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ArticleJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2011

Expression of heat shock protein (HSP 72 kDa) during acute methamphetamine intoxication depends on brain hyperthermia: neurotoxicity or neuroprotection?

Eugene A Kiyatkin, Hari S Sharma

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Article in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eugene A KiyatkinBehavioral Neuroscience Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse-Intramural Research Program, NIH, 333 Cassell Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. ekiyatki@intra.nida.nih.gov
Hari S Sharma
National Institute on Drug Abuse · USUppsala University Hospital · SE

Funding

Brain Temperature, Reward, And Drugs Of AbuseZIADA000445 · NIDA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE · PI KIYATKIN, EUGENE A · 2009 to 2020
$4.1M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DA000445
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the present study, light and electron microscopy were used to examine heat shock protein (HSP 72 kD) expression during acute methamphetamine (METH) intoxication in rats and evaluate its relationships with brain temperature and alterations in a number of other histochemical and morphological parameters. Freely moving rats received METH at the same dose (9 mg/kg, sc) but at different ambient temperatures (23 and 29°C), showing a wide range of brain temperature elevations (37.6-42.5°C); brains were taken for histochemical and morphological evaluations at peak of brain temperature increase. We found that acute METH intoxication induces massive and wide-spread HSP expression in neural and glial cells examined in detail in the cortex, hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus. In each of these structures, the number of HSP-positive cells tightly correlated with brain temperature elevation. The changes in HSP immunoreactivity were also tightly related to alterations in permeability of the blood-brain barrier, acute glial activation, and brain edema assessed by albumin and GFAP immunoreactivity and measuring tissue water content, respectively. While robust and generalized HSP production normally appears to be the part of an adaptive brain response associated with METH-induced metabolic activation, activation of this protective mechanism has its natural limits and could not counteract the damaging effects of oxidative stress, high temperature, and edema--the leading factors of METH-induced neurotoxicity.

Indexed as

AnimalsBody TemperatureBrainBrain ChemistryCentral Nervous System StimulantsData Interpretation, StatisticalFeverGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHSP72 Heat-Shock ProteinsImmunohistochemistryMaleMethamphetamineMicroscopy, ElectronNeurotoxicity SyndromesRatsRats, Long-EvansCentral Nervous System StimulantsGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHSP72 Heat-Shock ProteinsMethamphetamine

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PMID20931246
PMCPMC3150468
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