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. 2022 Apr 29;17(12):2589–2592. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.336136

Additional Table 1.

Preclinical studies using minocycline

Study Rigor Species, Sex, Weight, Age Model, Controls Dose, time to first dose, Outcomes
Sanchez-Meija, 2001 Randomization, yes; Blinded, NS Mouse, Age NS, Sex NS Moderate CCI, sham-CCI 45 mg/kg, 12hpre-injury 90 mg/kg
30 min 12hand 24hpost-injury
90 mg/kg, 30 min 12hand 24hpost-injury
1 d Rotarod ↑
4 d Rotarod ↑
4 h IL-1β ↑
4 d LV ↑
1dCaspase-1,3 ↑
Sheng, 2006 Randomization, yes; Blinded, yes Rat, Male, 200-250g Moderate CCI, sham-CHI-saline Pretreatment 45/mg/kg twice daily 2dand 1d, once 30 minutes; posttreatment 1H, twice daily 1d, 2d 1 d LV ↑
4 d LV →
1-14 d NSS →
4–5 d Inclined plane ↑
7 d LV ↑
7 d CA1 neurons ↑
Bye, 2007 Randomization, NS; Blinded, NS Mouse, Male, 12–14 weeks Moderate CHI, Sham-CHI 45 mg/kg 30 min PI, 45 mg/kg every 12huntil sacrifice 1–4 d NSS →
1 d Beam test ↑
1 d LV ↑
4 d LV →
4 d Apoptosis →
4 d MP/MG ↑
4 d Neutrophils →
4hCytokines (IL-1b, IL-6, G-CSF, MCP-1, CXCL4) ↑
Homsi 2009 Randomization, NS; Blinded, NS Mouse, Male, 28–30 g Moderate WD, sham-WD-saline, WD-saline 45 mg/kg 5 min 6 h IL-1b →
6 h MMP-9 →
Mouse, Male, 28–30 g 90 mg/kg 5 min 6 h IL-1b ↑
MMP-9 ↑
Mouse, Male, 28–30 g 45 or 90mg/kg 5 min, 45 mg/kg 3h 6 h GSH →
Mouse, Male, 28–30 g 90 mg/kg 5 min, 45 mg/kg 3, 9 h 1 d Edema →
1 d MMP-9 ↑
1 d String test ↑
Abdel-Baki, 2009 Randomization, NS; Blinded, NS Rat, Male,250–300g Moderate CCI, Sham-CCI 45mg/kg 1h, 1d, 2d 7 d APA entrances ↑,
12 d APA Time to first entrance →
14 d Myelin ↑
Homsi,2010 Randomization, yes; Blinded, yes Mouse, Male, 28–30 g Moderate WD, WD-saline 90mg/kg 5 min, 45mg/kg 3 and 9h 1 d MG ↑
1 d LV ↑
2–84 d Open field ↑
2–84dBody weight ↑
Sioppi,2011 Randomization, yes; Blinding, NS Mouse, Male, 28–30 g Moderate WD, Naïve, WD-vehicle 90mg/kg 5min, 45mg/kg 3h, 9h 1 d sAAPa ↑
84 d Corpus callosum volume ↑
84 d Thalamus volume ↑
84 d Lateral ventricle volume ↑
84 d GFAP ↑
84 d MP/MG ↑
Sioppi,2012 Randomization, NS; Blinding, Yes Mouse, Male, 28–30 g Moderate WD, Naïve, WD-vehicle 90mg/kg 5min, 45mg/kg 3h, 9h 7–84 d Odorant avoidance ↑
84 d Olfactory bulb surface area ↑
21–91 d NORT ↑
21–91 d Elevated plus maze →
21–91 d Elevated zero maze →
Ng, 2012 Randomization, Yes
Blinding, Yes
Mouse, Sex, NS, 28–34g Moderate WD, Sham,WD-vehicle 45mg/kg 30m, 45mg/kg every 12 h for 7d 3–42 d NSS ↑
7 d MP/MG ↑
7 d Neurogenesis →
Kosvedi, 2012 Randomization, NS; Blinding, NS Rat, Male,245–265g Mild Blast, Sham-Blast, saline, Sham-Blast-MINO, Blast-saline 50 mg/kg 1h, 1–4d. 9 d Elevated plus maze →
46 d Elevated plus maze →
10 d BM →
47 d BM →
51 d C-reactive peptide ↑
51 d CCL2 ↑
51 d Claudin 5 ↑
51 d neuronal specific enolase ↑
51 d Neurofilament heavy chain ↑
51 d Tau ↑
51 d S100B ↑
51 d GFAP ↑
51 d Corticosteroid ↑
51dVascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 ↑,
Haber,2013 Randomization, NS; Blinding, NS Rat,250–300g Moderate CCI, sham-CHI-saline, CCI-saline, 45mg/kg 1h, 1d, 2d 7 d Conflict active place avoidance ↑
7 d Spaced active place avoidance →
2 d MG activation ↑
Lam, 2013 Randomization, NS; Blinding, yes Rat Moderate CCI, CCI- vehicle 25 mg/kg 1-7 d 7–168dMP/MG ↑
7 d GFAP ↑
12 d GFAP →
168dGFAP ↑
168dLV →
56 d Vermicelli handling →
56 d Thigmotaxis ↑
56 d MWM ↑
Vonder Haar, 2014 Randomization, yes; Blinding, NS Rat, Male, 350 g Moderate CCI, Sham-CCI, CCI-vehicle 50 mg/kg 1h, every 12h for 3d 7–16 d Grid walk ↑
7 d Rotarod →
15 d MWM →
25 d LV ↑
Lopez-Rodriguez, 2015 Randomization, yes; Blinding, yes Mouse, Male, 28–30 g Moderate WD, Naive 90mg/kg 5min, 45mg/kg 3h, 9h 1 d Edema ↑
1 d NSS →
1 d MP/MG ↑
1 d b-APP ↑
Shochat, 2015 Randomization, NS; Blinding, NS Mouse, Male, 40 g Mild WD 45 mg/kg 20min 1 h Oxyhemoglobin ↑
1 h Total hemoglobin ↑
1 h Arterial oxygen saturation ↑
1 h Edema ↑
Hanlon, 2017 Randomization, yes; Blinding, yes Rat, Male and Female, 11d Moderate CCI, Sham-CCI, CCI plus vehicle 45mg/kg 5min, every 12 h for 3d 3 d MP/MG ↑
7 d MP/MG →
3 d Cortical Fluorojade positive cells ↑
7 d Cortical Fluorojade positive cells →
13 d MWM →
Chhor, 2017 Randomization, yes; Blinding, yes Mouse, MaleandFemale, 4–5g Mild WD, Sham-WD saline, WD-saline 45 mg/kg 5min, 1d, 2d 1 d Inflammatory cytokines ↑
1 d Ventricular volume ↑
5 d Ventricular volume →
1 d Apoptosis cortex, hippocampus, striatum ↑
1 d MP/MG ↑
5 d LV →
5 d Myelin →
Haber,2018 Randomization, yes; Blinding, no Rat,Male,250–300g Moderate CCI, Sham-CCI, CCI-saline 45mg/kg 1h, 1d, 2d 14 d Myelin 14 d ↑
14 d Oligodendrocytes 14–4d ↑
14 d Oligodendrocyte apoptosis ↑
4 d MP/MG activation ↑
7 d MP/MG activation ↑
Sangobowale,2018a Randomization, yes; Blinded, yes Rat, Male,250–300g Moderate CCI, Sham-CCI, CCI-saline 22.5mg/kg 6h, 1 d and 2 d 7 d BM ↑
7 d APA, Entrances ↑
7 d APA Time to first entrance →
14 d Hippocampal MAP2 →
14 d Myelin ↑
22.5mg/kg 12h, 1 d and 2 d 7 d BM ↑
7 d APA Entrances ↑
7 d APA Time to first entrance →
22.5mg/kg 1d, 2 d and 3 d 7 d BM ↑
7 d APA, Entrances →
7 d APA Time to first entrance →
14 d Hippocampal MAP2 →
14 d Myelin →
Mouse, Male, 28–30 g Moderate CHI, Sham-CHI, CHI-saline 22.5mg/kg 12 h, 1 d, 2 d 7 d BM ↑
7 d APA Entrances ↑
7 d APA Time to first entrance →
14 d Hippocampal MAP2 →
14 d Myelin ↑
22.5mg/kg 1 d, 2 d, 3 d 7 d 12–24 h, BM ↑
7 d 24 h APA, Entrances →
7 d 24 h APA, Time to first entrance →
14 d Hippocampal MAP2 14 d →
14 d Myelin →
Sangobowale,2018b Randomization, yes; Blinded, yes Mouse, Male, 28–30 g Moderate CHI, Sham-CHI, CHI-saline 22.5 mg/kg 12h, 1d, 2d 14 d Oligodendrocytes ↑
Simon, 2018 Randomization, yes; Blinded, NS Rat, 35–40 g Moderate CCI, Sham-CCI, CCI-saline 90 mg/kg 10 min and 20 h 1 d High mobility group B1 ↑
7 d MP/MG ↑
7 dFluorJade positive cells →
14 d Thalamic neurons ↑
14 d LV →
5 d Balance Beam, Inclined Plane ↑
14 d MWM ↑
Taylor, 2018 Randomization, yes; Blinded, NS Rat, MaleandFemale, 60–70d Moderate CCI, Sham-CCI saline, Sham-CCI MINO, CCI-saline 50 mg/kg 1h1d, 2d, 3d IL-1β35 d male →, female →
IL-6 35 d male →, female →
TNFα35dmale →, female →
Zhang, 2020 Randomization, NS; Blinded, NS Rat , Male, 150–180g Moderate CCI Sham-CCI saline, CCI-saline 10 mg/kg 12hand daily 2–7d 5–14dBody weight →
7–14dFoot fault →
7–14dCylinder test →
7–14dWire hang →
21 d MWM →
20 mg/kg 12hand daily 2–7d 5–14 d Body weight 20 mg/kg →
7–14 d Foot fault ↑
7–14dCylinder test ↑
7–14 d Wire hang →
21 d MWM ↑
7 d Hippocampal neurons ↑
7 d Cortical Nissl postive cells ↑
7dSerum iron ↑
7dCSF iron ↑
7 d Brain tissue iron ↑
7 d Ferritin ↑
7 d Transferrin receptor 1 ↑
7 d Divalent metal transporter 1 ↑
7 d Ferroportin 1 ↑
7 d Hepcidin ↑
40 mg/kg 12hand daily 2–7d 5–14dBody weight 40mg/kg ↑
7–14dFoot fault ↑
7–14dCylinder test ↑
7–14 d Wire hang →
21 d MWM ↑
Pernici, 2020 Randomization, yes; Blinded, yes
Randomization, NS; Blinded, NS
Mouse,MaleandFemale, 20–30g Mild FPI. Sham-FPI, FPI-saline 45 mg/kg 45min 2d, 3d 2–7 d NSS ↑
2–7 d Rotarod →
60 d NORT →
60 d Open field →
60 d Tail suspension →
30 d Axon loss ↑
45 mg/kg 3 d, 4 d or 5 d 2–7 d NSS →
2–7 d Rotarod →
60 d NORT →
60 d Open field →
60 d Tail suspension →
30 d Axon loss →
He, 2021 Randomization, yes; Blinded, NS Rat, Male,250–300g Moderate CCI, Sham-CCI, CCI-saline 40mg/kg 5 minprior to injury 3 d Cortical apoptosis ↑
3 d Bax ↑
3 d Cleaved caspase 3 ↑
3 d Bcl-2 ↑
Wang, 2021 Mouse, Male, 20–35 g Moderate CCI, Sham-CCI 20mg/kg 30 min, 1d, 2d, 3d 3dGarcia neurobehavioral score ↑
1 d Edema ↑
1 d Occuldin 1 ↑
1 d C/EBP homologous protein ↑
1 d Growth related protein73 ↑
1 d b-catenin ↑
3 d IL-6 ↑
3 d TNFa ↑
3 d Apoptosis ↑

Rigor for each study is provided followed by species, injury model plus severity and control groups and details of dosing of MINO. Time after injury is followed by whether MINO improved (↑) or had no difference (→) in the experimental outcome. APA: Active place avoidance; BM: Barnes maze; CCI: controlled cortical injury; CHI: closed head injury; FPI: fluid percussion injury; GFAP: glial fibrillary acid protein; GSH: glutathione; LV: lesion volume; MMP-9: matrix metaloprotease 9; MP/MG: macrophage/microglia; MWM: Morris water maze; NORT: novel object recognition; NS: not specified; NSS: neurological severity score; NSS: neurological severity score; WD: weight drop.