PMID- 27573357 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180301 LR - 20190111 IS - 1557-9042 (Electronic) IS - 0897-7151 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 5 DP - 2017 Mar 1 TI - Primary Blast Injury Depressed Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation through Disruption of Synaptic Proteins. PG - 1063-1073 LID - 10.1089/neu.2016.4578 [doi] AB - Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) is a major threat to United States service members in military conflicts worldwide. The effects of primary blast, caused by the supersonic shockwave interacting with the skull and brain, remain unclear. Our group has previously reported that in vitro primary blast exposure can reduce long-term potentiation (LTP), the electrophysiological correlate of learning and memory, in rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSCs) without significant changes to cell viability or basal, evoked neuronal function. We investigated the time course of primary blast-induced deficits in LTP and the molecular mechanisms that could underlie these deficits. We found that pure primary blast exposure induced LTP deficits in a delayed manner, requiring longer than 1 hour to develop, and that these deficits spontaneously recovered by 10 days following exposure depending on blast intensity. Additionally, we observed that primary blast exposure reduced total alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) glutamate receptor 1 (GluR1) subunit expression and phosphorylation of the GluR1 subunit at the serine-831 site. Blast also reduced the expression of postsynaptic density protein-95 (PSD-95) and phosphorylation of stargazin protein at the serine-239/240 site. Finally, we found that modulation of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) pathway ameliorated electrophysiological and protein-expression changes caused by blast. These findings could inform the development of novel therapies to treat blast-induced loss of neuronal function. FAU - Vogel, Edward W 3rd AU - Vogel EW 3rd AD - 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York. FAU - Rwema, Steve H AU - Rwema SH AD - 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York. FAU - Meaney, David F AU - Meaney DF AD - 2 Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. FAU - Bass, Cameron R Dale AU - Bass CR AD - 3 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina. FAU - Morrison, Barclay 3rd AU - Morrison B 3rd AD - 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20161013 PL - United States TA - J Neurotrauma JT - Journal of neurotrauma JID - 8811626 RN - 0 (Cacng2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Calcium Channels) RN - 0 (Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein) RN - 0 (Dlg4 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Receptors, AMPA) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) RN - TFZ3H25BS1 (glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blast Injuries/*complications MH - Brain Injuries, Traumatic/etiology/*metabolism/*physiopathology MH - Calcium Channels/metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/*metabolism/*physiopathology MH - Long-Term Potentiation/*physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, AMPA/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Synapses/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - TBI OT - electrophysiology OT - in vitro studies OT - learning and memory OT - military injury EDAT- 2016/08/31 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/02 06:00 CRDT- 2016/08/31 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/08/31 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1089/neu.2016.4578 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurotrauma. 2017 Mar 1;34(5):1063-1073. doi: 10.1089/neu.2016.4578. Epub 2016 Oct 13.