ノナカ　マサヒロ   NONAKA MASAHIRO   埜中　正博    所属   関西医科大学  脳神経外科学講座    職種   教授
論文種別	原著(症例報告除く)
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Evolution of neurofilament subtype accumulation in axons following diffuse brain injury in the pig.
掲載誌名	正式名：Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 略　 称：J Neuropathol Exp Neurol ISSNコード：0022306900223069
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	58(6),pp.588-596
著者・共著者	Chen X H, Meaney D F, Xu B N, Nonaka M, McIntosh T K, Wolf J A, Saatman K E, Smith D H
発行年月	1999/06
概要	Although accumulation of neurofilament (NF) proteins in axons has been recognized as a prominent feature of brain trauma, the temporal course of the accumulation of specific NF subtypes has not been well established. In the present study, 17 miniature swine were subjected to nonimpact inertial brain injury. At 3 hours (h), 6 h, 24 h, 3 days, 7 days, and 10 days post-trauma, immunohistochemical analysis was performed to determine axonal accumulation of NF-light (NF-L), the rod and sidearm domains and sidearm phosphorylation states of NF-medium (NF-M), and heavy (NF-H). We found that NF-L accumulation was easily identified in damaged axons by 6 h post-trauma, but NF-M and H accumulation was not clearly visualized until 3 days following injury. In addition, the axonal accumulation of NF-M and H appeared to be primarily comprised of the sidearm domains. While the accumulating NF was found to be predominantly dephosphorylated, we also detected accumulation of phosphorylated NF. Finally, we found that developing axonal pathology may proceed either towards axotomy with discrete terminal bulb formation or towards the development of varicose swellings encompassing long portions of axons. These findings suggest that there is a differential temporal course in NF subtype disassembly, dephosphorylation, and accumulation in axons following initial brain trauma and that these processes occur in morphologically distinct phenotypes of maturing axonal pathology.
DOI	10.1097/00005072-199906000-00003
PMID	10374749