PMID- 27278330 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170224 LR - 20181202 IS - 1521-0464 (Electronic) IS - 1071-7544 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 9 DP - 2016 Nov TI - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor delivered to the brain using poly (lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles improves neurological and cognitive outcome in mice with traumatic brain injury. PG - 3520-3528 AB - Currently, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death or disabilities in young individuals worldwide. The multi-complexity of its pathogenesis as well as impermeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) makes the drug choice and delivery very challenging. The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) regulates neuronal plasticity, neuronal cell growth, proliferation, cell survival and long-term memory. However, its short half-life and low BBB permeability are the main hurdles to be an effective therapeutic for TBI. Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles coated by surfactant can enable the delivery of a variety of molecules across the BBB by receptor-mediated transcytosis. This study examines the ability of PLGA nanoparticles coated with poloxamer 188 (PX) to deliver BDNF into the brain and neuroprotective effects of BNDF in mice with TBI. C57bl/6 mice were subjected to weight-drop closed head injuries under anesthesia. Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we demonstrated that the intravenous (IV) injection of nanoparticle-bound BDNF coated by PX (NP-BDNF-PX) significantly increased BDNF levels in the brain of sham-operated mice (p < 0.001) and in both ipsi- (p < 0.001) and contralateral (p < 0.001) parts of brain in TBI mice compared to controls. This study also showed using the passive avoidance (PA) test, that IV injection of NP-BDNF-PX 3 h post-injury prolonged the latent time in mice with TBI thereby reversing cognitive deficits caused by brain trauma. Finally, neurological severity score test demonstrated that our compound efficiently reduced the scores at day 7 after the injury indicating the improvement of neurological deficit in animals with TBI. This study shows that PLGA nanoparticles coated with PX effectively delivered BDNF into the brain, and improved neurological and cognitive deficits in TBI mice, thereby providing a neuroprotective effect. FAU - Khalin, Igor AU - Khalin I AD - a Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health , National Defence University of Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. FAU - Alyautdin, Renad AU - Alyautdin R AD - b Scientific Centre for Expertise of Medical Application Products , Moscow , Russia. FAU - Wong, Tin Wui AU - Wong TW AD - c iPROMISE, Non-Destructive Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research Centre, Universiti Teknologi MARA , Selangor , Malaysia. FAU - Gnanou, Justin AU - Gnanou J AD - a Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health , National Defence University of Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. FAU - Kocherga, Ganna AU - Kocherga G AD - d Ophthalmic Microsurgery Department, International Medical Center Oftalmika , Kharkiv , Ukraine , and. FAU - Kreuter, Jorg AU - Kreuter J AD - e Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Goethe University , Frankfurt , Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160716 PL - England TA - Drug Deliv JT - Drug delivery JID - 9417471 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Surface-Active Agents) RN - 106392-12-5 (Poloxamer) RN - 1SIA8062RS (Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer) RN - 26009-03-0 (Polyglycolic Acid) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood-Brain Barrier/metabolism MH - Brain/*drug effects MH - Brain Injuries, Traumatic/*drug therapy MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Cognition/*drug effects MH - Half-Life MH - Lactic Acid/*chemistry MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Nanoparticles/administration & dosage/*chemistry MH - Neuroprotective Agents/administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Poloxamer/chemistry MH - Polyglycolic Acid/*chemistry MH - Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer MH - Surface-Active Agents/chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - Blood-brain barrier OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - drug-delivery OT - nanoparticles OT - traumatic brain injury EDAT- 2016/06/10 06:00 MHDA- 2017/02/25 06:00 CRDT- 2016/06/10 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/02/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/06/10 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/10717544.2016.1199609 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Drug Deliv. 2016 Nov;23(9):3520-3528. doi: 10.1080/10717544.2016.1199609. Epub 2016 Jul 16.