Publication: Time-dependent and lesion-dependent HMGB1-selective localization in brains of patients with cerebrovascular diseases
Authors
Umahara, Takahiko ; Uchihara, Toshiki ; Hirokawa, Katsuiku ; Hirao, Kentaro ; Shimizu, Soichiro ; Hashimoto, Takao ; Terasi, Hiroo ; Hanyu, Haruo
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Publisher
Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de BiologĂa Celular e HistologĂa
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DOI
DOI: 10.14670/HH-11-914
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Description
Abstract
High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1)
has multiple functions, including the maintenance of
nucleosomes and the regulation of gene transcription.
HMGB1 is released from activated macrophages,
resulting in the induction of inflammatory cytokines.
Recently, much research about the role of HMGB1 in
cerebrovascular disease (CVD) has been reported. In an
animal model, HMGB1 neutralization ameliorates brain
infarction, there is an early release of HMGB1 from
neurons, and HMGB1 antibody attenuates delayed
cerebral vasospasm in experimental subarachnoid
hemorrhage. It was also reported that elevation of
HMGB1 in serum correlates with severity of acute
intracerebral hemorrhage.
However, the evidence of HMGB1 localization in
brains of patients with CVD is very limited. Therefore,
we investigated at autopsy the immunolocalization of
HMGB1 in brains of patients with CVD (acute and
chronic cerebral infarction, acute cerebral hemorrhage,
subarachnoid hemorrhage).
In 3 out of 10 acute cerebral infarction cases, the
cytoplasm of neurons located around the ischemic core
(i.e., penumbra) was positive for HMGB1. In the chronic
stage of cerebral infarction, macrophages located in
some ischemic regions were positive for HMGB1.
Around the hematoma in the basal ganglia, HMGB1-like
immunoreactivity (IR) was intense in macrophages.
However, around the subarachnoid hematoma, HMGB1-
like IR was not seen in the cortex. In arteries surrounded
by subarachnoid hematoma, HMGB1-like IR was
located in the cytoplasm of vascular smooth muscle
cells. These findings, which partially differ from animal
model results, may provide translational research and a
basis for understanding the role of HMGB1 in brains of
patients with CVD.
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Citation
Histology and Histopathology, Vol.33, nÂş2, (2018)
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