Augmenter of liver regeneration protects the kidney against ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting necroptosis.

Necroptosis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI), and necroptosis-related interventions may therefore be an important measure for the treatment of AKI. Our previous study has shown that augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) inhibits renal tubular epithelial cell apoptosis and regulates autophagy; however, the influence of ALR on necroptosis remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the effect of ALR on necroptosis caused by ischemia-reperfusion and the underlying mechanism.

Effects and molecular mechanism of pachymic acid on ferroptosis in renal ischemia reperfusion injury.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common clinical disease. Ferropotosis, a new type of regulatory cell death, serves an important regulatory role in AKI. Pachymic acid (PA), a lanostane‑type triterpenoid from Poria cocos, has been reported to be protective against AKI.

A R inhibition in alleviating spatial recognition memory impairment after TBI is associated with improvement in autophagic flux in RSC.

Spatial recognition memory impairment is an important complication after traumatic brain injury (TBI). We previously found that spatial recognition memory impairment can be alleviated in adenosine A receptor knockout (A R KO) mice after TBI, but the mechanism remains unclear. In the current study, we used manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and the Y-maze test to determine whether the electrical activity of neurons in the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) was reduced and spatial recognition memory was impaired in wild-type (WT) mice after moderate TBI.

Impaired autophagic flux is associated with the severity of trauma and the role of AR in brain cells after traumatic brain injury.

Recent studies have shown that after traumatic brain injury (TBI), the number of autophagosomes is markedly increased in brain cells surrounding the wound; however, whether autophagy is enhanced or suppressed by TBI remains controversial. In our study, we used a controlled cortical impact system to establish models of mild, moderate and severe TBI. In the mild TBI model, the levels of autophagy-related protein 6 (Beclin1) and autophagy-related protein 12 (ATG12)-autophagy-related protein 5 (ATG5) conjugates were increased, indicating the enhanced initiation of autophagy.

Widespread hyperphosphorylated tau in the working memory circuit early after cortical impact injury of brain (Original study).

A series of neurological and psychiatric symptoms occur after traumatic brain injury (TBI), with cognitive dysfunction being one of the most prominent sequela. Given that tau hyperphosphorylation is an important cause of cognitive impairment in patients of Alzheimer's disease, our present study detected the presence of hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau), mainly at Ser404, in multiple brain regions, including the ipsilateral parietal cortex, contralateral hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, immediately after the injury in a mouse TBI model; these changes lasted for at least 4w. All of these brain regions play important roles in working memory.