Llufriu-Dabén
authors.forename: Angelo H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vidal-Lletjós
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plotkine
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marchand-Leroux
authors.forename: Mehrnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jafarian-Tehrani
mesh_terms: D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004974:Etazolate / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000201:enzymology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D004974:Etazolate