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- Title
Fate of Astrocytes in The Gerbil Hippocampus After Transient Global Cerebral Ischemia.
- Authors
Kim, Hyeyoung; Park, Joon Ha; Shin, Myoung Cheol; Cho, Jun Hwi; Lee, Tae-Kyeong; Kim, Hyunjung; Song, Minah; Park, Cheol Woo; Park, Young Eun; Lee, Jae-Chul; Ryoo, Sungwoo; Kim, Young-Myeong; Kim, Dae Won; Hwang, In Koo; Choi, Soo Young; Won, Moo-Ho; Ahn, Ji Hyeon
- Abstract
Neuronal death and reactive gliosis are major features of brain tissue damage following transient global cerebral ischemia (tgCI). This study investigated long-term changes in neuronal death and astrogliosis in the gerbil hippocampus for 180 days after 5 min of tgCI. A massive loss of pyramidal neurons was found in the hippocampal CA1 area (CA1) area between 5 and 30 days after tgCI by Fluoro-Jade B (FJB, a marker for neuronal degeneration) histofluorescence staining, but pyramidal neurons in the CA2/3 area did not die. The reaction of astrocytes (astrogliosis) was examined by glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunohistochemistry. Morphological change or degeneration (death) of the astrocytes was found in the CA1 area after tgCI, but, in the CA2/3 area, astrogliosis was hardly shown. GFAP immunoreactive astrocytes in the CA1 area was significantly increased in number with time and peaked at 30 days after tgCI, and they began to be degenerated or dead from 40 days after tgCI. The effect was examined by double immunofluorescence staining for FJB and GFAP. The number of FJB/GFAP+ cells (degenerating astrocytes) was gradually increased with time after tgCI. At 180 days after tgCI, FJB/GFAP+ cells were significantly decreased, but FJB+ cells (dead astrocytes) were significantly increased. In brief, 5 min of tgCI induced a progressive degeneration of CA1 pyramidal neurons from 5 until 30 days with an increase of reactive astrocytes, and, thereafter, astrocytes were degenerated with time and dead at later times. This phenomenon might be shown due to the death of neurons.
- Subjects
ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL ischemia; HIPPOCAMPUS (Brain); GLIOSIS; NEURONS
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 4, p845
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms20040845