title: Comparison of the immunoreactivity of Trx2/Prx3 redox system in the hippocampal CA1 region between the young and adult gerbil induced by transient cerebral ischemia.
abstract: In the present study, we compared the immunoreactivities and levels of Trx/prx redox system, thioredoxin 2 (Trx2), thioredoxin reductase 2 (TrxR2) and peroxiredoxin 3 (Prx3), as well as neuronal death in the hippocampal CA1 region between the adult and young gerbil after 5 min of transient cerebral ischemia. At 4 days post-ischemia, pyramidal neurons (about 90%) in the adult stratum pyramidale of the CA1 region showed "delayed neuronal death (DND)"; however, at this time point, few pyramidal neurons showed DND in the young stratum pyramidale. At 7 days post-ischemia, about 56% of pyramidal neurons showed DND in the young stratum pyramidale. The immunoreactivities of all the antioxidants in the young sham-group were similar to those in the adult sham-group. At 4 days post-ischemia, the immunoreactivity of TrxR2, not Trx2 and Prx3 in the adult ischemia-group was dramatically decreased in CA1 pyramidal neurons. At this time point, the immunoreactivities of all the antioxidants in the young ischemia-group were apparently increased compared to the adult ischemia-group. From 7 days pots-ischemia, non-pyramidal cells showed the immunoreactivities of all the antioxidants in the ischemic CA1 region; however, in the young ischemia-groups, the immunoreactivities were much lower than those in the adult ischemia-groups. In brief, our results showed that the immunoreactivities of Trx2, TrxR2 and Prx3 were dramatically increased in CA1 pyramidal neurons of the young ischemia-groups at 4 days post-ischemia compared to those in the adult ischemia-groups induced by transient cerebral ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Bing Chun
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Joon Ha
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ji Hyeon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Young Joo
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tae Hun
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Choong Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jun Hwi
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Myong Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae Young
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Il-Jun
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Moo-Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Won
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D061105:Peroxiredoxin III / Q000378:metabolism*; D013879:Thioredoxins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013879:Thioredoxins; D061105:Peroxiredoxin III