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 Prolonged activation of NF-kappaB following traumatic brain injury in rats.
掲載誌名 正式名:Journal of neurotrauma
略  称:J Neurotrauma
ISSNコード:0897715108977151
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 16(11),pp.1023-1034
著者・共著者 Nonaka M, Chen X H, Pierce J E, Leoni M J, McIntosh T K, Wolf J A, Smith D H
担当区分 筆頭著者
発行年月 1999/11
概要 Activation of transcription factor, nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB), has been shown to play a key role in inflammatory response, neuronal survival and signaling. We investigated the regional and temporal distribution of activated NF-kappaB in rats at 1 h, 2 h, 24 h, 48 h, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 2 months, 6 months, and 1 year following brain injury in rats. Early after trauma (1-2 h), activated NF-kappaB was detected in axons, and subsequently found in the cytoplasm and nucleus of neurons by 24 h and lasting up to 1 week. In addition, by 24 h posttrauma, activated NF-kappaB was detected in microglia/macrophages and astrocytes in injured cortex. Surprisingly, this activation persisted for at least 1 year following injury in the cortex, primarily at the margins of progressively enlarging ventricle. Activated NF-kappaB was also detected in endothelial cells, as early as 1 h, and persisted for up to 1 year. These results suggest thata neuronal response to brain trauma includes the activation of NF-kappaB first in the axon with subsequent translocation to the nucleus. Furthermore, these results demonstrate that remarkably prolonged activation of NF-kappaB in glia is found in the same regions undergoing persistent atrophy, suggesting NF-kappaB activation may play a role in long-term inflammatory processes following brain trauma.
DOI 10.1089/neu.1999.16.1023
PMID 10595819