Journal
BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 1268, Issue -, Pages 125-134Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.02.060
Keywords
Closed-head injury; Hypoxia; MnSOD; Synaptophysin; MMP; Treatment
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS039860, NS 39860, R01 NS039860-08] Funding Source: Medline
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The present study assessed the role of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and -9 in synapse loss after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the role of hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha), a transcription factor up-regulated during hypoxia, in the regulation of MMP-2 and -9 expression post-TBI. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (n=6 per group, 400 g-425 g) were injury using Marmarou's closed-head acceleration impact model and allowed to survive for 1,4,24 and 48 h. In another set of experiments, 30 min after TBI, animals were treated with Minocrycline (inhibitor of MMPs), or 2-Methoxyestradiol (2ME2, inhibitor of HIF-1 alpha) and sacrificed at 4 h after injury. Relative amounts of synaptophysin, a presynaptic vesicular protein, HIF-1 alpha, as well as MMP-2 and -9 were assessed by real-time PCR and Western blotting. Activity levels of MMP-2 and -9 were determined by zymography. Synaptophysin expression was significantly (p<0.05) decreased at 1 h through 48 h after TBI. A significant increase in gene and protein expressions of HIF-1 alpha, MMP-2 and -9, as well as enzyme activity of MMP-2 and -9 at the same time points was also detected. Inhibition of either MMPs or HIF-1 alpha significantly reversed the TBI-induced decrease in synaptophysin. Inhibition of HIF-1 alpha reduced expression of MMP-2 and -9. This study showed an early detection of a correlation between synaptic loss and MMP expression after TBI. The data also supports a role HIF-1 alpha in the MMP regulatory cascade in synapse loss after TBI, suggesting potential targets for reducing loss of synaptic terminals. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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