PMID- 11083227 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20001130 LR - 20220223 IS - 0271-678X (Print) IS - 0271-678X (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 11 DP - 2000 Nov TI - The lipid peroxidation by-product 4-hydroxynonenal is toxic to axons and oligodendrocytes. PG - 1529-36 AB - Lipid peroxidation and the cytotoxic by-product 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) have been implicated in neuronal perikaryal damage. This study sought to determine whether 4-HNE was involved in white matter damage in vivo and in vitro. Immunohistochemical studies detected an increase in cellular and axonal 4-HNE within the ischemic region in the rat after a 24-hour period of permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion. Exogenous 4-HNE (3.2 nmol) was stereotaxically injected into the subcortical white matter of rats that were killed 24 hours later. Damaged axons detected by accumulation of beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta-APP) were observed transversing medially and laterally away from the injection site after intracerebral injection of 4-HNE. In contrast, in the vehicle-treated animals, axonal damage was restricted to an area immediately surrounding the injection site. Exogenous 4-HNE produced oligodendrocyte cell death in culture in a time-dependent and a concentration-dependent manner. After 4 hours, the highest concentration of 4-HNE (50 micromol/L) produced 100% oligodendrocyte cell death. Data indicate that lipid peroxidation and production of 4-HNE occurs in white matter after cerebral ischemia and the lipid peroxidation by-product 4-HNE is toxic to axons and oligodendrocytes. FAU - McCracken, E AU - McCracken E AD - Wellcome Surgical Institute and Hugh Fraser Laboratories. University of Glasgow, Scotland. FAU - Valeriani, V AU - Valeriani V FAU - Simpson, C AU - Simpson C FAU - Jover, T AU - Jover T FAU - McCulloch, J AU - McCulloch J FAU - Dewar, D AU - Dewar D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab JT - Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism JID - 8112566 RN - 0 (Aldehydes) RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor) RN - 0 (Free Radicals) RN - 0 (Neurotoxins) RN - K1CVM13F96 (4-hydroxy-2-nonenal) SB - IM MH - Aldehydes/analysis/*metabolism MH - Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/analysis MH - Animals MH - Axons/chemistry/metabolism/*pathology MH - Brain Ischemia/metabolism/pathology MH - Free Radicals/metabolism MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/*metabolism/pathology MH - *Lipid Peroxidation MH - Male MH - Neurotoxins/*metabolism MH - Oligodendroglia/chemistry/metabolism/*pathology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley EDAT- 2000/11/18 11:00 MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01 CRDT- 2000/11/18 11:00 PHST- 2000/11/18 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/11/18 11:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1097/00004647-200011000-00002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2000 Nov;20(11):1529-36. doi: 10.1097/00004647-200011000-00002.