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- Title
Expression of transforming growth factor-β1 and interleukin-1β mRNA in rat brain following transient forebrain ischemia.
- Authors
Wießner, C.; Gehrmann, J.; Lindholm, D.; Töpper, R.; Kreutzberg, G.; Hossmann, K.
- Abstract
Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and interleukin-1β mRNA expression were studied in rat brains after 30 min of global ischemia by in situ hybridization. Ischemia was produced by four-vessel occlusion followed by different recirculation times ranging between 15 min and 7 days. TGF-β1 mRNA could first be detected 3 days after ischemia in the hippocampus, in layers II/III of cortex, in the striatum and in parts of the ventral thalamus. At 7 days after recirculation a prominent increase in TGF-β1 mRNA was observed in the CA1 sector of the hippocampus. Induction of interleukin-1β mRNA, however, was less marked and limited to the rostral striatum 3 and 7 days after ischemia. TGF-β1 expression 7 days after ischemia correlated well with the histological localization of regions where neuronal degeneration and subsequent astrocytic and microglial activation had occurred. In adjacent brain sections, the distribution of TGF-β1 mRNA after 7 days closely resembled that of the immunostaining pattern of activated microglia, indicating that at this time point TGF-β1 mRNA was mainly produced by microglial cells. The late induction of TGF-β1 mRNA after ischemia points to an involvement in the persistent glial response rather than the initial glial activation. The differential pattern of interleukin-1β mRNA induction indicates regional variations of cytokine production after ischemic brain lesions.
- Publication
Acta Neuropathologica, 1993, Vol 86, Issue 5, p439
- ISSN
0001-6322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00228578