Brain ischemic insult induces cofilin rod formation leading to synaptic dysfunction in neurons

Ischemic stroke not only induces neuron death in the infarct area but also structural and functional damage of the surviving neurons in the surrounding peri-infarct area. In the present study, we first identified cofilin rod, a pathological rod-like aggregation, formed in neurons of in vivo ischemic stroke animal model and induced neuronal impairment. Cofilin rods formed only on the ipsilateral side of the middle cerebral artery occlusion and reperfusion (MCAO-R) rat brain and showed the highest density in peri-infarct area. Our real-time live cell imaging, immunostaining and patch clamp studies showed that cofilin rod formation in neurons led to dendritic mitochondrial transportation failure, as well as impairment of synaptic structure and functions. Overexpression of LIM kinase or activation of its upstream regulator Rho, suppressed ischemia-induced cofilin rod formation and showed protective effect on synaptic function and structure impairment in both cultured neurons and MCAO-R rat model. In summary, our results demonstrate a novel mechanism of ischemic stroke-induced neuron injury in peri-infarct area and provide a potential target for the protection of neuronal structure and function against brain ischemia insult.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism - 39(2019), 11 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 2181-2195

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shu, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ben [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Hai [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Guoxiang [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yian [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yingya [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Min [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Lidian [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Actin Depolymerizing Factors
Brain cortex
Cofilin 1
Cofilin rod
Ischemia
Journal Article
Middle cerebral artery occlusion
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Synaptic dysfunction

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Date Completed 16.06.2020

Date Revised 01.11.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0271678X18785567

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM285760696