期刊
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
卷 60, 期 3, 页码 1645-1658出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-022-03166-x
关键词
Endogenous neuroprotection; Cerebral ischemia; Nrf2; Sub-regional differences in the hippocampus
The transcription factor Nrf2 plays a crucial role in regulating genes involved in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory processes, metabolic regulation, and other cellular functions. This study investigates the activation of Nrf2 in different regions of the hippocampus and its impact on endogenous neuroprotection against ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. The results reveal that CA2-4,DG in the hippocampus exhibits higher Nrf2 activity compared to CA1, indicating a potential mechanism explaining the different sensitivities of these regions to I/R injury.
The transcription factor nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is the master regulator of genes known to be involved in antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory processes, metabolic regulation, and other cellular functions. Here, we also hypothesize a core role for it in endogenous neuroprotection, i.e., the natural adaptive mechanisms protecting the brain from ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) episode. An example of endogenous neuroprotection is ischemia-resistance of the hippocampal regions comprising the CA2, CA3, CA4 and dentate gyrus subfields (here abbreviated to CA2-4,DG) which can be contrasted with the ischemia-vulnerable CA1 region. In the work detailed here, we used a gerbil model of transient cerebral ischemia to examined Nrf2 activation in CA1 and CA2-4,DG, in a control group, and post I/R episode. Data obtained indicate enhanced Nrf2 activity in CA2-4,DG as compared with CA1 in the control, with this difference seen to persist even after I/R. While I/R does indeed cause further activation of Nrf2 in CA2-4,DG, it is associated with slight and transient activation in CA1. Sub-regional differences in Nrf2 activity correlate with immunoreactivity of Keap1 (an Nrf2 suppressor) and Nrf2 target proteins, including heme oxygenase 1, the catalytic and modulatory sub-units of glutamate-cysteine ligase, and glutathione peroxidase 1. Pharmacological Nrf2 activation by sulforaphane results in protection of CA1 after I/R episode. Our results therefore suggest that high Nrf2 activity in CA2-4,DG may guarantee resistance of this region to I/R, potentially explaining the differential sensitivities of the hippocampal regions.
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