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Upregulation of dihydropyrimidinase-related protein 2, spectrin alpha II chain, heat shock cognate protein 70 pseudogene 1 and tropomodulin 2 after focal cerebral ischemia in rats--a proteomics approach.

Abstract
In recent years, there are an increasing number of proteomics studies that investigated the alterations in the protein expression relevant to human diseases but none for stroke. We, therefore, attempted such a study in a paradigm of focal cerebral ischemia in rat. Rats were subjected to cerebral ischemia by unilateral occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. Global protein analysis was performed after 24h on the lesioned and sham-control cerebral cortex using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Protein spots with more than a 3-fold change in intensity were identified by mass spectrometry. Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) caused infarct volume of 18-22% predominantly in the cortex of the lesioned hemisphere. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis resolved about 1500 protein spots of which only 12 were significantly upregulated by 3-46-fold. Three spots were identified to be dihydropyrimidinase-related protein 2 (DRP-2, also known as collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP-2) or turned on after division, 64 kD protein (TOAD-64)). The spots varied in pI values only and this may reflect different phosphorylation status of the same protein. Two spots were identified as spectrin alpha II chain (rat fragment, also known as alpha-fodrin or non-erythroid alpha chain, SPNA-2); and one spot each for heat shock cognate protein 70 pseudogene 1 (HSC70-ps1, also known as heat shock protein 8 pseudogene 1), and tropomodulin 2 (Tmod2). The upregulation of protein expression was corroborated by observed upregulation of mRNA expression. The remaining five spots were not identified satisfactorily. As DRP-2, spectrin, and Tmod2 are involved in axonal and neurite growth as well as synaptic plasticity and maturation, the presently observed upregulation of the expression of these proteins may indicate active neuroregeneration and repair at 24h after the induction of cerebral ischemia.
AuthorsA Chen, W P Liao, Q Lu, W S F Wong, P T-H Wong
JournalNeurochemistry international (Neurochem Int) Vol. 50 Issue 7-8 Pg. 1078-86 (Jun 2007) ISSN: 0197-0186 [Print] England
PMID17196711 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • collapsin response mediator protein-2
  • Spectrin
Topics
  • Animals
  • Brain (enzymology, physiopathology)
  • Brain Ischemia (genetics)
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins (genetics)
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins (genetics)
  • Male
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins (genetics)
  • Proteomics (methods)
  • Pseudogenes
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Spectrin (genetics)

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