title: [Levels of histone H3 acetylation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of acute cerebral infarction patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the co-variation of acetylated histone H3 levels of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and onset time of acute ischemic stroke and examine the histone H3 acetylation levels in PBMCs of acute cerebral infarction patients with different stroke subtypes and injury degrees.
  
  
  METHODS
  The peripheral blood samples 2 ml from patients at different timepoints (1, 3, 5, 7, 14 d) from April 2013 to July 2013 and normal controls were collected to observe the dynamic change of Ac-H3 levels of PBMCs in cerebral infarction patients. Also between April 2013 and October 2013, blood samples from 103 patients within 7 d after acute ischemic stroke were collected. Global histone was extracted by assay kit and differential histone H3 acetylation levels were determined by Western blot. All patients were measured by the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) classification and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The levels of acetylated histone H3 in PBMCs of acute cerebral infarction patients started to decrease as early as 1 d and remained below those normal controls for at least 7 d after stroke. It fulfilled the minimum at 3 d after infarction (P < 0.001). Acetylated histone H3 levels of PBMCs differed in OCSP classification (P < 0.05) and reached a nadir in TACI group. Histone H3 acetylation levels of PBMCs were major affecting factors of neurological injury severity and negatively correlated with it through multiple regressive analysis (β = -0.297, P = 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Histone H3 acetylation level in PBMCs of acute cerebral infarction patients is lower than healthy persons. And it decreases markedly in TACI group and patients with severe neurological dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Affiliated Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
authors.forename: Junjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Huimin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yuehua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: Email: qiang_dong163@163.com.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000208:Acute Disease; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000097:blood*; D006657:Histones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006657:Histones