PMID- 25328080 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150527 LR - 20220321 IS - 1471-4159 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3042 (Print) IS - 0022-3042 (Linking) VI - 133 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Apr TI - Cleaning up after ICH: the role of Nrf2 in modulating microglia function and hematoma clearance. PG - 144-52 LID - 10.1111/jnc.12974 [doi] AB - As a consequence of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), blood components enter brain parenchyma causing progressive damage to the surrounding brain. Unless hematoma is cleared, the reservoirs of blood continue to inflict injury to neurovascular structures and blunt the brain repair processes. Microglia/macrophages (MMPhi) represent the primary phagocytic system that mediates the cleanup of hematoma. Thus, the efficacy of phagocytic function by MMPhi is an essential step in limiting ICH-mediated damage. Using primary microglia to model red blood cell (main component of hematoma) clearance, we studied the role of transcription factor nuclear factor-erythroid 2 p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a master-regulator of antioxidative defense, in the hematoma clearance process. We showed that in cultured microglia, activators of Nrf2 (i) induce antioxidative defense components, (ii) reduce peroxide formation, (iii) up-regulate phagocytosis-mediating scavenger receptor CD36, and (iv) enhance red blood cells (RBC) phagocytosis. Through inhibiting Nrf2 or CD36 in microglia, by DNA decoy or neutralizing antibody, we documented the important role of Nrf2 and CD36 in RBC phagocytosis. Using autologous blood injection ICH model to measure hematoma resolution, we showed that Nrf2 activator, sulforaphane, injected to animals after the onset of ICH, induced CD36 expression in ICH-affected brain and improved hematoma clearance in rats and wild-type mice, but expectedly not in Nrf2 knockout (KO) mice. Normal hematoma clearance was impaired in Nrf2-KO mice. Our experiments suggest that Nrf2 in microglia play an important role in augmenting the antioxidative capacity, phagocytosis, and hematoma clearance after ICH. CI - (c) 2014 International Society for Neurochemistry. FAU - Zhao, Xiurong AU - Zhao X AD - Stroke Program - Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Sun, Guanghua AU - Sun G FAU - Ting, Shun-Ming AU - Ting SM FAU - Song, Shen AU - Song S FAU - Zhang, Jie AU - Zhang J FAU - Edwards, Nancy J AU - Edwards NJ FAU - Aronowski, Jaroslaw AU - Aronowski J LA - eng GR - R01 NS060768/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS064109/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01NS060768/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01NS064109/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20141124 PL - England TA - J Neurochem JT - Journal of neurochemistry JID - 2985190R RN - 0 (CD36 Antigens) RN - 0 (Hydroquinones) RN - 0 (Isothiocyanates) RN - 0 (NF-E2 Transcription Factor, p45 Subunit) RN - 0 (Sulfoxides) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) RN - C12674942B (2-tert-butylhydroquinone) RN - GA49J4310U (sulforaphane) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain/pathology MH - CD36 Antigens/biosynthesis MH - Cell Count MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cerebral Hemorrhage/*metabolism/pathology MH - Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism MH - Hydroquinones/pharmacology MH - Isothiocyanates/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Microglia/*metabolism MH - NF-E2 Transcription Factor, p45 Subunit/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phagocytosis/drug effects MH - Sulfoxides PMC - PMC4361377 MID - NIHMS638161 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Nrf2 OT - hematoma OT - intracerebral hemorrhage OT - microglia OT - phagocytosis OT - sulforaphane COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2014/10/21 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/28 06:00 PMCR- 2016/04/01 CRDT- 2014/10/21 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/10/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/10/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/10/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/10/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/jnc.12974 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurochem. 2015 Apr;133(1):144-52. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12974. Epub 2014 Nov 24.