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Here we hypothesize that excessive intake of \u03c9-6 fatty acid linoleic acid (LA) and insufficiency of dietary long chain \u03c9-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs, e.g., docosahexaenoic acid; DHA) would dysregulate endocannabinoid-mediated neuronal plasticity and immune response. The study objective was to determine the effect of blast-TBI and traumatic stress on retinal gene expression and assess the role of dietary deficiency of long chain \u03c9-3 PUFAs on the vulnerability to these injury models.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Linoleic acid was used as an independent variable to reflect the dietary increase in LA from 1 percent of energy (en%) to 8 en% present in the current western diets, and these custom LA diets were also devoid of long chain \u03c9-3 PUFAs. Animals were exposed to a simulated blast overpressure wave followed by a weight drop head-concussion to induce TBI. A Separate group of rats were subjected to traumatic stress by a forced immersion underwater.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our findings showed that blast-TBI exposure, post 14\u00a0days, produced significant neuropathological changes such as axonal degeneration in the brain optic tracts from all the three diet groups, especially in rats fed the DHA-deprived 1 en% LA diet. Transcriptomic analysis showed that presence of DHA in the house chow diet prevented blast-induced disruption of neuronal plasticity by activating molecular networks like SNARE signaling, endocannabinoid pathway, and synaptic long-term depression when compared to DHA-deprived 8 en% LA diet group. Under traumatic stress, retinal synaptic function, neurovascular coupling, and opioid signaling mechanisms were dysregulated in rodents fed DHA-deficient diets (i.e., 8 en% LA and 1 en% LA), where reducing the levels of \u03c9-6 linoleic acid from 8 en% to 1 en% was associated with increased neuronal plasticity and suppressed immune signaling.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings of our study suggest that deprivation of long chain \u03c9-3 PUFAs in the diet affects endocannabinoid-mediated neuronal plasticity, vascular function and inflammatory response that could influence the resistance of veterans to TBI and psychological trauma.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2024.1373447","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,13]],"date-time":"2024-09-13T04:49:22Z","timestamp":1726202962000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impact of dietary changes on retinal neuronal plasticity in rodent models of physical and psychological trauma"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Mital Y.","family":"Patel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ruoting","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nabarun","family":"Chakraborty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stacy-Ann","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"James C.","family":"DeMar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Batuure","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Donna","family":"Wilder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Long","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rasha","family":"Hammamieh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aarti","family":"Gautam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3138","DOI":"10.1089\/neu.2019.6423","article-title":"Exposure to blast overpressure impairs cerebral microvascular responses and alters vascular and astrocytic structure","volume":"36","author":"Abutarboush","year":"2019","journal-title":"J. neurotrauma"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1984","DOI":"10.1038\/oby.2012.38","article-title":"Dietary linoleic acid elevates endogenous 2\u2010AG and anandamide and induces obesity","volume":"20","author":"Alvheim","year":"2012","journal-title":"Obesity"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"571","DOI":"10.1017\/S1461145713001272","article-title":"The effects of a reminder of underwater trauma on behaviour and memory-related mechanisms in the rat dentate gyrus","volume":"17","author":"Ardi","year":"2014","journal-title":"Int. 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