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JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 557-567Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-200105000-00010
Keywords
cerebral ischemia; caspase-9; cytochrome c; manganese superoxide dismutase; apoptosis; reactive oxygen species
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS38653, NS14543, NS25372, NS36147] Funding Source: Medline
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Release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to cytosol is a critical step in the mitochondrial-dependent signaling pathways of apoptosis. The authors have reported that manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) attenuated cytochrome c release and apoptotic cell death after focal cerebral ischemia (FCI). To investigate downstream to the cytochrome c-dependent pathway, the authors examined caspase-9 activation after transient FCI by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting in both wild-type and Sod2 -/+ mice. Mice were subjected to 60 minutes of middle cerebral artery occlusion followed by 1, 2, 4, or 24 hours of reperfusion. Two hours after reperfusion, cytochrome c and caspase-9 were observed in the cytosol and significantly increased in Sod2 -/+ mutants compared with wild-type mice as shown by Western blotting. Immunofluorescent double labeling for cytochrome c and caspase-9 showed cytosolic cytochrome c 1 hour after transient FCI. Cleaved caspase-9 first appeared in the cytosol at 2 hours and colocalized with cytochrome c. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated uridine 5 ' -triphosphate-biotin nick and labeling (TUNEL) showed significant increase of positive cells in Sod2 -/+ mice compared with the wild-type in the cortex, but not in the caudate putamen. The current study revealed Mn-SOD might affect cytochrome L translocation and downstream caspase activation in the mitochondrial-dependent cell death pathway after transient FCI.
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