title: Increased cortical nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) DNA binding activity after traumatic brain injury in rats.
abstract: Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) DNA binding factor is an inducible transcription factor that responds to various cellular signals. Levels of cortical NF-kappa B DNA binding activity were measured in a controlled lateral cortical impact model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rats. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs), we found that NF-kappa B DNA binding activity in cerebral cortex ipsilateral to the injury site increased at 1, 3, 5 and 7 days after injury. Binding activity peaked at 3 days after injury and subsided by 10 days after injury. These data indicate that TBI produces transient increases in NF-kappa B DNA binding activity. Further insights into the role of NF-kappa B in TBI may provide new therapeutic opportunities for head trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: X S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hayes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B