PMID- 25633295 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150911 LR - 20220318 IS - 2041-4889 (Electronic) VI - 6 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Jan 29 TI - Inhibition of immunoproteasome reduces infarction volume and attenuates inflammatory reaction in a rat model of ischemic stroke. PG - e1626 LID - 10.1038/cddis.2014.586 [doi] AB - The detailed knowledge about the contribution of immunoproteasome to the neuroinflammation in ischemic stroke is still not available. The immunoreactivity of low molecular mass peptide 2 (LMP2) and low molecular mass peptide 7 (LMP7) was evident in the ipsilateral ischemic cerebral cortex and striatum following transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Both LMP2 and LMP7 increased as early as 4 h after the MCAO, further increased at 24 h, peaked at 72 h and decreased 7 days later. LMP2 and LMP7 were mainly present in astrocytes and microglia/macrophage cells, respectively. LMP2 knockdown by shRNA (short hairpin RNA) markedly reduced the levels of LMP2 and LMP7 protein and caused 75.5 and 78.6% decrease in the caspase-like (C-L) and chymotrypsin-like (CT-L) activities, respectively. Compared with cont-shRNA group (39.7%, infarction volumes/total ipsilateral hemisphere), the infarction volumes were reduced to 22.5% in LMP2-shRNA group. Additionally, LMP2 knockdown significantly reduced activated astrocytes and microglia, the expression nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) p65, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and caused less accumulation of ischemia-induced protein ubiquitination compared with MG132. These findings demonstrate that inhibition of LMP2 significantly attenuates inflammatory reaction and offers neuroprotection against focal cerebral ischemia in rats, suggesting that selective immunoproteasome inhibitors may be a promising strategy for stroke treatment. FAU - Chen, X AU - Chen X AD - 1] Department of Neurology, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, PR China [2] Department of Neurology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University Shengli Clinical College, Fuzhou 350001, PR China. FAU - Zhang, X AU - Zhang X AD - Department of Neurology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University Shengli Clinical College, Fuzhou 350001, PR China. FAU - Wang, Y AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Neurology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University Shengli Clinical College, Fuzhou 350001, PR China. FAU - Lei, H AU - Lei H AD - Department of Neurology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University Shengli Clinical College, Fuzhou 350001, PR China. FAU - Su, H AU - Su H AD - Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, PR China. FAU - Zeng, J AU - Zeng J AD - Department of Neurology, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, PR China. FAU - Pei, Z AU - Pei Z AD - Department of Neurology, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, PR China. FAU - Huang, R AU - Huang R AD - Department of Neurology, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, PR China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150129 PL - England TA - Cell Death Dis JT - Cell death & disease JID - 101524092 RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (Leupeptins) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Proteasome Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Protein Subunits) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (Ubiquitinated Proteins) RN - 144416-78-4 (LMP-2 protein) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Cysteine Endopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (LMP7 protein) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - RF1P63GW3K (benzyloxycarbonylleucyl-leucyl-leucine aldehyde) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/drug effects/metabolism MH - Cerebral Infarction/*complications/metabolism/*pathology MH - Cysteine Endopeptidases/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/complications/metabolism/pathology MH - Inflammation/*pathology MH - Interleukin-1beta/metabolism MH - Leupeptins/pharmacology MH - Male MH - Microglia/drug effects/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/*immunology/metabolism MH - Proteasome Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Protein Subunits/metabolism MH - Protein Transport/drug effects MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Stroke/*complications/*pathology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism MH - Ubiquitinated Proteins/metabolism PMC - PMC4669779 EDAT- 2015/01/31 06:00 MHDA- 2015/09/12 06:00 PMCR- 2015/01/01 CRDT- 2015/01/31 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/11/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/12/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/01/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/01/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/09/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cddis2014586 [pii] AID - 10.1038/cddis.2014.586 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Death Dis. 2015 Jan 29;6(1):e1626. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2014.586.