Role of Nrf2 in protection against traumatic brain injury in mice. Export

@article{citeulike:3861996, abstract = {Previous studies have shown that nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) plays a unique role in many physiological stress processes. The present study investigated the role of Nrf2 in modulating traumatic brain injury (TBI)-induced secondary brain injury. Wild-type Nrf2 (+/+) and Nrf2 (-/-)-deficient mice were subjected to a moderately severe weight-drop impact head injury. The absence of Nrf2 function in mice resulted in exacerbated brain injury as shown by the increased severity of neurological deficit, apoptosis, and brain edema at 24h after TBI. This exacerbation of brain injury in Nrf2-deficient mice was associated with increased mRNA and protein expression of inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and with decreased mRNA expression and enzymatic activity of antioxidant and detoxifying enzymes including NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) and glutathione S-transferase alpha-1 (GST-alpha1), compared with their wild-type counterparts after TBI. In combination, these results suggest that Nrf2 plays an important role in protecting TBI-induced secondary brain injury, possibly by regulating inflammatory cytokines and inducing antioxidant and detoxifying enzymes.}, author = {Jin, W. and Wang, H. and Yan, W. and Zhu, L. and Hu, Z. and Ding, Y. and Tang, K.}, citeulike-article-id = {3861996}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2008.0655}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/neu.2008.0655}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19125683}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19125683}, doi = {10.1089/neu.2008.0655}, issn = {1557-9042}, journal = {Journal of neurotrauma}, keywords = {nrf2, tbi, traumatic\_brain\_injury}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {131--139}, posted-at = {2009-01-08 18:42:25}, priority = {3}, title = {Role of Nrf2 in protection against traumatic brain injury in mice.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2008.0655}, volume = {26}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3861996 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3861996 N2 - Previous studies have shown that nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) plays a unique role in many physiological stress processes. The present study investigated the role of Nrf2 in modulating traumatic brain injury (TBI)-induced secondary brain injury. Wild-type Nrf2 (+/+) and Nrf2 (-/-)-deficient mice were subjected to a moderately severe weight-drop impact head injury. The absence of Nrf2 function in mice resulted in exacerbated brain injury as shown by the increased severity of neurological deficit, apoptosis, and brain edema at 24h after TBI. This exacerbation of brain injury in Nrf2-deficient mice was associated with increased mRNA and protein expression of inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and with decreased mRNA expression and enzymatic activity of antioxidant and detoxifying enzymes including NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) and glutathione S-transferase alpha-1 (GST-alpha1), compared with their wild-type counterparts after TBI. In combination, these results suggest that Nrf2 plays an important role in protecting TBI-induced secondary brain injury, possibly by regulating inflammatory cytokines and inducing antioxidant and detoxifying enzymes. IS - 1 JF - Journal of neurotrauma SN - 1557-9042 EP - 139 TI - Role of Nrf2 in protection against traumatic brain injury in mice. VL - 26 SP - 131 KW - nrf2 KW - tbi KW - traumatic_brain_injury AU - Jin, W AU - Wang, H AU - Yan, W AU - Zhu, L AU - Hu, Z AU - Ding, Y AU - Tang, K PY - 2009/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2008.0655 ER -