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  • Biomarker Discovery
  • Medical Diagnostics

Background:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) causes significant mortality and morbidity due to secondary molecular processes.
  • Neuroinflammation is a critical factor influencing patient outcomes in both acute and chronic TBI phases.
  • Current diagnostic methods like CT scans and Glasgow Coma Scale lack sensitivity for detecting molecular changes, especially neuroinflammation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a blood-based diagnostic platform for detecting neuroinflammation in TBI.
  • To utilize brain-specific small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) as biomarkers for TBI.
  • To assess the potential of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for profiling inflammation markers on sEVs.

Main Methods:

  • Isolated brain-specific sEVs using brain-associated markers ATP1B2 and EAAT2.
  • Employed surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to profile the inflammation-associated cytokine CCL2 on single sEVs.
  • Validated the approach in human TBI samples and a rat model of controlled cortical injury.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated elevated levels of brain-specific sEVs carrying enhanced CCL2 in TBI samples compared to non-TBI controls.
  • Showcased the platform's ability to directly assess neuroinflammation via blood analysis.
  • Achieved high specificity and sensitivity in detecting TBI-associated neuroinflammatory signals.

Conclusions:

  • The developed TBI diagnostic platform effectively detects increased brain-specific sEVs with neuroinflammatory signals in clinical TBI samples.
  • This approach shows promise as a precise and sensitive diagnostic tool for TBI.
  • Enables non-invasive, blood-based monitoring of neuroinflammation in TBI patients.