6 results on '"Balkaya, Mustafa"'
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2. Remote Postischemic Conditioning Promotes Stroke Recovery by Shifting Circulating Monocytes to CCR2+ Proinflammatory Subset.
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Jiwon Yang, Balkaya, Mustafa, Beltran, Cesar, Ji Hoe Heo, and Sunghee Cho
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MONOCYTES , *STROKE , *NEURAL development , *BRAIN injuries , *IMMUNE reconstitution inflammatory syndrome , *STROKE patients - Abstract
Brain injury from stroke is typically considered an event exclusive to the CNS, but injury progression and repair processes are profoundly influenced by peripheral immunity. Stroke stimulates an acute inflammatory response that results in a massive infiltration of peripheral immune cells into the ischemic area. While these cells contribute to the development of brain injury, their recruitment has been considered as a key step for tissue repair. The paradoxical role of inflammatory monocytes in stroke raises the possibility that the manipulation of peripheral immune cells before infiltration into the brain could influence stroke outcome. One such manipulation is remote ischemic limb conditioning (RLC), which triggers an endogenous tolerance mechanism. We observed that mice subjected to poststroke RLC shifted circulating monocytes to a CCR2 + proinflammatory monocyte subset and had reduced acute brain injury, swelling, and improved motor/gait function in chronic stroke. The RLC benefits were observed regardless of injury severity, with a greater shift to a CCR2 1 subset in severe stroke. Adoptive transfer of CCR2-deficient monocytes abolished RLC-mediated protection. The study demonstrates the importance of RLC-induced shift of monocytes to a CCR2 + proinflammatory subset in attenuating acute injury and promoting functional recovery in chronic stroke. The defined immune-mediated mechanism underlying RLC benefits allows for an evidence-based framework for the development of immune-based therapeutic strategies for stroke patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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3. Migraine Mutations Impair Hippocampal Learning Despite Enhanced Long-Term Potentiation
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Dilekoz, Ergin, primary, Houben, Thijs, additional, Eikermann-Haerter, Katharina, additional, Balkaya, Mustafa, additional, Lenselink, A. Mariette, additional, Whalen, Michael J., additional, Spijker, Sabine, additional, Ferrari, Michel D., additional, van den Maagdenberg, Arn M.J.M., additional, and Ayata, Cenk, additional
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- 2015
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4. Interaction of ARC and Daxx: A Novel Endogenous Target to Preserve Motor Function and Cell Loss after Focal Brain Ischemia in Mice.
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Donath, Stefan, Junfeng An, Lee, Sabrina Lin Lin, Gertz, Karen, Datwyler, Anna Lena, Harms, Ulrike, Müller, Susanne, Farr, Tracy Deanne, Füchtemeier, Martina, Lättig-Tünnemann, Gisela, Lips, Janet, Foddis, Marco, Mosch, Larissa, Bernard, René, Grittner, Ulrike, Balkaya, Mustafa, Kronenberg, Golo, Dirnagl, Ulrich, Endres, Matthias, and Harms, Christoph
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CEREBRAL ischemia ,STROKE treatment ,TAT protein ,RNA interference ,CELL death - Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore the signaling and neuroprotective effect of transactivator of transcription (TAT) protein transduction of the apoptosis repressor with CARD (ARC) in in vitro and in vivo models of cerebral ischemia in mice. In mice, transient focal cerebral ischemia reduced endogenous ARC protein in neurons in the ischemic striatum at early reperfusion time points, and in primary neuronal cultures, RNA interference resulted in greater neuronal susceptibility to oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD). TAT.ARC protein delivery led to a dose-dependent better survival after OGD. Infarct sizes 72 h after 60 min middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) were on average 30 ± 8% (mean ± SD; p = 0.005; T2-weighted MRI) smaller in TAT.ARC-treated mice (1 µg intraventricularly during MCAo) compared with controls. TAT.ARC-treated mice showed better performance in the pole test compared with TAT.β-Gal-treated controls. Importantly, post-stroke treatment (3 h after MCAo) was still effective in affording reduced lesion volume by 20 ± 7% (mean ± SD; p < 0.05) and better functional outcome compared with controls. Delayed treatment in mice subjected to 30 min MCAo led to sustained neuroprotection and functional behavior benefits for at least 28 d. Functionally, TAT.ARC treatment inhibited DAXX-ASK1-JNK signaling in the ischemic brain. ARC interacts with DAXX in a CARD-dependent manner to block DAXX trafficking and ASK1-JNK activation. Our work identifies for the first time ARC-DAXX binding to block ASK1-JNK activation as an ARC-specific endogenous mechanism that interferes with neuronal cell death and ischemic brain injury. Delayed delivery of TAT.ARC may present a promising target for stroke therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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5. Folate Deficiency Induces Neurodegeneration and Brain Dysfunction in Mice Lacking Uracil DNA Glycosylase.
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Kronenberg, Golo, Harms, Christoph, Sobol, Robert W., Cardozo-Pelaez, Fernando, Linhart, Heinz, Winter, Benjamin, Balkaya, Mustafa, Gertz, Karen, Gay, Shanna B., Cox, David, Eckart, Sarah, Ahmadi, Michael, Juckel, Georg, Kempermann, Gerd, Hellweg, Rainer, Sohr, Reinhard, Hörtnagl, Heide, Wilson, Samuel H., Jaenisch, Rudolf, and Endres, Matthias
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NUCLEIC acids ,HOMOCYSTEINE ,NERVOUS system ,BIOCHEMISTRY ,HUNTINGTON disease ,GLUTATHIONE - Abstract
Folate deficiency and resultant increased homocysteine levels have been linked experimentally and epidemiologically with neurodegenerative conditions like stroke and dementia. Moreover, folate deficiency has been implicated in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders, most notably depression.Wehypothesized that the pathogenic mechanisms include uracil misincorporation and, therefore, analyzed the effects of folate deficiency in mice lacking uracil DNA glycosylase (Ung-/-) versus wild-type controls. Folate depletion increased nuclear mutation rates in Ung-/- embryonic fibroblasts, and conferred death of cultured Ung-/- hippocampal neurons. Feeding animals a folate-deficient diet (FD) for 3 months induced degeneration of CA3 pyramidal neurons in Ung-/- but not Ung+/+ mice along with decreased hippocampal expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein and decreased brain levels of antioxidant glutathione. Furthermore, FD induced cognitive deficits and mood alterations such as anxious and despair-like behaviors that were aggravated in Ung-/- mice. Independent of Ung genotype, FD increased plasma homocysteine levels, altered brain monoamine metabolism, and inhibited adult hippocampal neurogenesis. These results indicate that impaired uracil repair is involved in neurodegeneration and neuropsychiatric dysfunction induced by experimental folate deficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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6. Remote Postischemic Conditioning Promotes Stroke Recovery by Shifting Circulating Monocytes to CCR2 + Proinflammatory Subset.
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Yang J, Balkaya M, Beltran C, Heo JH, and Cho S
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- Animals, Female, Hindlimb blood supply, Inflammation immunology, Inflammation pathology, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Monocytes cytology, Receptors, CCR2 immunology, Recovery of Function, Stroke immunology, Ischemic Postconditioning methods, Monocytes immunology, Stroke pathology
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Brain injury from stroke is typically considered an event exclusive to the CNS, but injury progression and repair processes are profoundly influenced by peripheral immunity. Stroke stimulates an acute inflammatory response that results in a massive infiltration of peripheral immune cells into the ischemic area. While these cells contribute to the development of brain injury, their recruitment has been considered as a key step for tissue repair. The paradoxical role of inflammatory monocytes in stroke raises the possibility that the manipulation of peripheral immune cells before infiltration into the brain could influence stroke outcome. One such manipulation is remote ischemic limb conditioning (RLC), which triggers an endogenous tolerance mechanism. We observed that mice subjected to poststroke RLC shifted circulating monocytes to a CCR2
+ proinflammatory monocyte subset and had reduced acute brain injury, swelling, and improved motor/gait function in chronic stroke. The RLC benefits were observed regardless of injury severity, with a greater shift to a CCR2+ subset in severe stroke. Adoptive transfer of CCR2-deficient monocytes abolished RLC-mediated protection. The study demonstrates the importance of RLC-induced shift of monocytes to a CCR2+ proinflammatory subset in attenuating acute injury and promoting functional recovery in chronic stroke. The defined immune-mediated mechanism underlying RLC benefits allows for an evidence-based framework for the development of immune-based therapeutic strategies for stroke patients. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Stroke is the leading cause of physical disability worldwide but has few treatment options for patients. Because remote ischemic limb conditioning (RLC) elicits endogenous tolerance in neither an organ- nor a tissue-specific manner, the immune system has been considered a mediator for an RLC-related benefit. Application of RLC after stroke increased a proinflammatory CCR2+ monocyte subset in the blood and the brain. RLC reduced acute stroke injury and promoted motor/gait function during the recovery phase. The RLC benefits were absent in mice that received CCR2-deficient monocytes. This preclinical study shows the importance of CCR2+ proinflammatory monocytes in RLC benefits in stroke and provides a therapeutic RLC platform as a novel immune strategy to improve outcomes in stroke patients., (Copyright © 2019 the authors.)- Published
- 2019
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