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  • Title: Extended (10-Day) Real-Time Monitoring by Dexamethasone-Enhanced Microdialysis in the Injured Rat Cortex.
    Author: Robbins EM, Jaquins-Gerstl A, Fine DF, Leong CL, Dixon CE, Wagner AK, Boutelle MG, Michael AC.
    Journal: ACS Chem Neurosci; 2019 Aug 21; 10(8):3521-3531. PubMed ID: 31246409.
    Abstract:
    Intracerebral microdialysis has proven useful for chemical monitoring in patients following traumatic brain injury. Recent studies in animals, however, have documented that insertion of microdialysis probes into brain tissues initiates a foreign-body response. Within a few days after probe insertion, the foreign body response impedes the use of microdialysis to monitor the K+ and glucose transients associated with spreading depolarization, a potential mechanism for secondary brain injury. Herein, we show that perfusing microdialysis probes with dexamethasone, a potent anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid, suppresses the foreign body response and facilitates the monitoring of spontaneous spreading depolarizations for at least 10 days following controlled cortical injury in the rat. In addition to spreading depolarizations, results of this study suggest that a progressive, apparently permanent, decline in pericontusional interstitial glucose may be an additional sequela of brain injury. This study establishes extended dexamethasone-enhanced microdialysis in the injured rodent cortex as a new paradigm for investigating trauma-induced metabolic crisis.
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