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Intense correlation between brain infarction and protein-conjugated acrolein.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19661476     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We recently found that increases in plasma levels of protein-conjugated acrolein and polyamine oxidases, enzymes that produce acrolein, are good markers for stroke. The aim of this study was to determine whether the level of protein-conjugated acrolein is increased and levels of spermine and spermidine, the substrates of acrolein production, are decreased at the locus of infarction. METHODS: A unilateral infarction was induced in mouse brain by photoinduction after injection of Rose Bengal. The volume of the infarction was analyzed using the public domain National Institutes of Health image program. The level of protein-conjugated acrolein at the locus of infarction and in plasma was measured by Western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. The levels of polyamines at the locus of infarction and in plasma were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. RESULTS: The level of protein-conjugated acrolein was greatly increased, and levels of spermine and spermidine were decreased at the locus of infarction at 24 hours after the induction of stroke. The size of infarction was significantly decreased by N-acetylcysteine, a scavenger of acrolein. It was also found that the increases in the protein-conjugated acrolein, polyamines, and polyamine oxidases in plasma were observed after the induction of stroke. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that the induction of infarction is well correlated with the increase in protein-conjugated acrolein at the locus of infarction and in plasma.
Authors:
Ryotaro Saiki; Kazuhiro Nishimura; Itsuko Ishii; Tomohiro Omura; Shigeru Okuyama; Keiko Kashiwagi; Kazuei Igarashi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-08-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation     Volume:  40     ISSN:  1524-4628     ISO Abbreviation:  Stroke     Publication Date:  2009 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-09-28     Completed Date:  2009-11-17     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0235266     Medline TA:  Stroke     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3356-61     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acetylcysteine / pharmacology,  therapeutic use
Acrolein / analysis,  blood*
Animals
Brain / metabolism,  pathology,  physiopathology
Carrier Proteins / analysis,  blood
Disease Models, Animal
Down-Regulation / physiology
Free Radical Scavengers / pharmacology,  therapeutic use
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / blood*,  pathology,  physiopathology
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Photochemistry / methods
Rose Bengal / radiation effects
Spermidine / analysis,  blood*
Spermine / analysis,  blood*
Time Factors
Up-Regulation / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Carrier Proteins; 0/Free Radical Scavengers; 107-02-8/Acrolein; 11121-48-5/Rose Bengal; 124-20-9/Spermidine; 616-91-1/Acetylcysteine; 71-44-3/Spermine

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