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All Rights Reserved. Consulting; Independent contractor including contracted research ; Teaching and Speaking. Figure 1 depicts the change in unbound iron i. Figure 2 depicts the changes in iron handling and regulating proteins over time. The mean c eruloplasmin Cp concentration in CSF samples from SAH patients on day 1 was almost 80 times higher than that of control subjects Concentration of a ceruloplasmin, b ferritin, lactoferrin, c transferrin and d pro-hepcidin in cerebrospinal fluid over time.

Corresponding values in control CSF also provided. Ferritin steadily increased and quadrupled by day 5 reaching a concentration of 3, Transferrin Tf was also significantly elevated on the first day 0. Cerebrospinal fluid levels of unbound iron and iron-handling proteins in patients with SAH by delayed cerebral ischemia status.

Five patients Patients who developed deep cerebral infarcts had a significant lower level of Cp on day 3, compared to those who did not Patients who developed DCI had a significantly prolonged stay in the intensive care unit Patients who developed DCI were more likely to have poor functional outcomes i.

Following aneurysm rupture, a large amount of blood is released into the subarachnoid space. For instance, CSF has a low iron-binding capacity that is close to saturation under normal conditions 5 and the increase in the labile iron pool following brain injury has been shown to be too large to be sequestered by cellular ferritin. Coexistence of ROS and iron deposits in periarterial spaces, the tunica adventicia of cerebral arteries and infiltrating neutrophils in experimental SAH supports the hypothesis that iron-mediated generation of ROS results in cerebral vasospasm.

Our findings add to the accumulating evidence implicating iron-mediated toxicity as a major contributor to the pathophysiology of acute brain injury following SAH. The prevention of vasospasm through ferritin-mediated iron detoxification has been postulated recently. This lack of correlation may be due to the small number of patients included in our study, but also to the use of different endpoints DCI versus transcranial Doppler and Xenon CT scan between our investigation and the one reported by Suzuki et al.

Earlier studies had implicated a role for Tf in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm through a mechanism involving increased cytosolic free calcium in smooth muscle cells. Moreover, significantly elevated CSF levels have been recently described in patients who developed this condition. It is important to note that we measured Tf levels at an earlier time frame and that may at least partially account for this discrepancy.

Whether transferrin plays any significant role in the pathogenesis of brain injury following aneurysmal SAH remains to be elucidated. Lactoferrin is a small iron-binding glycoprotein found in various secretory fluids, where it serves primarily an antimicrobial function Marrif It has also been found to have anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-tumorigenic, and transcription effects Hirsch , which seem to be modulated by its ability to donate and sequester iron.

Moreover, CSF lactoferrin levels were found to be elevated in patients following both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke Terent We also sought to explore whether hepcidin played a role in brain iron metabolism following SAH. Hepcidin is secreted primarily by hepatocytes in response to inflammatory stimuli, iron, and hypoxia and is responsible for the regulation of body iron balance.

It has also been shown to be widely expressed in the murine brain Wang It is initially synthesized as a prepropeptide, which is in turn processed into a to residue prohepcidin peptide, and then finally into the mature and biologically active amino acid hepcidin.

We chose to determine pro-hepcidin levels due to the ubiquitous availability of enzyme-linked immunoassays Frazer In our small pilot study pro-hepcidin did not correlate with any of the outcomes explored. It remains to be seen whether determination of hepcidin levels with recently available immunoassays affect the development of DCI, vasospasm or cerebral infarcts following aneurysmal SAH.

Ceruloplasmin is a serum alpha-2 glycoprotein that belongs to the family of multi-copper oxidase enzymes. Also, lower CSF ceruloplasmin levels were associated with higher likelihood of ischemic strokes, particularly in deep locations.

To our knowledge, a potential protective effect of Cp in SAH has not been explored before. This study has some limitations. First, given the small number of patients included, these findings need to be considered preliminary and require further validation in a larger cohort of patients; furthermore, the sample size significantly limits the validity of multivariate analysis.

Second, CSF on day 1 was only available in half of the patients in our analysis, considerably diminishing the number of samples available for testing. Third, control CSF was obtained from patients as part of the work up for normal pressure hydrocephalus and may not represent truly normal CSF.

Furthermore, we do not have demographic data available for this cohort. In conclusion, our preliminary data indicate a causal relationship between unbound iron and brain injury following SAH and suggest a possible protective role for Ceruloplasmin in this setting, particularly in the prevention of cerebral ischemia.

The authors wish to thank Prof. The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance provided with statistical analysis by Esteban Walker, PhD Department of quantitative health sciences, Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland, OH.

We also wish to thank Valerie Swank for her assistance with sample processing and Lauren Koffman and Khaled Asi for their help with data collection and review of neuroimaging. This work was funded by a grant from the Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic. This study was supported by a grant from the Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic. Joao A. Overall, good outcome was seen in Conclusions: Flow diversion may be a possible treatment in carefully selected patients with high-risk atypical posterior circulation aneurysms, with poor natural history and no optimal treatment strategy.

Symptomatic and fusiform large aneurysms appear to carry the highest risk. Further studies are necessary to assess the role of flow diversion in the posterior circulation.

Abstract Background: Flow diverters have been used predominantly for large anterior circulation aneurysms.