PERK Deficiency Amplifies Molecular, Structural, and Network Vulnerability to Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Criado-Marrero, M.; Ravi, S.; Barroso, D.; Garza, T. N.; Cuestas-Torres, D. M.; Lessard, C.; Castano, J. P.; Bolen, M. L.; Rubinovich, U.; Chakrabarty, P.; Ranum, L.; Prokop, S.; Febo, M.; Abisambra, J. F.
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Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (rmTBI) produces cumulative cellular stress that can lead to progressive brain dysfunction, yet the mechanisms governing vulnerability to repeated injury remain unclear. Protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) regulates cellular proteostasis through the unfolded protein response and is implicated in neurodegeneration and acute brain injury. Here, we directly tested the role of PERK deficiency in shaping the brains response to rmTBI. Using a mouse model of neuronal PERK deficiency, we combined spatial proteomics and tissue analyses with resting-state functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging to assess molecular, functional, and structural outcomes after rmTBI. PERK deficiency increased susceptibility to rmTBI-induced disruption of protein homeostasis, altered large-scale functional connectivity, and exacerbated white matter microstructural changes consistent with axonal and myelin damage. Molecular alterations were spatially aligned with imaging-defined network and white matter abnormalities. These findings identify PERK signaling as a key determinant of brain resilience to repetitive mild injury and link ER stress dysregulation to network-level dysfunction following rmTBI.
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