Journal
JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
Volume 30, Issue 11, Pages 1825-1833Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.52
Keywords
chemokines; MCAO; mitochondria; neuronal death; stroke; UCP
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- National Institutes of Health [7R01DK075476]
- Golden Leaf Foundation
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Mitochondrial hyperpolarization inhibits the electron transport chain and increases incomplete reduction of oxygen, enabling production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The consequence is mitochondrial damage that eventually causes cell death. Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) are inner mitochondrial membrane proteins that dissipate the mitochondrial proton gradient by transporting H+ across the inner membrane, thereby stabilizing the inner mitochondrial membrane potential and reducing the formation of ROS. The role of UCP2 in neuroprotection is still in debate. This study seeks to clarify the role of UCP2 in transient focal ischemia (tFI) and to further understand the mechanisms of ischemic brain damage. Both wild-type and UCP2-knockout mice were subjected to tFI. Knocking out UCP2 significantly increased the infarct volume to 61% per hemisphere as compared with 18% in wild-type animals. Knocking out UCP2 suppressed antioxidant, cell-cycle, and DNA repair genes, including Sod1 and Sod2, Gstm1, and cyclins. Furthermore, knocking out UCP2 significantly upregulated the protein levels of the inflammatory cytokines, including CTACK, CXCL16, Eotaxin-2, fractalkine, and BLC. It is concluded that knocking out the UCP2 gene exacerbates neuronal death after cerebral ischemia with reperfusion and this detrimental effect is mediated by alteration of antioxidant genes and upregulation of inflammatory mediators. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (2010) 30, 1825-1833; doi:10.1038/jcbfm.2010.52; published online 21 April 2010
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