Antioxidant enzymes are differently changed in experimental ischemic hippocampal CA1 region following repeated restraint stress

Ki Yeon Yoo, Choong Hyun Lee, Joon Ha Park, In Koo Hwang, Ok Kyu Park, Seung Hae Kwon, Jung Hoon Choi, Dae Joong Kim, Young Guen Kwon, Young Myeong Kim, Moo Ho Won

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Abstract

Restraint stress induces physiological changes in the brain. In the present study, we observed the effects of repeated stress on ischemic damage associated with oxidative stress in gerbils. Animals were placed into restrainers for 5 h (between 09:30 h and 14:30 h) for 21 consecutive days prior to 5 min of transient cerebral ischemia. Experimental groups were divided into 4 groups; 1) sham-operated control-group (sham-group), 2) ischemia-operated control-group (ischemia-group), 3) sham-operated stress-group (stressed-sham-group), and 4) ischemia-operated stress-group (stressed-ischemia-group). Serum corticosterone level in the ischemia-group was highest (330% vs the sham-group) at 12 h post-ischemia, and serum corticosterone levels in the stressed-ischemia-group were significantly lower than the ischemia-group. Locomotor activity in the ischemia-group was significantly increased (300% vs the sham-group) at 1 day post-ischemia; however, locomotor activity in the stressed-ischemia-group was less increased compared to the ischemia-group. A few NeuN (neuron-specific soluble nuclear antigen)-positive (+) cells were found in the stratum pyramidale (SP) of the hippocampal CA1 region (CA1) 4 days post-ischemia in the ischemia-group; however, in the stressed-ischemia-group at 4 days post-ischemia, 83.8% of NeuN+ neurons were found. In addition, we found a few Fluro-Jade B (a marker for neuronal degeneration)+ and TUNEL+ cells in the stressed-ischemia-group at 4 days post-ischemia. In gliosis, glial fibrillary acidic protein+ astrocytes in the stressed-ischemia-groups was similar to the ischemia-groups; however, ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1+ microglia in the stressed-ischemia-groups were much less activated than the ischemia-groups. Among antioxidants, Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) immunoreactivity in the SP was higher in the stressed-ischemia-groups than the ischemia-groups. Catalase immunoreactivity in the SP of the stressed-ischemia-groups was similar to the ischemia-groups. However, Mn-superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase immunoreactivity were lower than the ischemia-groups. In brief, our results indicate that repeated restraint stress significantly attenuates ischemic neuronal damage and locomotor activity following ischemia. In addition, SOD1 among antioxidants significantly increases in the stressed-ischemia-groups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)33-42
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume302
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Mar 15

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Mr. Seung Uk Lee and Ms. Hyun Sook Kim for their technical help in this study. This research was supported by a grant ( 2009K001290 ) from Brain Research Center of the 21st Century Frontier Research Program funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Republic of Korea , and by a grant of the Korea Healthcare Technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea ( A084866 ).

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

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