title: Downregulation of COX-2 and JNK expression after induction of ischemic tolerance in the gerbil brain.
abstract: The response of the inducible isoform of the prostaglandin H2 synthase (COX-2) and the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in post-ischemic neuronal damage was assessed in a model of ischemic tolerance in Mongolian Gerbils. After a single 6-min bilateral carotid occlusion, histological damage was evident in the CA1 region of hippocampus, correlated with a high expression of JNK and COX-2 mRNA. However, in the group of animals with a 2-min ischemia and the tolerance group, in which a 2-min bilateral carotid occlusion was followed 3 days later by a 6-min ischemia, no hippocampal or cortical damage was detected. Accordingly, the JNK and COX-2 mRNA levels remained unaffected. We suggest that the level of JNK and COX-2 expression may determine the outcome as either post-ischemic cell death or tolerance.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA. vcolan@netscape.net
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Colangelo
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Pranab K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ottino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000379:methods; D002452:Cell Count / Q000379:methods; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005849:Gerbillinae; D020287:In Situ Nick-End Labeling / Q000379:methods; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019194:Ischemic Preconditioning; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases