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. 2006 Sep;98(6):1718-31.
doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04056.x. Epub 2006 Aug 8.

Decreased brain damage and curtailed inflammation in transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta knockout mice following transient focal cerebral ischemia

Ramya Kapadia  1 , Kudret Tureyen, Kellie K Bowen, Haviryaji Kalluri, Peter F Johnson, Raghu Vemuganti
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Decreased brain damage and curtailed inflammation in transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta knockout mice following transient focal cerebral ischemia

Ramya Kapadia et al. J Neurochem. 2006 Sep.
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Abstract

CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta (C/EBPbeta) is a leucine-zipper transcription factor that regulates cell growth and differentiation in mammals. Expression of many pro-inflammatory genes including the cytokine interleukin-6 is known to be controlled by C/EBPbeta. We report that focal cerebral ischemia induced by transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) significantly increases C/EBPbeta gene expression in mouse brain at between 6 and 72 h of reperfusion. To understand the functional significance of C/EBPbeta in postischemic inflammation and brain damage, we induced transient MCAO in cohorts of adult C/EBPbeta null mice and their wild-type littermates. At 3 days of reperfusion following transient MCAO, C/EBPbeta null mice showed significantly smaller infarcts, reduced neurological deficits, decreased terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling-positive cells, decreased intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1) immunopositive vessels, decreased extravasated neutrophils and fewer activated microglia/macrophages, compared with their wild-type littermates. Furthermore, GeneChip analysis showed that postischemic induction of many transcripts known to promote inflammation and neuronal damage was less pronounced in the brains of C/EBPbeta-/- mice compared with C/EBPbeta+/+ mice. These results suggest a significant role for C/EBPbeta in postischemic inflammation and brain damage.

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