PMID- 32060970 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210826 LR - 20240216 IS - 1097-4547 (Electronic) IS - 0360-4012 (Print) IS - 0360-4012 (Linking) VI - 98 IP - 7 DP - 2020 Jul TI - Hypoxic-ischemic-related cerebrovascular changes and potential therapeutic strategies in the neonatal brain. PG - 1468-1484 LID - 10.1002/jnr.24590 [doi] AB - Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic (HI)-related brain injury is an important cause of morbidity and long-standing disability in newborns. The only currently approved therapeutic strategy available to reduce brain injury in the newborn is hypothermia. Therapeutic hypothermia can only be used to treat HI encephalopathy in full-term infants and survivors remain at high risk for a wide spectrum of neurodevelopmental abnormalities as a result of residual brain injury. Therefore, there is an urgent need for adjunctive therapeutic strategies. Inflammation and neurovascular damage are important factors that contribute to the pathophysiology of HI-related brain injury and represent exciting potential targets for therapeutic intervention. In this review, we address the role of each component of the neurovascular unit (NVU) in the pathophysiology of HI-related injury in the neonatal brain. Disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) observed in the early hours after an HI-related event is associated with a response at the basal lamina level, which comprises astrocytes, pericytes, and immune cells, all of which could affect BBB function to further exacerbate parenchymal injury. Future research is required to determine potential drugs that could prevent or attenuate neurovascular damage and/or augment repair. However, some studies have reported beneficial effects of hypothermia, erythropoietin, stem cell therapy, anti-cytokine therapy and metformin in ameliorating several different facets of damage to the NVU after HI-related brain injury in the perinatal period. CI - (c) 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Disdier, Clemence AU - Disdier C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3107-3459 AD - Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. FAU - Stonestreet, Barbara S AU - Stonestreet BS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6532-7683 AD - Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. LA - eng GR - R21 NS096525/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HD057100/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R44 NS084575/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 GM114750/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 NS095130/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Review DEP - 20200214 PL - United States TA - J Neurosci Res JT - Journal of neuroscience research JID - 7600111 RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Blood-Brain Barrier/drug effects/*physiopathology MH - Brain/drug effects/*physiopathology MH - Cerebrovascular Circulation/*drug effects MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Humans MH - Hypothermia, Induced/*methods MH - Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain/drug therapy/physiopathology/*therapy MH - Infant, Newborn MH - Neuroprotective Agents/pharmacology/*therapeutic use PMC - PMC7242133 MID - NIHMS1554544 OTO - NOTNLM OT - brain injury OT - hypoxia ischemia OT - neonates OT - neurovascular unit COIS- CONFLICT OF INTEREST There are no conflicts of interest to report. EDAT- 2020/02/16 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/27 06:00 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2020/02/16 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/01/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/jnr.24590 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci Res. 2020 Jul;98(7):1468-1484. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24590. Epub 2020 Feb 14.