TABLE 1.
Effect of intermittent severe binge alcohol intoxication on levels of neuroinflammatory proteins and oxidative stress footprints (4-hydroxynonenal-protein adducts) in brain regions of adult male rats: Majchrowicz protocol (% of gavage control values ± sem)
Brain Region | cPLA2 | p-cPLA2 | sPLA2 | iPLA2 | AQP4 | PARP-1 | HNE-adducts |
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HC¶ | *225±45 | *155±10 | *180± | *65±10 | *170±16 | *235±40 | *150±26 |
EC¶ | *180±20 | *165±15 | *255± | nc | *210±25 | *230±35 | *195±22 |
OB¶ | *240±65 | *225±50 | **340± | nc | *175±27 | *250±45 | nd |
FC¶ | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nd |
CB¶ | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nd |
Values from immunoblots with GAPDH loading controls (Tajuddin et al., PLoS ONE, accepted for publication).
HC=hippocampus; EC=entorhinal cortex; OB=olfactory bulb; FC=frontal cortex; CB=cerebellum; HNE=4-hydroxynonenal.
Brain region incurring established and measurable neurodegeneration in this model; (n=4–7 rats/group).
p<0.05 vs. control;
p<0.01 vs. control;
nc, no significant change vs. control; nd, not determined.