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SUBMITTER: Pallast S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2773137 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pallast Stefanie S Arai Ken K Wang Xiaoying X Lo Eng H EH van Leyen Klaus K
Journal of neurochemistry 20090908 3
12/15-Lipoxygenase (12/15-LOX) is an important mediator of brain injury following experimental stroke in rodents. It contributes to neuronal death, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We demonstrate here that in neuronal HT22 cells subjected to glutamate-induced oxidative stress, 12/15-LOX damages mitochondria, and this represents the committed step that condemns the cell to die. Importantly these events, including breakdown of the mitochondrial membrane potential, the production of re ...[more]