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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Although apoptotic pathways play important roles in ischemic neuronal injury, exact mechanism of apoptotic enzyme cascade has not been fully studied. Immunohistochemical stainings for cytochrome c and caspase-3, and histochemical staining for a terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling method (TUNEL) were examined in a rat model of permanent middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. Cytochrome c was strongly induced in neurons of the ischemic penumbra from 3 h after MCA occlusion, and caspase-3 began to be induced in the same area from 3 h with a peak at 8 h. Neuronal cells in MCA area became TUNEL positive at delayed time, reaching a peak at 24 h. Thus, the peak of induction of cytochrome c preceded that of caspase-3, and these two peaks were also precedence of the peak of DNA-fragmentation. Western blot analysis showed cytosolic expression of cytochrome c from mitochondria. This study demonstrated 1. Rapid release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to the cytosol, mainly in neurons of the cortex at 3 h after ischemia. 2. Subsequent peaks of caspase-3 and TUNEL in this order. These temporal profiles suggest a serial cascadic activation of apoptotic pathways in neuronal death after permanent MCA occlusion of rats.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0161-6412
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
223-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Temporal profile of cytochrome c and caspase-3 immunoreactivities and TUNEL staining after permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't