Tissue-type plasminogen activator has a neuroprotective effect in the ischemic brain mediated by neuronal TNF-α
Tissue-type plasminogen activator has a neuroprotective effect in the ischemic brain mediated by neuronal TNF-α
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DOI:
10.1038/jcbfm.2011.106
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Yepes, Manuel
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作者:
Haile, Woldeab B.;Wu, Jialing;Yepes, Manuel
Cerebral cortical neurons have a heightened sensitivity to hypoxia and their survival depends on their ability to accommodate to changes in the concentration of oxygen in their environment. Tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) is a serine proteinase that activates the zymogen plasminogen into plasmin. Hypoxia induces the release of tPA from cerebral cortical neurons, and it has been proposed that tPA mediates hypoxic and ischemic neuronal death. Here, we show that tPA is devoid of neurotoxic effects and instead is an endogenous neuroprotectant that renders neurons resistant to the effects of lethal hypoxia and ischemia. We present in vitro and in vivo evidence indicating that endogenous tPA and recombinant tPA induce the expression of neuronal tumor necrosis factor-alpha. This effect, mediated by plasmin and the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, leads to increased expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 and p21-mediated development of early hypoxic and ischemic tolerance. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (2012) 32, 57-69; doi:10.1038/jcbfm.2011.106; published online 27 July 2011