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Metallothionein and brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage
S Yamashita1, M Okauchi, Y Hua
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. 48109-2200, USA.
Abstract:
Metallothioneins (MTs) are metal-binding proteins that can be upregulated in the brain after injury and are associated with neuroprotection. A recent genomics study has shown that brain MT-1 and MT-2 mRNA levels are upregulated following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in rats. Our study examines whether brain MT-1 and MT-2 protein levels are increased after ICH. We also investigated the effect of exogenous MT-1 in perihematomal edema formation in vivo and iron-induced cell death in vitro. We found that MT-1/-2 immunoreactivity in ipsilateral basal ganglia was significantly increased after ICH and exogenous MT-1 attenuated perihematomal edema formation. In addition, MT-1 also reduced cell death induced by iron in cultured astrocytes. These results suggest a role for MT in ICH-induced brain injury, and MT could be a therapeutic target for ICH.
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