PMID- 24481545 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141106 LR - 20211021 IS - 1868-601X (Electronic) IS - 1868-4483 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Apr TI - Tenascin-C causes neuronal apoptosis after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats. PG - 238-47 LID - 10.1007/s12975-014-0333-2 [doi] AB - The role of tenascin-C (TNC), a matricellular protein, in brain injury is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine if TNC causes neuronal apoptosis after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a deadly cerebrovascular disorder, using imatinib mesylate (a selective inhibitor of platelet-derived growth factor receptor [PDGFR] that is reported to suppress TNC induction) and recombinant TNC. SAH by endovascular perforation caused caspase-dependent neuronal apoptosis in the cerebral cortex irrespective of cerebral vasospasm development at 24 and 72 h post-SAH, associated with PDGFR activation, mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) activation, and TNC induction in rats. PDGFR inactivation by an intraperitoneal injection of imatinib mesylate prevented neuronal apoptosis, as well as MAPKs activation and TNC induction in the cerebral cortex at 24 h. A cisternal injection of recombinant TNC reactivated MAPKs and abolished anti-apoptotic effects of imatinib mesylate. The TNC injection also induced TNC itself in SAH brain, which may internally augment neuronal apoptosis after SAH. These findings suggest that TNC upregulation by PDGFR activation causes neuronal apoptosis via MAPK activation, and that the positive feedback mechanisms may exist to augment neuronal apoptosis after SAH. TNC-induced neuronal apoptosis would be a new target to improve outcome after SAH. FAU - Shiba, Masato AU - Shiba M AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan. FAU - Fujimoto, Masashi AU - Fujimoto M FAU - Imanaka-Yoshida, Kyoko AU - Imanaka-Yoshida K FAU - Yoshida, Toshimichi AU - Yoshida T FAU - Taki, Waro AU - Taki W FAU - Suzuki, Hidenori AU - Suzuki H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140201 PL - United States TA - Transl Stroke Res JT - Translational stroke research JID - 101517297 RN - 0 (Benzamides) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Pyrimidines) RN - 0 (Tenascin) RN - 8A1O1M485B (Imatinib Mesylate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects/*physiology MH - Benzamides/pharmacology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Imatinib Mesylate MH - Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Piperazines/pharmacology MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Pyrimidines/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/*metabolism/pathology MH - Tenascin/*metabolism MH - Vasospasm, Intracranial/*metabolism/pathology EDAT- 2014/02/01 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/07 06:00 CRDT- 2014/02/01 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/01/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/01/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/02/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/07 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s12975-014-0333-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Transl Stroke Res. 2014 Apr;5(2):238-47. doi: 10.1007/s12975-014-0333-2. Epub 2014 Feb 1.