Transient Cerebral Ischemia Induces Active Astrocytosis Without Distinct Neuronal Death in the Gerbil Main Olfactory Bulb: A Long-Term Analysis

Author： Choi Jung Yoo Ki-Yeon Lee Choong Park Ok Yan Bing Li Hua Moon Yoo Hwang In Lee Yun Shin Hyung-Cheul Won Moo-Ho

Publisher： Springer Publishing Company

ISSN： 0364-3190

Source： Neurochemical Research, Vol.35, Iss.10, 2010-10, pp. : 1588-1598

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Abstract

In the present study, we examined ischemia-induced neuronal and glial changes in the gerbil MOB at various time points during 60 days after 5 min of transient cerebral ischemia. The number of neuronal neuclei-immunoreactive neurons was not changed after ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Myelin basic protein immunoreaction was well preserved after I/R. Five days after I/R, reactive form of GFAP-immunoreactive astrocytes began to increase in the external plexiform layer and granule cell layer: These reactive astrocytes peaked 10 days after I/R, thereafter, they decreased with time after I/R. Iba-1-immunoreactive microglia were ubiquitously distributed in all layers of the MOB. After I/R, significant changes in their morphology and immunoreactivity were not detected. The results of western blot analyses for GFAP, Iba-1 and MBP were similar to the immunohistochemical data. In addition, 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (a marker for DNA damage) immunoreactivity and SOD1, an antioxidant, protein levels were not changed in the ischemic MOB. These results indicate that neurons in the MOB are resistant to ischemic insult, showing that astrocytes are activated late in the ischemic MOB.