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Alterations of Calcium-binding Protein Immunoreactivities in the Hippocampus Following Traumatic Brain Injury

외상성 뇌손상 후 해마내 칼슘결합단백질 면역반응의 변화

  • Oh, Yun-Jung (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Kim, Baek-Seon (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Park, Dae-Kyoon (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Park, Kyung-Ho (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Ko, Jeong-Sik (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Kim, Duk-Soo (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
  • 오윤정 (순천향대학교 의과대학 해부학교실) ;
  • 김백선 (순천향대학교 의과대학 해부학교실) ;
  • 박대균 (순천향대학교 의과대학 해부학교실) ;
  • 박경호 (순천향대학교 의과대학 해부학교실) ;
  • 고정식 (순천향대학교 의과대학 해부학교실) ;
  • 김덕수 (순천향대학교 의과대학 해부학교실)
  • Received : 2011.09.27
  • Accepted : 2011.12.20
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death and disability in children and adults and is a major risk factor for the development of posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE). Recent studies have provided significant insight into the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the development of epilepsy. Although the link between brain trauma and epilepsy is well recognized, the complex biological mechanisms that result in PTE following TBI have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, this study investigated in order to identify whether or not the abnormal expression of calcium-binding proteins in the lesioned hippocampus plays a role in neuronal damage by brain trauma and whether or not the expressions may change in the contralateral hippocampus during the adaptive stage as early time point following TBI. During early time point following TBI, both parvalbumin (PV) and calbindin D-28k (CB) immunoreactivities were decreased with in the lesioned hippocampus. However, these expressions were recovered to control levels as depend on time courses. On the other hand, PV immunoreactivity in contralateral hippocampus was transiently reduced as compared to the control levels, whereas CB expression was unchanged. These findings indicate that the alterations of the calcium-binding proteins, especially PV and CB, may contribute to the neuronal death and/or damage induced by abnormal inhibitory neurotransmission at early time period following brain trauma and the development of epileptogenesis in patients with traumatic brain injury.

외상성 뇌손상(traumatic brain injury, TBI)은 다양한 외부요인에 의해 나타나는 직접적인 뇌조직 손상으로, 변성된 뇌신경세포의 지연성 병태생리학적인 변화를 수반하는 질환으로 잘 알려져 있다. 이러한 뇌손상은 그 정도에 따라 인지기능저하 및 운동능력의 손상을 야기하는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 특히, 일부 환자에서는 뇌손상 후유증으로 회귀성 간질발작 증상이 나타나는 것으로 알려 있다. 외상성 뇌손상 후 간질발생기전에 대한 연구에서 GABAergic interneurons의 손상과 다양한 종류의 억제성 사이신경의 작용이 간질질환의 발병에 매우 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 외상성 뇌손상 후 초기단계에서 칼슘결합단백질이 발현되는 GABAergic interneurons의 면역반응성이 어떠한 변화를 나타내는지를 분석하고, 이와 같은 발현변화가 외상성 손상 후 간질발생 및 전파에 미치는 영향을 분석하여 이들 사이의 연관성을 규명하기 위하여 연구를 수행하였다. 연구결과 극저온으로 외상성 뇌손상을 주었을 때 극저온 손상에 노출된 대뇌의 해마에서 parvalbumin (PV) 및 calbindin D-28k (CB)와 같은 칼슘결합단백질의 발현이 시간경과에 따라 다양하게 변화되는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 극저온에 노출되어 손상을 받은 부위는 뇌손상 후 30분경에 대조군에 비해 PV 및 CB의 발현이 현저하게 감소하였으며, 이들에 면역반응성을 나타내는 신경세포의 숫자도 시간경과에 따라 감소하였으나, 시간이 경과함에 따라 정상수준으로 회복되었다. 그러나, 외상성 뇌손상에 노출되지 않은 반대측 해마에서는 CB의 면역반응성에는 특이한 변화가 없는 반면, PV의 발현은 뇌손상 후 1일 이후부터 대조군에 비해 특이하게 감소하였다. 따라서, 이 실험의 결과는 뇌손상후 해마에서 나타나는 칼슘결합단백질의 감소가 $GABA_A$ receptor를 통한 억제성신경전달의 감소에 관여하고, 이러한 작용에 의해 일시적으로 해마내 신경세포들의 과흥분성 신경전달이 증가하는 것으로 생각된다. 또한, 외상성 뇌손상에 노출되지 않은 반대측 해마에서 나타나는 PV 면역반응 신경세포의 감소는 외상성 뇌손상에 노출된 동측 해마에서 나타나는 칼슘결합단백질의 변화와 함께 외상성 뇌손상 후 간질발생에 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 생각된다.

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