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JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 1710-1723Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600479
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activated microglia; Goto -Kakizaki rat; heme degradation; neuroinflammation; oxidative stress; reperfusion
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Pronounced hyperglycemia provoked by extradural compression (EC) of the sensorimotor cortex was recently described in the non-insulin dependent Goto-Kakizaki (GK) diabetic rat. Compared with control Wistar rats, GK rats exhibited more extensive brain damage after cortical ischemia at 48 h of reperfusion (Moreira et al, 2007). We hypothesized that the enhanced brain injury in GK rats could be caused by differential regulation of the heme degrading enzyme heme oxygenase (HO)-1, known to interact with the expression of other target genes implicated in antioxidant defense, inflammation and neurodegeneration, such as superoxide dismutase ( SOD)-1, -2, inducible nitric oxide synthase ( iNOS), and tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF alpha). At 48 h after ischemia, relative mRNA expression of such target genes was compared between ipsilateral ( compressed) and contralateral ( uncompressed) hemispheres of GK rats, along with baseline comparison of sham, uncompressed GK and Wistar rats. Immunohistochemistry was performed to detect cellular and regional localization of HO-1 at this time point. Baseline expression of HO-1, iNOS, and TNFa mRNA was increased in the cortex of sham GK rats. GK rats showed pronounced hyperglycemia during EC and transient attenuation of regional cerebral blood flow recovery. At 48 h after reperfusion, HO-1 mRNA expression was 7- to 8-fold higher in the ischemic cortex of both strains, being the most upregulated gene under study. Heme oxygenase-1 protein expression was significantly reduced in diabetic rats and was found in perilesional astrocytes and rare microglial cells, in both strains. The reduced HO-1 protein expression in GK rats at 48 h after reperfusion combined with more extensive neurodegeneration induced by EC, provides further in vivo evidence for a neuroprotective role of HO after brain ischemia.
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