title: Isoform-specific redistribution of calcineurin A alpha and A beta in the hippocampal CA1 region of gerbils after transient ischemia.
abstract: To investigate isoform-specific roles of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase [calcineurin (CaN)] in ischemia-induced cell death, we raised antibodies specific to CaN A alpha and CaN A beta and localized the CaN isoforms in the hippocampal CA1 region of Mongolian gerbils subjected to a 5-min occlusion of carotid arteries. In the nonischemic gerbil, immunoreactions of both isoforms were highly enriched in CA1 regions, especially in the cytoplasm and apical dendrites of CA1 pyramidal neurons. At 4-7 days after the induced ischemia, immunoreactivities of the CaN A alpha isoform in CA1 pyramidal cells were markedly reduced, whereas they were enhanced in the CA1 radiatum and oriens layers. In contrast, CaN A beta immunoreactivities were reduced in all layers of the ischemic CA1 region, whereas they were enhanced in activated astrocytes, colocalizing with glial fibrillary acidic protein. These findings suggest that up-regulation of CaN A alpha in afferent fibers in CA1 and up-regulation of CaN A beta in reactive astrocytes may be involved in neuronal reorganization after ischemic injury.
authors.affiliation: Hyogo Institute for Aging Brain and Cognitive Disorders, Himeji, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terashima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000502:physiology; D019703:Calcineurin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000378:metabolism*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D019703:Calcineurin