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The Journal of Neuroscience, March 15, 2002, 22(6):2125-2134
Localization and Regulation of the Tissue Plasminogen
Activator-Plasmin System in the Hippocampus
Fernando J.
Sallés and
Sidney
Strickland
Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics, The Rockefeller
University, New York, New York 10021
The extracellular protease cascade of tissue plasminogen activator
(tPA) and plasminogen has been implicated in neuronal plasticity and
degeneration. We show here that unstimulated expression of tPA in the
mouse hippocampus is concentrated in the mossy fiber pathway, with
little or no expression within the perforant path, the Schaffer
collaterals, or neuronal cell bodies. tPA protein is also expressed in
vascular endothelial cells throughout the brain parenchyma. Four hours
after excitotoxic injury, tPA protein is transiently induced within CA1
pyramidal neurons. The induced CA1 tPA is localized to neurons that
survive the injury and is enzymatically active. Within the mossy fiber
pathway, injury resulted in decreased tPA protein. In contrast, mossy
fiber tPA activity displayed a biphasic character: transient increase
at 8 hr, then a decrease by 24 hr after injury. Analysis of plasminogen
activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) expression showed that PAI-1 antigen is
upregulated by 24 hr and could account for the tPA activity
downregulation seen at this time point. Plasminogen
immunohistochemistry suggested an increase within the mossy fiber
pathway after injury. Finally, hippocampal tPA expression among various
mammalian species was strikingly different. These results indicate a
complex control of tPA protein and enzymatic activity in the
hippocampus that may help regulate neuronal plasticity.
Key words:
tissue plasminogen activator (tPA); hippocampus; plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1); mossy fiber pathway; excitotoxic injury; protease; mouse; rat; human; hamster; gerbil; cat; synaptic plasticity
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