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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
Apoptosis-related mechanisms are important in the pathophysiology of hypoxic-ischemic injury in the neonatal brain. Caspases are the major executioners of apoptosis, but there are a number of upstream players that influence the cell death pathways. The Bcl-2 family proteins are important modulators of mitochondrial permeability, working either to promote or prevent apoptosis. In this study we focused on the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein after neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia (HI) in 8-day-old rats. Bcl-2 translocated to nuclei and accumulated there over the first 24h of reperfusion after HI, as judged by immunohistochemistry and immuno-electron microscopy. We also found that the total level of Bcl-2 decreased after HI in vivo and after ionophore challenge in cultured human neuroblastoma (IMR-32) cells in vitro. Furthermore, the Bcl-2 reduction was calpain-dependent, because it could be prevented by the calpain inhibitor CX295 both in vivo and in vitro, suggesting cross-talk between excitotoxic and apoptotic mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1090-2139
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
822-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Calpain, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:19782128-bcl-2-Associated X Protein
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Nuclear translocation and calpain-dependent reduction of Bcl-2 after neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't