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Immunoblot Analyses of the Relative Contributions of Cysteine and Aspartic Proteases to Neurofilament Breakdown Products Following Experimental Brain Injury in Rats

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Analyses using either one or two-dimensional gel electrophoresis were performed to identify the contribution of several proteases to lower molecular weight (MW) neurofilament 68 (NF68) break down products (BDPs) detected in cortical homogenates following unilateral cortical impact injury in rats. One dimensional immunoblot of BDPs obtained from in vitro cleavage of enriched neurofilaments (NF) by purified μ-calpain, m-calpain, cathepsin, B, cathepsin D, and CPP32 (caspase-3) were compared to in vivo samples from rats following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Comparison of these blots provided information on the relative contribution of different cysteine or aspartic proteases to NF loss following brain injury. As early as 3 hrs post-injury, cortical impact resulted in the presence of several lower MW NF68 immunopositive bands having patterns similar to those previously reported to be produced by calpain mediated proteolysis of neurofilaments. Only μ-calpain and m-calpain in vitro digestion of enriched neurofilaments contributed to the presence of the low MW 57 kD NF68 break down product (BDP) detected in post-TBI samples. Cathepsin B, cathepsin D, and caspase-3 failed to produce either the 53 kD or 57 kD NF BDPs. Further, 1 and 2 dimensional peptide maps containing a 1:1 ratio of in vivo and in vitro tissue samples showed complete comigration of lower MW immunopositive spots produced by TBI or in vitro incubation with m-calpain, thus providing additional evidence for the potential role of calpain activation to the production of NF68 BDPs following TBI. More importantly, 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis detected that immunopositive NF68 spots shifted to the basic pole (+) suggesting that dephosphorylation of the NF68 subunit pool may be associated with NF protein loss following TBI, an observation not previously noted in any model of experimental brain injury.

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Posmantur, R.M., Zhao, X., Kampfl, A. et al. Immunoblot Analyses of the Relative Contributions of Cysteine and Aspartic Proteases to Neurofilament Breakdown Products Following Experimental Brain Injury in Rats. Neurochem Res 23, 1265–1276 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020792132629

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