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[Roles of bcl-2/bax expression and oligodendrocyte apoptosis in the pathogenesis of heroin-induced spongiform leucoencephalopathy].

[canavan disease]

To investigate the role of oligodendrocyte apoptosis under the regulation of the bcl-2/bax protein expression in brain white matter in the pathogenesis of heroin-induced spongiform leucoencephalopathy (HSLE).Samples of frontal lobe, cerebellum, and corpus callosum were obtained from the brains during autopsy of 4 HSLE cases and 5 normal controls and underwent light microscopy and electron microscopy. Immunocytochemistry was used to detect the expression of myelin basic protein (MBP), caspase-3, bcl-2 protein, and bax protein.Widespread demyelination was seen in the white matter of the frontal lobe, cerebellum and corpus callosum of the HSLE cases, most severely in the cerebellum. The levels of caspase-3 and bax expression of the HSLE group were significantly higher than those of the control group (both P <0.05) , however, the bcl-2 level of the HSLE group was no significantly different from that of the control group (P > 0.05).Widespread demyelination in the white matter is a prevailed pathological change of HSLE. Oligodendrocyte apoptosis under induced by the decrease of bcl-2/bax ratio may contribute to the pathogenesis.

Diseases presenting "corpus callosum" symptom

  • adrenomyeloneuropathy
  • alexander disease
  • cadasil
  • canavan disease
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  • cohen syndrome
  • gm1 gangliosidosis
  • hirschsprung disease
  • hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius
  • kabuki syndrome
  • kallmann syndrome
  • krabbe disease
  • monosomy 21
  • neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
  • oligodontia
  • proteus syndrome
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • wolf-hirschhorn syndrome
  • x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
  • zellweger syndrome

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