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Protein aggregation after transient cerebral ischemia.

B R Hu1, M E Martone, Y Z Jones

  • 1Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Center for the Study of Neurological Disease, Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA. bhu@cns.queens.org

The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience
|April 25, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Transient cerebral ischemia causes severe protein aggregation in vulnerable hippocampal neurons. These ubiquitin-positive protein aggregates progressively accumulate, potentially leading to ischemic neuronal death.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cell Biology
  • Pathology

Background:

  • Protein aggregates containing ubiquitinated proteins are hallmarks of neurodegenerative disorders.
  • These aggregates are widely believed to contribute to neuronal degeneration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the occurrence and characteristics of protein aggregation in neurons following transient cerebral ischemia.
  • To determine the temporal and spatial accumulation of protein aggregates in vulnerable hippocampal neurons.

Main Methods:

  • Ethanolic phosphotungstic acid electron microscopy (EM) for visualizing protein aggregates.
  • Ubiquitin immunogold electron microscopy (EM) to identify ubiquitinated protein aggregates.
  • High-resolution confocal microscopy to track aggregate accumulation in neurons.

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Main Results:

  • Transient cerebral ischemia induced severe protein aggregation in hippocampal CA1 neurons.
  • Aggregates, heavily stained for ubiquitin, progressively accumulated in dying CA1 neurons from 4 to 72 hours post-ischemia.
  • Protein aggregates were rarely found in resistant dentate gyrus neurons and were associated with various intracellular organelles.

Conclusions:

  • Vulnerable hippocampal neurons experience significant protein aggregation after transient brain ischemia.
  • The persistent accumulation of these protein aggregates is hypothesized to be a causative factor in ischemic neuronal death.