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(Stroke. 2001;32:2382.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.

Original Contributions

Reduction and Restoration of Mitochondrial DNA Content After Focal Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion

Hong Chen, PhD; Chaur-Jong Hu, MD; Yong Y. He, MD; Ding-I Yang, PhD; Jan Xu, PhD Chung Y. Hsu, MD, PhD

From the Center for the Study of Nervous System Injury and Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo. Drs Chen and Hu contributed equally to this study.

Correspondence to Chung Y. Hsu, MD, PhD, Center for the Study of Nervous System Injury and Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Campus Box 8111, St Louis, MO 63110. E-mail hsuc{at}neuro.wustl.edu

Background and Purpose—— Oxidative damage of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in the ischemic brain is expected after ischemia/reperfusion injury. A recent study demonstrated limited patterns of mtDNA deletion in the brain after ischemia/reperfusion. We studied the ischemia/reperfusion-induced global changes of mtDNA integrity and its restoration in a rat model of transient focal ischemia in vivo.

Methods—— Changes in mtDNA content in the ischemic brain were assessed with the use of a rat stroke model featuring transient severe ischemia confined to the cerebral cortex of the right middle cerebral artery territory for 30 or 90 minutes. A new long polymerase chain reaction method, using mouse DNA as an internal standard, was applied to measure the relative content of intact rat mtDNA. Southern hybridization following alkaline gel electrophoresis was conducted in a parallel study to confirm long polymerase chain reaction results.

Results—— A reduction in mtDNA content was found after ischemia for 30 and 90 minutes. The mtDNA was restored to near nonischemic levels 24 hours after 30- but not 90-minute ischemia.

Conclusions—— These results confirm that ischemia/reperfusion causes mtDNA damages. Restoration of the mtDNA content to nonischemic levels after 30-minute ischemia raises the possibility that mtDNA repair or repletion occurs after brief ischemia.

Key Words: cerebral ischemia, focal • DNA damage • DNA, mitochondrial • DNA repair • rats

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