Severe Global Cerebral Ischemia-Induced Programmed Necrosis of Hippocampal CA1 Neurons in Rat Is Prevented by 3-Methyladenine: A Widely Used Inhibitor of Autophagy
Severe Global Cerebral Ischemia-Induced Programmed Necrosis of Hippocampal CA1 Neurons in Rat Is Prevented by 3-Methyladenine: A Widely Used Inhibitor of Autophagy
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3-甲基腺嘌呤:一种广泛使用的自噬抑制剂,可以预防严重的全脑缺血引起的大鼠海马 CA1 神经元程序性坏死
DOI:
10.1097/nen.0b013e31821352bd
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发表时间:
2011-04-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Luo, Ben-Yan
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作者:
Wang, Jin-Ye;Xia, Qiang;Luo, Ben-Yan
The true programmed mechanisms of delayed neuronal death induced by global cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury remain incompletely characterized. Autophagic cell death and programmed necrosis are 2 kinds of programmed cell death distinct from apoptosis. Here, we studied the death mechanisms of hippocampal cornu ammonis 1 neuronal death after a 20-minute severe global ischemia/reperfusion injury in young adult rats and the effects of 3-methyladenine (3-MA), a widely used inhibitor of autophagy. The morphological changes detected by electron microscopy, together with the activation of autophagy, transferase-mediated UTP nick end-labeling-positive neurons, and delayed death, demonstrated that cornu ammonis 1 neuronal death induced in this paradigm was programmed necrosis. No significant activation of caspase-3 after injury was detected by Western blot and immunohistochemistry. Treatment with 3-MA provided time-dependent protection against cornu ammonis 1 neuronal death at 7 days of reperfusion when it was administered before ischemia; administration 60 minutes after reperfusion was not beneficial. The redistribution of the lysosomal enzyme cathepsin B after injury was inhibited by 3-MA administered before ischemia, suggesting that this might be another important mechanism for the protective effect of 3-MA in ischemic neuronal injury.