IbrainPub Date : 2023-05-17DOI: 10.1002/ibra.12106
Yanwen Ding, Chengxi Liu, Yi Zhang
{"title":"Aging-related histone modification changes in brain function","authors":"Yanwen Ding, Chengxi Liu, Yi Zhang","doi":"10.1002/ibra.12106","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ibra.12106","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aging can be defined as a decline of physiological function that is more difficult to reverse, characterized by the loss of the physiological integrity of tissues, organs, and cells of an organism over time. Normal aging is associated with structural and functional changes in the brain, involving neuronal apoptosis, synaptic structure, neurotransmission, and metabolism alterations, leading to impairment in sleep, cognitive functions, memory, learning, and motor and sensory systems. Histone modification is a significant aging-related epigenetic change that influences synaptic and mitochondrial function and immune and stress responses in the brain. This review discusses the changes in histone modifications that occur during brain aging, specifically methylation and acetylation, and the associated changes in gene transcription and protein expression. We observed that genes related to synaptic and mitochondrial function are downregulated in the aging brain, while genes related to immune response and inflammatory functions are upregulated.</p>","PeriodicalId":94030,"journal":{"name":"Ibrain","volume":"9 2","pages":"205-213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ibra.12106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41171614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IbrainPub Date : 2023-05-15DOI: 10.1002/ibra.12104
Jun Ding, Yun-Mei Yu, Man Luo, Xu Fang, Dan-Dan Tan, Han-Rui Qin, Xue-Feng Ren, Yong-Guo Zhang, Tao Luo, Lei Chen, Wan-Qiu Yu, Zhao-Qiong Zhu
{"title":"Thrifty effect of subanesthetic-dose S-ketamine on postoperative opioids and its safety and analgesic effectiveness: A prospective, triple-blind, randomized controlled, polycentric clinical trial","authors":"Jun Ding, Yun-Mei Yu, Man Luo, Xu Fang, Dan-Dan Tan, Han-Rui Qin, Xue-Feng Ren, Yong-Guo Zhang, Tao Luo, Lei Chen, Wan-Qiu Yu, Zhao-Qiong Zhu","doi":"10.1002/ibra.12104","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ibra.12104","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To investigate the thrifty effects of subanesthetic-dose S-ketamine on postoperative opioids and its safety and analgesic efficacy.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Four-hundred and twenty patients were divided into the control group (CON group), the S-ketamine 0.2 mg/kg group (ES0.2 group), and the S-ketamine 0.3 mg/kg group (ES0.3 group) randomly. Major indicators include the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), the times of compression with analgesic pumps after surgery, and analgesic drug consumption from anesthesia induction to 48 h after surgery. Minor records include vital signs, the use of vasoactive drugs, the Ramsay scores, the occurrence of adverse events including nervous system reaction, and the patient's satisfaction with anesthesia.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Compared with the CON group, VAS scores decreased in the ES0.2 and ES0.3 groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05). At 10 min after extubation, the VAS scores of the ES0.3 group were lower than that of the ES0.2 group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The total number of compression with analgesic pumps of the ES0.3 group was lower than that of the CON group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The opioid consumption after surgery of the ES0.3 group was lower than those of the CON group and the ES0.2 group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The ES0.3 group's heart rate (HR) was faster but the use of vasoactive, drug consumption was less than the other two groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05). There were no significant differences in the incidence of postoperative adverse events and anesthetic satisfaction among the three groups.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Subanesthetic-dose S-ketamine at 0.2–0.3 mg/kg especially the 0.3 mg/kg in general anesthesia induction can safely and effectively reduce postoperative pain and save postoperative opioid consumption.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":94030,"journal":{"name":"Ibrain","volume":"9 2","pages":"171-182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ibra.12104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41160237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IbrainPub Date : 2023-05-13DOI: 10.1002/ibra.12100
Chen-Yang Zhai, Ji-Sheng Fan, Rong-Ping Zhang
{"title":"Scutellarein treats neuroblastoma by regulating the expression of multiple targets","authors":"Chen-Yang Zhai, Ji-Sheng Fan, Rong-Ping Zhang","doi":"10.1002/ibra.12100","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ibra.12100","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of scutellarein on the proliferation of neuroblastoma cells and the underlying mechanism. Six cell lines were used with drug intervention. Cell Counting Kit-8 was used to select the best, namely, SH-SY5Y, and then its IC<sub>50</sub> value was determined. To further investigate the mechanism of scutellarin affecting SH-SY5Y proliferation, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression levels of 11 factors. Scutellarin administration with 300 μM significantly reduced the number of SH-SY5Y, especially on the 3rd day of exposure to scutellarin. The IC<sub>50</sub> value of scutellarin in SH-SY5Y cells was determined to be 117.8 μM. But the practical results showed that 300 μM was the optimal concentration of scutellarin. qRT-PCR further detected upregulated maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3), oncogene c-Fos (c-FOS), and c-jun and downregulated M2 isoform of pyruvate kinase (PKM2), non-SMC Condensin I Complex Subunit H (NCAPH), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, and TGF-α, suggesting that scutellarin with 300 μM volume inhibited the survival of SH-SY5Y by regulating the expression of these 8 factors. Scutellarin could be a novel drug for the treatment of neuroblastoma, and its underlying mechanism may be related to the upregulated levels of MEG3, c-FOS, and c-jun and downregulated the expression of PKM2, NCAPH, EGFR, TGF-β1, and TGF-α.</p>","PeriodicalId":94030,"journal":{"name":"Ibrain","volume":"10 3","pages":"345-355"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ibra.12100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79298717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IbrainPub Date : 2023-05-12DOI: 10.1002/ibra.12102
Yifan Yu, Ruitong Yan, Xiaohe Tian
{"title":"The more the neuroticism, the more the susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease. What inspiration can neuroticism provide?","authors":"Yifan Yu, Ruitong Yan, Xiaohe Tian","doi":"10.1002/ibra.12102","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ibra.12102","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Study of neuroticism can provide important insights. Before the inclusion of neuroticism in the study of Alzheimer's disease (AD), clinical and scientific researchers used relatively fixed models to treat AD, such as prescribing fixed doses of drugs and fixed research strategies. However, taking neuroticism into account affects drug use, the direction of scientific research, and even the mental health of the population, which translates into more immediate economic benefits\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":94030,"journal":{"name":"Ibrain","volume":"9 2","pages":"231-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ibra.12102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41158394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IbrainPub Date : 2023-05-10DOI: 10.1002/ibra.12103
Rui-Fang Ma, Ping-Chieh Pao, Kun Zhang, Jin-Xiang Liu, Lin Zhang
{"title":"Ultrasound-guided puncture into newborn rat brain","authors":"Rui-Fang Ma, Ping-Chieh Pao, Kun Zhang, Jin-Xiang Liu, Lin Zhang","doi":"10.1002/ibra.12103","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ibra.12103","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Since the brain structure of neonatal rats was not fully formed during the first 4 days, it cannot be detected using ultrasound. The objective of this study was to investigate the use of ultrasound to guide puncture in the normal coronal brain structure and determine the puncture depth of the location of the cortex, hippocampus, lateral ventricle, and striatum of newborn rats of 5−15 days. The animal was placed in a prone position. The specific positions of the cortex, hippocampus, lateral ventricle, and striatum were measured under ultrasound. Then, the rats were punctured with a stereotaxic instrument, and dye was injected. Finally, the brains of rats were taken to make frozen sections to observe the puncture results. By ultrasound, the image of the cortex, hippocampus, lateral ventricle, and striatum of the rat can be obtained and the puncture depth of the cortex (8 days: 1.02 ± 0.12, 10 days: 1.02 ± 0.08, 13 days: 1.43 ± 0.05), hippocampus (8 days: 2.63 ± 0.07, 10 days: 2.77 ± 0.14, 13 days: 2.82 ± 0.09), lateral ventricle (8 days: 2.08 ± 0.04, 10 days: 2.26 ± 0.03, 13 days: 2.40 ± 0.06), and corpus striatum (8 days: 4.57 ± 0.09, 10 days: 4.94 ± 0.31, 13 days: 5.13 ± 0.10) can be accurately measured. The rat brain structure and puncture depth changed with the age of the rats. Ultrasound technology can not only clarify the brain structure characteristics of 5—15-day-old rats but also guide the puncture and injection of the rat brain structure. The results of this study laid the foundation for the future use of ultrasound in experimental animal models of neurological diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":94030,"journal":{"name":"Ibrain","volume":"9 4","pages":"359-368"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ibra.12103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83526379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IbrainPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1002/ibra.12101
Jun-Yan Zhang, Z. Du Steven, Ke-Hua Liao
{"title":"Therapeutic effect of umbilical cord blood cells on spinal cord injury","authors":"Jun-Yan Zhang, Z. Du Steven, Ke-Hua Liao","doi":"10.1002/ibra.12101","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ibra.12101","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a nervous system disease characterized by sensory and motor dysfunction, axonal apoptosis, decreased vascular density, and inflammation. At present, surgical treatment, drug treatment, and cell therapy can be used. Surgical treatment can improve motor and independent function scores, and drug treatment can promote the recovery of neurons in the spinal cord, but only improve symptoms. Complete recovery of SCI has not yet been achieved. However, the differentiation of stem cells brings hope for the treatment of SCI. Umbilical cord blood cells (UCBs) are ethically readily available and can repair neuronal damage. However, it is still unclear how they can improve symptoms and repair nerve severity. In this paper, the role of UCBs in the treatment of SCI is described in detail from different aspects such as behavior, morphology, and molecular expression changes, so as to provide new ideas and theoretical directions for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":94030,"journal":{"name":"Ibrain","volume":"9 2","pages":"195-204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ibra.12101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41143802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research progress of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in nonhuman primate models","authors":"Yi-Huan Guan, Hong-Su Zhou, Bo-Yan Luo, Sajid Hussain, Liu-Lin Xiong","doi":"10.1002/ibra.12097","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ibra.12097","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is one of the important complications of neonatal asphyxia, which not only leads to neurological disability but also seriously threatens the life of neonates. Over the years, animal models of HIE have been a research hotspot to find ways to cope with HIE and thereby reduce the risk of neonatal death or disability in moderate-to-severe HIE. By reviewing the literature related to HIE over the years, it was found that nonhuman primates share a high degree of homology with human gross neural anatomy. The basic data on nonhuman primates are not yet complete, so it is urgent to mine and develop new nonhuman primate model data. In recent years, the research on nonhuman primate HIE models has been gradually enriched and the content is more novel. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to further summarize the methods for establishing the nonhuman primate HIE model and to better elucidate the relevance of the nonhuman primate model to humans by observing the behavioral manifestations, neuropathology, and a series of biomarkers of HIE in primates HIE. Finally, the most popular and desirable treatments studied in nonhuman primate models in the past 5 years are summarized.</p>","PeriodicalId":94030,"journal":{"name":"Ibrain","volume":"9 2","pages":"183-194"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ibra.12097","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41124635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IbrainPub Date : 2023-03-20DOI: 10.1002/ibra.12096
Xiao‐Yan Yang, Yongsu Zheng, Jin‐Mei Tuo, Hai‐Qing Zhang, Zucai Xu
{"title":"Sheehan's syndrome misdiagnosed as encephalitis: A case report and literature review","authors":"Xiao‐Yan Yang, Yongsu Zheng, Jin‐Mei Tuo, Hai‐Qing Zhang, Zucai Xu","doi":"10.1002/ibra.12096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ibra.12096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94030,"journal":{"name":"Ibrain","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83946147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IbrainPub Date : 2023-03-05DOI: 10.1002/ibra.12095
Shan-Shan Yan, Senio Campos de Souza, Zhen-Dong Xie, Yong-Xin Bao
{"title":"Research progress in clinical trials of stem cell therapy for stroke and neurodegenerative diseases","authors":"Shan-Shan Yan, Senio Campos de Souza, Zhen-Dong Xie, Yong-Xin Bao","doi":"10.1002/ibra.12095","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ibra.12095","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The incidence of stroke and neurodegenerative diseases is gradually increasing in modern society, but there is still no treatment that is effective enough. Stem cells are cells that can reproduce (self-renew) and differentiate into the body, which have shown significance in basic research, while doctors have also taken them into clinical trials to determine their efficacy and safety. Existing clinical trials mainly include middle-aged and elderly patients with stroke or Parkinson's disease (mostly 40–80 years old), mainly involving injection of mesenchymal stem cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells through the veins and the putamen, with a dosage of mostly 10<sup>6</sup>–10<sup>8</sup> cells. The neural and motor functions of the patients were restored after stem cell therapy, and the safety was found to be good during the follow-up period of 3 months to 5 years. Here, we review all clinical trials and the latest advances in stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease, with the hope that stem cell therapy will be used in the clinic in the future to achieve effective treatment rates and benefit patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":94030,"journal":{"name":"Ibrain","volume":"9 2","pages":"214-230"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ibra.12095","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41172086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}