title: Upregulation of erbB receptors in rat brain after middle cerebral arterial occlusion.
abstract: We have previously demonstrated that neuregulin-1 (NRG-1) is upregulated and is neuroprotective in ischemic brain injury, however the expression and localization of its receptors during ischemia has not been investigated. Therefore, we used a rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model to examine the distribution of erbB receptors following ischemic stroke. Like neuregulin-1, we observed a dramatic induction of erbB4 in the peri-infarct regions of the ipsilateral cortex 24 h following MCAO. Using Fluoro-Jade B (FJB) staining as a marker of neurodegeneration, erbB4 was upregulated in FJB-positive cells, suggesting that erbB receptors are induced in injured neurons. The increase in erbB receptors was seen in neurons and a subpopulation of macrophages/microglia. There was no erbB co-localization with GFAP-positive astrocytes. These results demonstrate that erbB receptors are upregulated in neurons and macrophages/microglia following ischemic stroke and may be involved in neuroprotection and repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Neuroscience Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, SW; MRC 223, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
authors.forename: Zhenfeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Byron D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D007839:Functional Laterality; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D020287:In Situ Nick-End Labeling / Q000379:methods; D007211:Indoles / Q000378:metabolism; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020893:Receptor, ErbB-3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D066247:Receptor, ErbB-4; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D066246:ErbB Receptors; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D007211:Indoles; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D020893:Receptor, ErbB-3; D066247:Receptor, ErbB-4; C007293:DAPI; C587691:Erbb4 protein, rat