| Literature DB >> 17046197 |
Christine Curcio1, John J Asheld, Janet M Chabla, Diana Ayubcha, Brian H Hallas, Judith M Horowitz, German Torres.
Abstract
Bag 1 is a protein intimately involved in signaling pathways that regulate cell survival. Here we examined the expression profile of Bag 1 in the brain to consider issues associated with the sampling of anti-apoptotic proteins in a rat model of the human postmortem process. Following a 4h postmortem interval, we analyzed the hippocampus of rats maintained at 24 or 4 degrees C storage temperatures using immunocytochemical and Western blotting techniques. Remarkably, postmortem tissue (up to 4h) showed a significant and prominent up-regulation of Bag 1 in CA1 and CA3 subfields of the hippocampal formation. Over-expression of Bag 1, however, could only be traced down to a storage temperature of 24 degrees C. These data suggest that storage temperatures, but not postmortem intervals, significantly affect the expression profile and cellular stability of Bag 1 proteins.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 17046197 PMCID： PMC1769523 DOI： 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2006.09.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chem Neuroanat ISSN： 0891-0618 Impact factor: 3.052