title: Changes in immunoreactivity of HSP60 and its neuroprotective effects in the gerbil hippocampal CA1 region induced by transient ischemia.
abstract: Heat shock proteins act as molecular chaperones and are involved in protein folding, refolding, transport, and translocation. In the present study, we observed changes in heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) immunoreactivity and protein level in the gerbil hippocampal CA1 region after 5 min of transient forebrain ischemia and its neuroprotective effect against ischemic damage. HSP60 immunoreactivity in the CA1 region began to increase in the stratum pyramidale at 30 min after ischemia/reperfusion, and peaked 24 h after ischemia/reperfusion. Thereafter, HSP60 immunoreactivity was decreased in the CA1 region with time. Seven days after ischemia/reperfusion, HSP60 immunoreactivity was increased again in the CA1 region: at this time point after ischemia/reperfusion, HSP60 immunoreactivity was expressed in glial cells in the ischemic CA1 region. HSP60 immunoreactive glial cells were astrocytes containing glial fibrillar acidic protein. In contrast, change in HSP60 immunoreactivity in the ischemic CA2/3 region was not significant compared with that in the ischemic CA1 region. In Western blot study, HSP60 protein level in the CA1 region was increased after ischemia/reperfusion and highest 24 h after ischemia/reperfusion. Animals treated with recombinant adenoviruses expressing Hsp60 (Ad-Hsp60) showed the neuroprotection of CA1 pyramidal neurons from ischemic damage. These results suggest that HSP60 may be associated with delayed neuronal death of CA1 pyramidal neurons after transient ischemia, and the induction of HSP60 protects the neurons from ischemic damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.
authors.forename: In Koo
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Hee Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Ki-Yeon
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Jae-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hong-Won
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Young-Guen
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Jun Hwi
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Moo-Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Won
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D016923:Cell Death; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000378:metabolism*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005849:Gerbillinae; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000473:pathology; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018834:Chaperonin 60; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents