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JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages 374-384Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-200104000-00006
Keywords
immunohistochemistry; stroke; ischemia-reperfusion injury; chronic granulomatous disease; reactive oxygen species
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Gp91-phox is an integral component of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase complex that generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) in activated circulating phagocytes. The authors previously demonstrated that gp91-phox knockout (KO) mice show significant protection from neuronal injury after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury, suggesting a pivotal role for this enzyme. Moreover, results from chimeric mice suggested that elimination of gp91-phox from both circulating phagocytes and a putative central nervous system (CNS) source were required to confer neuroprotection. In the current study, the authors demonstrated gp91-phox-specific immunostaining of perivascular cells in the CNS of control rats. However, after transient cerebral ischemia, gp91-phox-positive phagocytes were observed within the core ischemic region and activated microglial cells were positive in the penumbra. Such activated microglial cells were also gp91-phox-positive in the CNS of a chimpanzee with mild meningitis. Finally, in humans, both normal adult CNS tissues and isolated fetal microglial cells expressed gp91-phox mRNA. These microglia also expressed mRNA for the five other known components that comprise the NADPH oxidase complex. These data strongly suggest that microglial cells may contain a functionally active NADPH oxidase capable of generating ROS during CNS inflammation.
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