Your researcher should be able to match this up with all the other neurogenesis factors and translate that into a stroke protocol.
The Expression of FOXJ1 in Neurogenesis after Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia
Authors
Yabo Huang1, Zheng Xu1, Jie Cao1, Haibo Cao1, Shiming Zhang1
1Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, ChinaAbstract
Objective and Background: FOXJ1 is a member of the
Forkhead/winged-helix (Fox) family of transcription factors, which is
required for the differentiation of the cells acting as adult neural
stem cells which participate in neurogenesis and give rise to neurons,
astrocytes, oligodendrocytes. The expression pattern of FOXJ1 in the
brain after cerebral ischemia has so far not been described. In the
current study, we investigated the expression pattern of FOXJ1 in the
rat brain after cerebral ischemia by animal model. Methods:
We performed a middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model in adult
rats and investigated the expression of FOXJ1 in the brain by Western
blotting and immunochemistry; double immunofluorescence staining was
used to analyze FOXJ1's co-expression with Ki67. Results:
Western blot analysis showed that the expression of FOXJ1 was lower than
normal and sham-operated brain after cerebral ischemia, but the level
of FOXJ1 gradually increased from Day 1 to Day 14. Immuohistochemical
staining suggested that the immunostaining of FOXJ1 deposited strongly
in the ipsilateral and contralateral hemisphere in the cortical penumbra
(CP). There was no FOXJ1 expression in the ischemic core (IC). The
positive cells in the cortical penumbra might migrat to the ischemic
core. In addition, double immunofluorescence staining revealed that
FOXJ1 was co-expressed with mAP-2 and gFAP, and Ki67 had the
colocalization with NeuN, GFAP, and FOXJ1. Conclusions:
All our findings suggest that FOXJ1 plays an important role on neuronal
production and neurogenesis in the adult brain after cerebral ischemia.
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