Trauma-Induced Plasmalemma Disruptions in Three-Dimensional Neural Cultures Are Dependent on Strain Modality and Rate
- 1 November 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Journal of Neurotrauma
- Vol. 28 (11), 2219-2233
- https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2011.1841
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results from cell dysfunction or death following supra-threshold physical loading. Neural plasmalemma compromise has been observed following traumatic neural insults; however, the biomechanical thresholds and time-course of such disruptions remain poorly understood. In order to investigate trauma-induced membrane disruptions, we induced dynamic strain fields (0.50 shear or compressive strain at 1, 10, or 30 sec−1 strain rate) in 3-D neuronal-astrocytic co-cultures (>500 μm thick). Impermeant dyes were present during mechanical loading and entered cells in a strain rate-dependent manner for both shear and compression. Real-time imaging revealed increased membrane permeability in a sub-population of cells immediately upon deformation. Alterations in cell membrane permeability, however, were transient and biphasic over the ensuing hour post-insult, suggesting initial membrane damage and rapid repair, followed by a phase of secondary membrane degradation. At 48 h post-insult, cell death increased significantly in the high-strain-rate group, but not after quasi-static loading, suggesting that cell survival relates to the initial extent of transient structural compromise. Cells were more sensitive to bulk shear deformation than compression with respect to acute permeability changes and subsequent cell survival. These results provide insight into the temporally varying alterations in membrane stability following traumatic loading and provide a basis for elucidating physical cellular tolerances.Keywords
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