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Input: Context: Repetitive umbilical cord occlusions (UCOs) in ovine fetus leading to severe acidemia result in adaptive shut-down of electrocortical activity [electrocorticogram (ECoG)] as well as systemic and brain inflammation. We hypothesized that the fetuses with earlier ECoG shut-down as a neuroprotective mechanism in response to repetitive UCOs will show less brain inflammation and, moreover, that chronic hypoxia will impact this relationship.', 'Near-term fetal sheep were chronically instrumented with ECoG leads, vascular catheters, and a cord occluder and then underwent repetitive UCOs for up to 4h or until fetal arterial pH was <7.00. Eight animals, hypoxic prior to the UCOs (SaO2 <55%), were allowed to recover 24h post insult, while 14 animals, 5 of whom also were chronically hypoxic, were allowed to recover 48h post insult, after which brains were perfusion-fixed. Time of ECoG shut-down and corresponding pH were noted, as well as time to then reach pH <7.00 (T). Microglia (MG) were counted as a measure of inflammation in gray matter layers 4-6 (GM4-6) where most ECoG activity is generated. RESULTS are reported as meanSEM for p<0.05.', "Repetitive UCOs resulted in worsening acidosis over 3-4h with arterial pH decreasing to 6.970.02 all UCO groups' animals, recovering to baseline by 24h. ECoG shut-down occurred 527min before reaching pH <7.00 at pH 7.230.02 across the animal groups. MG counts were inversely correlated to T in 24h recovery animals (R=-0.84), as expected. This was not the case in normoxic 48h recovery animals, and, surprisingly, in hypoxic 48h recovery animals, this relationship was reversed (R=0.90).
Answer: Adaptive brain shut-down during labor-like worsening acidemia counteracts neuroinflammation in a hypoxia- and time-dependent manner.
Output:
Does adaptive brain shut-down counteract neuroinflammation in the near-term ovine fetus?