Objective: Post-resuscitation brain injury is a common sequela after cardiac arrest (CA). Increasing sirtuin1 (SIRT1) has been involved in neuroprotection in oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) neurons, and we investigated its mechanism in post-cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rat brain injury by mediating p65 deacetylation modification to mediate hippocampal neuronal ferroptosis.
Methods: Sprague-Dawley rat CA/CPR model was established and treated with Ad-SIRT1 and Ad-GFP adenovirus vectors, or Erastin.
Atherosclerosis (AS) is a chronic multifactorial disease with damage to vascular endothelial cells (VECs). This study sought to delve into the mechanism of methyltransferase-like 14 (METTL14) in iron overload-induced lipid peroxidative damage in AS. AS mouse model and cell model were established.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple cell death pathways are involved in neuronal death in ischemic stroke (IS). However, the role of different cell death pathways in different cell types has not been elucidated. By analyzing three single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) data of IS, we first found that a variety of programmed cell death (PCD) -related genes were significantly changed in different cell types.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The authors performed a further in-depth study of the lateral compartment of the cavernous sinus (LCCS) by the endoscopic endonasal approach to improve the safety and efficacy of the lateral approach for the removal of Knosp grade 4 pituitary adenomas (KG4PAs).
Methods: Twenty-three cadaveric specimens were used for endoscopic endonasal dissection, and the LCCS was exposed to observe the neurovascular and fibrous structures within. A subclassification of the lateral approach based on further knowledge of the LCCS was proposed and used to resect 86 KG4PAs, and the surgical outcomes of these cases were reviewed.
Human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMVECs) and microglia play critical roles in regulating cerebral homeostasis during ischemic stroke. However, the role of HBMVECs-derived exosomes in microglia polarization after stroke remains unknown. We isolated exosomes (Exos) from oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD)-exposed HBMVECs, before added them into microglia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Depression is a common mental illness. Neural stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (NSC-EVs) are involved in repairing neuronal injury. We estimated the mechanism of miR-16-5p in depression rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Neurochir (Wien)
October 2023
Background: The anatomical basis of pituitary adenomas (PAs) with oculomotor cistern (OC) extension as a growth corridor is overlooked in the literature. In this paper, the authors use the technique of epoxy sheet plastination to study the membranous structure of the OC and validate the results by retrospective analysis of patients with OC extension.
Methods: Eighteen specimens were used to study the membranous anatomy surrounding the OC using the epoxy sheet plastination technique.
Objectives: To describe four endoscopic endonasal subapproaches, namely, the trans-lamina papyracea, trans-prelacrimal recess, trans-Meckel's cave, and transclival approaches for trigeminal schwannomas (TSs).
Methods: This retrospective study reviewed the medical records and intraoperative videos of 38 patients with TSs who underwent endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) between Jan 2013 and Dec 2021.
Results: According to Jeong's classification, for TS equally in middle and posterior fossae (MP), a purely trans-Meckel's cave approach was carried out in 2 cases, and a combined transclival approach was carried out in 4 cases.
Extracellular vesicle (EV)-encapsulated circRNAs have the potential role in affecting brain disorders. However, the role of circ_0000075 in cerebral ischemic injury remains unclear. Here, we tried to investigate the mechanism of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BMSC)-derived EVs carrying circ_0000075 in the control of cerebral ischemic injury.
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February 2023
Background: Surgery for anterior clinoid meningiomas (ACMs) remains challenging due to their tight adhesion to vital neurovascular and has been traditionally performed through a transcranial approach.
Method: We present the key steps of the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) for ACMs with a video illustration and figures. The relevant surgical anatomy is described along with the indications and limitations of this approach.
Cerebral ischemia causes hypoxic injury and inflammation, and brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVECs) dysfunction is an initial stage of blood-brain barrier disruption. Endothelial cells secrete extracellular vesicles (EVs) that are involved in intercellular signal transduction. EVs contain a variety of RNAs, proteins, and metabolites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGliomas are the most common primary intracranial tumor, accounting for more than 70% of brain malignancies. Studies indicate that highly upregulated in liver cancer (HULC), a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), functions as an oncogene in gliomas. However, the underlying mechanism of HULC in gliomas remains under-studied and was subsequently investigated in the current study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe design of artificial photocatalytic devices that simulates the ingenious and efficient photosynthetic systems in nature is promising. Herein, a metal-organic cage [Pd(NPyCzPF)] (MOC-PC6) integrating 12 organic ligands NPyCzBP and 6 Pd catalytic centers is designed, which is well defined to include organic dye fluorescein (FL) for constructing a supramolecular photochemical molecular device (SPMD) FL@MOC-PC6. Photoinduced electron transfer (PET) between MOC-PC6 and the encapsulated FL has been observed by steady-state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[This corrects the article on p. 6632 in vol. 11, PMID: 31737213.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe design of photochemical molecular devices (PMDs) for photocatalytic H production from water is a meaningful but challenging subject currently. Herein, a Pd L type metal-organic cage (denoted as MOC-Q2) is designed as a PMD, which consists of two catalytic centers (Pd ) and four photosensitive ligands (L-2) with four pyridine anchoring groups. Subsequently, the MOC-Q2 is combined with TiO to form TiO -MOC-Q2 hybrid materials with different MOC-Q2 contents by a facile sol-gel method, which have micro/mesoporous structures and large surface areas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccumulating evidences have suggested that extracellular vesicles (EVs) are crucial players in the pathogenesis of ischemic brain injury. This study was designed to explore the specific functions of M2 phenotype microglia-derived EVs in ischemic brain injury progression. The expression of microRNA-135a-5p (miR-135a-5p) in M2 microglia-derived EVs was determined by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), followed by the identification of expression relationship among miR-135a-5p, thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP), and nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) by dual luciferase reporter gene assay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Integr Neurosci
March 2021
Ethanol is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages. As ethanol consumption increases from zero to very high, it is still unknown which metabolites are present at different times and which are essential to normal functioning. In this article, we used an intermittent-access 20% ethanol drinking paradigm to make Wistar male rats voluntarily drink large amounts of ethanol for 10, 20, 30, and 50 days, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent, research has displayed that the disorders of miR-18b are related to ischemic stroke. Here, we aimed to investigate the underlying neuroprotective mechanism of miR-18b in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion (OGDR) model in vitro and middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model in vivo were established to simulate cerebral I/R injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate [PI(3,4,5)P3] is a phosphorylated derivative of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate [PI(4)P] and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2], which recruit and activate AKT in the plasma membrane (PM) to promote cellular survival. ORP5 anchors at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-PM contact sites and acts as a PI(4)P and PI(4,5)P2/phosphatidylserine (PS) exchanger. Here, a lipidomics analysis of the sensorimotor cortex revealed that transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) disturbs the homeostasis of phosphatidylinositols (PIs) and PS between the PM and ER.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo introduce a purely endoscopic endonasal trans-Meckel's cave approach or a transclival approach for trigeminal schwannomas (TSs) involving both the middle and posterior fossae. This retrospective study reviewed the medical records and intraoperative videos of 8 patients with TSs occupying both the middle and posterior fossae who underwent an endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) between January 2017 and October 2019. All 8 patients received total resection under a single-stage EEA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of novel triphenylamine/carbazole-based D-D-π-π-A dyes DH1-4 and a mesoporous anatase cubic "microcage" TiO material (denoted as MC-TiO ) were synthesized and combined to obtain dye-sensitized photocatalysts (denoted as DHn/Pt/MC-TiO , n=1-4). These catalysts showed better performances in visible-light-driven H evolution from water than DHn/Pt/P25-TiO catalysts based on commercial P25-TiO bulk semiconductor under similar conditions. Compared with P25-TiO particles, the porous MC-TiO had a large Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area, porosity, and exposed {0 0 1} crystal plane, which greatly contributed to the photocatalytic activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCircular RNAs (circRNAs) are generated by head-to-tail splicing and are ubiquitously expressed in all multicellular organisms. Their important biological functions are increasingly recognized. Cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury-induced brain microvascular endothelial cell dysfunction is an initial stage of blood-brain barrier disruption.
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