Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: RESULTS: SOD2-KO mice demonstrate delayed (>24h) blood-brain barrier breakdown associated with activation of matrix metalloproteinases, inflammation, and high brain hemorrhage rates. These adverse consequences are absent in wild-type littermates and minocycline-treated SOD2-KO animals. Increased hemorrhage rates also are absent in SOD2 overexpressors, which have reduced vascular endothelial cell death. Finally, we show that the tight junction membrane protein, occludin, is an early and specific target in oxidative stress-induced microvascular injury. INTERPRETATION: This model is ideal for studying ischemia/reperfusion-induced vascular injury and secondary brain hemorrhage and offers a unique opportunity to evaluate antioxidant-based neurovascular protective strategies as potential adjunct treatments to currently approved stroke therapies such as thrombolysis and endovascular clot retrieval.
|
Authors | Carolina M Maier, Lily Hsieh, Trisha Crandall, Purnima Narasimhan, Pak H Chan |
Journal | Annals of neurology
(Ann Neurol)
Vol. 59
Issue 6
Pg. 929-38
(Jun 2006)
ISSN: 0364-5134 [Print] United States |
PMID | 16673393
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
|
Copyright | Ann Neurol 2006. |
Chemical References |
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Superoxide Dismutase
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
- Minocycline
|
Topics |
- Animals
- Blood-Brain Barrier
(pathology)
- Blotting, Western
- Brain
(blood supply, pathology, physiopathology)
- Brain Ischemia
(complications, pathology, physiopathology)
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
(etiology, pathology, physiopathology)
- Disease Models, Animal
- Enzyme Inhibitors
(pharmacology)
- In Situ Nick-End Labeling
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
(drug effects, metabolism)
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Minocycline
(pharmacology)
- Oxidative Stress
(drug effects, physiology)
- Reperfusion Injury
(complications, pathology, physiopathology)
- Superoxide Dismutase
(genetics, metabolism)
|