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ArticleCell death & disease2019

TRAF2 protects against cerebral ischemia-induced brain injury by suppressing necroptosis.

Jie Li, Jingyu Zhang, Yusuo Zhang, Zichuang Wang, Yanmei Song, Shanwen Wei, Meijun He, Shoujiang You, Jia Jia, Jian Cheng

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie LiDepartment of Neurology and Suzhou Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4400-2131
Jingyu ZhangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.
Yusuo ZhangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.
Zichuang WangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.
Yanmei SongJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.
Shanwen WeiJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.
Meijun HeJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.
Shoujiang YouDepartment of Neurology and Suzhou Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.
Jia JiaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China. jiajia@suda.edu.cn.
Jian ChengDepartment of Neurology and Suzhou Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China. chengjian@suda.edu.cn.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necroptosis contributes to ischemia-induced brain injury. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor associated factor 2 (TRAF2) has been reported to suppress necroptotic cell death under several pathological conditions. In this study, we investigated the role of TRAF2 in experimental stroke using a mouse middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model and in vitro cellular models. TRAF2 expression in the ischemic brain was assessed with western blot and real-time RT-PCR. Gene knockdown of TRAF2 by lentivirus was utilized to investigate the role of TRAF2 in stroke outcomes. The expression of TRAF2 was significantly induced in the ischemic brain at 24 h after reperfusion, and neurons and microglia were two of the cellular sources of TRAF2 induction. Striatal knockdown of TRAF2 increased infarction size, cell death, microglial activation and the expression of pro-inflammatory markers at 24 h after reperfusion. TRAF2 expression and necroptosis were induced in mouse primary microglia treated with conditioned medium collected from neurons subject to oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) and in TNFα-treated mouse hippocampal neuronal HT-22 cells in the presence of the pan-caspase inhibitor Z-VAD. In addition, TRAF2 knockdown exacerbated microglial cell death and neuronal cell death under these conditions. Moreover, pre-treatment with a specific necroptosis inhibitor necrostatin-1 (nec-1) suppressed the cell death exacerbated by TRAF2 knockdown in the brain following MCAO, indicating that TRAF2 impacted ischemic brain damage through necroptosis mechanism. Taken together, our results demonstrate that TRAF2 is a novel regulator of cerebral ischemic injury.

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NecroptosisAmino Acid Chloromethyl KetonesAnimalsBrainCell HypoxiaCells, CulturedCulture Media, ConditionedDisease Models, AnimalGTPase-Activating ProteinsInfarction, Middle Cerebral ArteryMaleMiceMice, Inbred ICRMicrogliaProtein KinasesReperfusion InjuryAmino Acid Chloromethyl Ketonesbenzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspartyl fluoromethyl ketoneCulture Media, ConditionedGTPase-Activating ProteinsMLKL protein, mouseProtein KinasesRalbp1 protein, mouseRNA, Small InterferingTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2TRAF2 protein, mouseTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID30988281
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