Immunohistochemical localization of glutathione peroxidase in the brain of the rat

Ushijima, Kazuo; Miyazaki, Hisayoshi; Morioka, Tohru

doi:10.1016/0300-9572(86)90013-4

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“…This could allow the artifactually accumulation of the GSH-red protein in the nuclei. In previous investigations, glutathione peroxidase immunoreactivity was also found in nuclei when ordinary animal perfusion fixation procedures were employed (Ushijima et al, 1986). Acute immobilization of the glutathione peroxidase with rapid freeze substitution techniques, however, gave cytosolic, mitochondrial, and synaptosomal glutathione peroxidase immunoreactivity (Takizawa et al, 1994).…”

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Immunolocalization of glutathione reductase in the murine brain

et al. 1996

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Free radical species arise from the univalent reduction of oxygen. The cytosolic agent H2O2, produced during enzymatic scavenging of the superoxide radical (O2-) is in turn removed predominantly via the oxidation of reduced glutathione (GSH) to the oxidized form (GSSG) by glutathione peroxidase. Subsequently GSSG is recycled back to GSH by glutathione reductase (GSH-red). Little is known about the distribution of this enzyme in the brain. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of this enzyme in the brain of different murine species by means of immunocytochemical techniques, although most attention was given to the distribution of GSH-red in the forebrain. In most brain areas GSH-red positive neurons were detected, but the regional intracellular staining intensity differed markedly. The pre-piriform and piriform cortices, the pyramidal cell layers of the hippocampus, and the dentate gyrus were heavily stained. The caudate nucleus displayed a progressive increase in the intracellular staining intensity from the rostral to the caudolateral parts. Furthermore, in the thalamus, there was a gradual decrease in GSH-red staining from the medial to the lateral parts. The mesencephalon was poor in immunopositive cells, and in the substantia nigra pars reticulata, almost no labeling was detected. However, the substantia nigra pars compacta showed an intense GSH-red immunoreactivity. The results show a specific localization of glutathione reductase in distinct brain regions, suggesting a variable potency of different brain areas in dealing with the damaging oxidative actions of free radicals. Also, differential GSH-red expression patterns were found in the various murine species. Some species showed a pronounced GSH-red immunoreactivity in glial cells, specifically in regions that lacked neuronal GSH-red immunoreactivity.

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confidence: 93%