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The Journal of Neuroscience, April 15, 2000, 20(8):2817-2824
The Cytosolic Antioxidant Copper/Zinc-Superoxide Dismutase
Prevents the Early Release of Mitochondrial Cytochrome c in Ischemic
Brain after Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Mice
Miki
Fujimura,
Yuiko
Morita-Fujimura,
Nobuo
Noshita,
Taku
Sugawara,
Makoto
Kawase, and
Pak H.
Chan
Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology and
Neurological Sciences, and Program in Neurosciences, Stanford
University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94304
Release of mitochondrial cytochrome c into the cytosol is a
critical step in apoptosis. We have reported that early release of
cytochrome c in vivo occurs after permanent focal
cerebral ischemia (FCI) and is mediated by the mitochondrial
antioxidant manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD). However, the role of
reactive oxygen species produced after ischemia-reperfusion in the
mitochondrial apoptosis process is still unknown, although
overexpression of copper/zinc-SOD (SOD1), a cytosolic isoenzyme,
protects against ischemia-reperfusion. We now hypothesize that the
overexpression of SOD1 also prevents apoptosis after FCI. To address
this issue, we examined the subcellular distribution of the cytochrome
c protein in both wild-type mice and in SOD1 transgenic (Tg) mice after transient FCI. Cytosolic cytochrome c was detected as early as 2 hr
after reperfusion, and correspondingly, mitochondrial cytochrome c was
significantly reduced after FCI. Cytosolic cytochrome c was
significantly lower in the SOD1 Tg mice compared with wild types 2 (p < 0.0001) and 4 (p < 0.05) hr after FCI. Apaf-1, which interacts with cytochrome c and activates caspases, was constitutively expressed in both groups of animals, with no alteration after FCI.
Double staining with cytochrome c immunohistochemistry and terminal
deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated uridine 5'-triphosphate-biotin nick end labeling showed a spatial relationship between cytosolic cytochrome c expression and DNA fragmentation. A significant amount of
DNA laddering was detected 24 hr after ischemia and was reduced in SOD1
Tg mice. These data suggest that SOD1 blocks cytosolic release of
cytochrome c and could thereby reduce apoptosis after transient FCI.
Key words:
cerebral ischemia; cytochrome c; copper zinc-superoxide
dismutase; apoptosis; mitochondrial injury; reactive oxygen species; caspase
Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/00/2082817-08$05.00/0
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