Induction of secretory phospholipase A2 in reactive astrocytes in response to transient focal cerebral ischemia in the rat brain
Induction of secretory phospholipase A2 in reactive astrocytes in response to transient focal cerebral ischemia in the rat brain
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02540.x
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发表时间:
2004-08-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Sun, GY
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作者:
Lin, TN;Wang, Q;Sun, GY
Although mRNA expression of group IIA secretory phospholipase A(2) (sPLA(2)-IIA) has been implicated in responses to injury in the CNS, information on protein expression remains unclear. In this study, we investigated temporal and spatial expression of sPLA(2)-IIA mRNA and immunoreactivity in transient focal cerebral ischemia induced in rats by occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. Northern blot analysis showed a biphasic increase in sPLA(2)-IIA mRNA expression following 60-min of ischemia-reperfusion: an early phase at 30 min and a second increase at a late phase ranging from 12 h to 14 days. In situ hybridization localized the early-phase increase in sPLA(2)-IIA mRNA to the affected ischemic cortex and the late-phase increase to the penumbral area. Besides sPLA(2)-IIA mRNA, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and cyclo-oxygenase-2 mRNAs, but not cytosolic PLA(2), also showed an increase in the penumbral area at 3 days after ischemia-reperfusion. Immunohistochemistry of sPLA(2)-IIA indicated positive cells in the penumbral area similar to the GFAP-positive astrocytes but different from the isolectin B4-positive microglial cells. Confocal microscopy further confirmed immunoreactivity of sPLA(2)-IIA in reactive astrocytes but not in microglial cells. Taken together, these results demonstrate for the first time an up-regulation of the inflammatory sPLA(2)-IIA in reactive astrocytes in response to cerebral ischemia-reperfusion.