PMID- 30639357 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200109 LR - 20200109 IS - 1872-9711 (Electronic) IS - 0161-813X (Linking) VI - 71 DP - 2019 Mar TI - Blockade of GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors reduces short-term brain damage induced by early-life status epilepticus. PG - 138-149 LID - S0161-813X(18)30234-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuro.2019.01.002 [doi] AB - Status epilepticus (SE) during developmental periods can cause short- and long-term consequences to the brain. Brain damage induced by SE is associated to NMDA receptors (NMDAR)-mediated excitotoxicity. This study aimed to investigate whether blockade of GluN2B-containing NMDAR is neuroprotective against SE-induced neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in young rats. Forty-eight Wistar rats (16 days of life) were injected with pilocarpine (60 mg/kg; i.p.) 12-18 h after LiCl (3 mEq/kg; i.p.). Fifteen minutes after pilocarpine administration, animals received i.p. injections of saline solution (0.9% NaCl; SE + SAL group), ketamine (a non-selective and noncompetitive NMDAR antagonist; 25 mg/kg; SE + KET), CI-1041 (a GluN2B-containing NMDAR antagonist; 10 mg/kg; SE + CI group) or CP-101,606 (a NMDAR antagonist with great selectivity for NMDAR composed by GluN1/GluN2B diheteromers; 10 mg/kg; SE + CP group). Seven days after SE, brains were removed for Fluoro-Jade C staining and Iba1/ED1 immunolabeling. GluN2B-containing NMDAR blockade by CI-1041 or CP-101,606 did not terminate LiCl-pilocarpine-induced seizures. SE + SAL group presented intense neurodegeneration and Iba1(+)/ED1(+) double-labeling in hippocampus (CA1 and dentate gyrus; DG) and amygdala (MePV nucleus). Administration of CP-101,606 did not alter this pattern. However, GluN2B-containing NMDAR blockade by CI-1041 reduced neurodegeneration and Iba1(+)/ED1(+) double-labeling in hippocampus and amygdala similar to the reduction observed for SE + KET group. Our results indicate that GluN2B-containing NMDAR are involved in SE-induced neurodegeneration and microglial recruitment and activation, and suggest that stopping epileptic activity is not a condition required to prevent short-term brain damage in young animals. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Loss, Cassio Morais AU - Loss CM AD - Cellular Neurochemistry Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Cellular Biochemistry Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Electronic address: cassio.m.loss@gmail.com. FAU - da Rosa, Nata Sehn AU - da Rosa NS AD - Cellular Neurochemistry Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. FAU - Mestriner, Regis Gemerasca AU - Mestriner RG AD - Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair Research Group, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. FAU - Xavier, Leder Leal AU - Xavier LL AD - Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, School of Sciences, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. FAU - Oliveira, Diogo Losch AU - Oliveira DL AD - Cellular Neurochemistry Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190111 PL - Netherlands TA - Neurotoxicology JT - Neurotoxicology JID - 7905589 RN - 0 (Benzoxazoles) RN - 0 (NR2B NMDA receptor) RN - 0 (Piperidines) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 5K3N2D15WW (besonprodil) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Benzoxazoles/administration & dosage MH - Brain/*drug effects/pathology MH - Brain Injuries/etiology/*prevention & control MH - Encephalitis/etiology/*prevention & control MH - Female MH - Male MH - Microglia/drug effects/metabolism MH - Piperidines/administration & dosage MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Status Epilepticus/*complications OTO - NOTNLM OT - CI-1041 OT - CP-101606 OT - Development OT - Epilepsy OT - Neurodegeneration OT - Neuroinflammation EDAT- 2019/01/15 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/10 06:00 CRDT- 2019/01/15 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/01/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/01/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/15 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0161-813X(18)30234-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuro.2019.01.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurotoxicology. 2019 Mar;71:138-149. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2019.01.002. Epub 2019 Jan 11.