Oxidative Stress-Induced Damage to the Developing Hippocampus Is Mediated by GSK3b

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Neonatal brain injury renders the developing brain vulnerable to oxidative stress, leading to cognitive deficit. However, oxidative stress-induced damage to hippocampal circuits and the mechanisms underlying long-term changes in memory and learning are poorly understood. We used high oxygen tension or hyperoxia (HO) in neonatal mice of both sexes to investigate the role of oxidative stress in hippocampal damage. Perinatal HO induces reactive oxygen species and cell death, together with reduced interneuron maturation, inhibitory postsynaptic currents, and dentate progenitor proliferation. Postinjury interneuron stimulation surprisingly improved inhibitory activity and memory tasks, indicating reversibility. With decreased hippocampal levels of Wnt signaling components and somatostatin, HO aberrantly activated glycogen synthase kinase 3 b activity. Pharmacological inhibition or ablation of interneuron glycogen synthase kinase 3 b during HO challenge restored progenitor cell proliferation, interneuron development, inhibitory/excitatory balance, as well as hippocampal-dependent behavior. Biochemical targeting of interneuron function may benefit learning deficits caused by oxidative damage.

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Abbah, J., Vacher, C. M., Goldstein, E. Z., Li, Z., Kundu, S., Talbot, B., … Gallo, V. (2022). Oxidative Stress-Induced Damage to the Developing Hippocampus Is Mediated by GSK3b. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(24), 4812–4827. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2389-21.2022

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