Closed head injury increases extracellular levels of antioxidants in rat hippocampus in vivo: An adaptive mechanism?

Eitan Moor; Ron Kohen; Russel J. Reiter; Esther Shohami

doi:10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02394-1

Closed head injury increases extracellular levels of antioxidants in rat hippocampus in vivo: An adaptive mechanism?

Eitan Moor^*, Ron Kohen, Russel J. Reiter, Esther Shohami

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Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a major cause of secondary brain injury following head trauma. Low molecular weight antioxidants (LMWA) protect the tissue against oxidative damage caused by ROS. In the present study, we measured the extracellular levels of the LMWA ascorbic acid and uric acid in the rat brain before, during and after experimental closed head injury (CHI). A dialysis probe was inserted into the right ventral hippocampus through a chronically implanted guide. CHI was applied to the left hemisphere using a weight-drop device. CHI induced a rapid but transient increase in ascorbic acid levels. Uric acid levels increased to 250% of baseline shortly after CHI and remained elevated at 2 h after CHI. Previous results show that the overall reducing power of brain tissue decreases following CHI. Together with previous results, the current findings suggest that ascorbic acid and uric acid are mobilized from brain cells to the extracellular space.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-172
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neuroscience Letters
Volume	316
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02394-1
State	Published - 28 Dec 2001

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Funding Information:
The present work was supported by the Israeli Science Foundation (117/00) and the US–Israel Binational Science Foundation (#97-00259-2). E.M. is supported by a grant from the Golda Meir Fellowship Fund. R.K. and E.S. are affiliated with the David R. Bloom Center of Pharmacy.

Keywords

Antioxidants
Ascorbic acid
Closed head injury
Head trauma
Microdialysis
Oxidative stress
Uric acid

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