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JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
Volume 62, Issue 5, Pages 509-519Publisher
AMER ASSN NEUROPATHOLOGISTS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.5.509
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To understand the basis of oligodendrocyte (OL) susceptibility to oxidative injury, purified rat OL cultures at different stages of maturation were exposed to nitric oxide (NO) donors with fast or slow kinetics of release and to tert-butylhydroperoxide, a membrane-permeant organic hydroperoxide. OL precursors (pre-OL) displayed the highest vulnerability to both oxygen or nitrogen reactive species, whereas mature OLs were uniquely vulnerable to long-lasting levels of NO. Cell death occurred by necrosis as well as apoptosis associated with increased caspase-3 activity and, only in the case of pre-OLs, with a decreased expression of the anti-apoptotic protein bcl-2. Pre-OLs were also more susceptible than mature OLs to lipid peroxidation, as measured by F-2-isoprostane content in culture media. Finally, pre-OLs, but not mature OLs, expressed high levels of the mitochondrial scavenging enzyme Mn superoxide dismutase, suggesting that pre-OLs may efficiently convert anion superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and, paradoxically, be more predisposed than mature OLs to a toxic imbalance between hydrogen peroxide production and detoxification processes. These data suggest that susceptibility to lipid peroxidation. expression of the scavenging enzyme Mn superoxide dismutase and of the anti-apoptotic protein bcl-2, may contribute to the maturation-dependent vulnerability of OLs to oxidant injury.
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