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(Stroke. 1997;28:1245-1254.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.

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DNA Scission After Focal Brain Ischemia

Temporal Differences in Two Species

Masafumi Tagaya, MD; Kai-Feng Liu, MD; Brian Copeland, MD; Dietmar Seiffert, MD; Robert Engler, MD; Julio H. Garcia, MD; Gregory J. del Zoppo, MD

From the Departments of Molecular and Experimental Medicine (M.T., B.C., G.J. del Z.) and Vascular Biology (D.S.), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif; Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich (K.-F.L., J.H.G.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, Calif (R.E.).

Correspondence to Gregory J. del Zoppo, MD, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd, SBR-17, La Jolla, CA 92037.

Background and Purpose Species- and model-dependent differences in cell response to focal brain ischemia may underlie differences in adhesion receptor expression. The aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the spatial and temporal distribution of dUTP incorporation into damaged DNA, as an indicator of ischemic injury, in the corpus striatum.

Methods Cerebral ischemia was produced in 16 nonhuman primates and 19 rats by occluding the middle cerebral artery (MCA:O) with reperfusion for various periods. In situ dUTP was incorporated into cells with DNA damage by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), DNA polymerase I, or the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase. Dual immunolabeling experiments with immunoprobes against neuronal, vascular, or glial marker proteins were performed.

Results Significant topographical differences in dUTP between the two species were seen. In both models the TdT and polymerase I regions changed characteristically during focal ischemia. The number and density of dUTP-labeled cells increased with time from MCA:O and were dramatically different between the species (2P<.001). By 2 hours of ischemia, the density of dUTP label was 48.8±10.3 cells/mm² in the primate and 2.4±0.8 cells/mm² in the rat (2P<.05), but these values became nearly identical by 24 hours of reperfusion. In the primate, 80.0±6.6% of labeled cells displayed microtubule-associated protein-2 antigen (at 2-hour MCA:O), while 1.8±0.5% were associated with microvessels at 24 hours of reperfusion.

Conclusions In situ detection of DNA damage, accomplished by three methods, reveals distinct temporal, topographical, and density differences in ischemic injury to cells in the primate and the rat corpus striatum as a result of MCA:O.

Key Words: cerebral ischemia, focal • DNA damage • neuronal damage • primates • rats

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