大鼠大脑中动脉缺血后环氧合酶-2表达的研究

目的　研究大鼠大脑中动脉缺血后环氧合酶－２（ｃｙｃｌｏｏｘｙｇｅｎａｓｅ－２,ＣＯＸ－２）的表达。方法　采用栓线法制备大脑中动脉缺血模型,利用免疫组化方法检测ＣＯＸ－２ 表达情况。结果　脑缺血区的周围大脑皮质及远隔的海马回区域有ＣＯＸ－２ 蛋白质表达。结论　在ＣＯＸ－２ 表达的部位花生四烯酸代谢亢进     

血红素氧合酶-1及血红素氧合酶-2在大鼠局灶性脑缺血中的意义

目的　研究血红素氧合酶 1(HO 1)及血红素氧合酶 2 (HO 2 )在局灶性脑缺血中的作用。方法　采用大鼠大脑中动脉栓塞脑缺血模型 ,对 6 6只大鼠脑缺血后不同时间点进行HO 1、HO 2免疫组化染色及病理学研究 ,并用计算机图像分析技术计算两者表达水平。结果　栓塞后 30min大鼠皮质及海马即有HO 1阳性神经元及胶质细胞的表达 ,且随着时间推移HO 1的表达逐渐增强 ,到栓塞后 12h达峰值 (P <0 0 1) ,以后逐渐下降 ,栓塞后 1周仍有HO 1表达。HO 2在正常大鼠及梗死大鼠脑组织内均有表达。栓塞后不同时间段 ,HO 2阳性神经元的数量无明显变化 (P >0 0 5 ) ,但HO 2表达呈动态变化 ,2 4h时最高 (P <0 0 1) ,以后逐渐下降。结论　脑缺血时脑内HO 1、HO 2表达的不同变化 ,是脑组织对损伤恢复重要的机制之一。HO 1修复受损的神经元和胶质细胞 ,而HO 2在于维护正常细胞的稳定     

局灶性脑缺血时血红素氧合酶-1 mRNA的表达

目的 观测永久性脑缺血后一氧化碳限速酶一血红素氧合酶-1(HO-1)mRNA表达的变化规律。方法 在建立MCAO局灶性脑缺血模型基础上，采用半定量RT-PCR技术观察并测定脑缺血后不同时相HO-1 mRNA的相对表达量。结果脑缺血后1h即有HO-1 mRNA的表达，随时间延长而逐渐升高，12h达最高，以后逐渐下降，至7d时仍有表达。结论 脑缺血后HO-1 mRNA表达变化是缺血脑组织损伤后重要的自身恢复机制之一。     

大鼠短暂局灶性大脑中动脉缺血后calpain的表达

目的：研究calpain在缺血性脑损伤中的作用，进一步探讨缺血性脑血管病的分子机制，为治疗研发提供理论依据。方法：用Belayev改良的Langa线栓法制备大鼠局灶性大脑中动脉(MCA)缺血／再灌注模型，TTC染色观察梗死灶的形成，分别用原位杂交及免疫组化技术检测鼠脑中calpain mRNA与活性蛋白的表达。结果：缺血2h再灌注24h,TTC染色见明显的梗死灶形成，正常脑组织、假手术组及：MCAO缺血对侧脑中有少量的calpain mRNA表达，但活性蛋白几无表达；缺血脑组织calpain mRNA表达及蛋白质活化均显著增加，呈双峰式，MCA缺血2h增加，再灌注4h减少，至24h更明显增高，而48h又有所下降。结论：Calpain参与了缺血性脑损伤过程，尤其在迟发性神经元死亡中起重要作用。     

促红细胞生成素对大鼠脑缺血再灌注损伤后缺血侧皮层神经元凋亡和Bcl-2表达的影响

目的探讨促红细胞生成素(Erythropoietin，EPO)对大鼠局灶性脑缺血再灌注损伤后的保护作用。方法采用线栓法阻断大鼠一侧大脑中动脉(MCA)血流2h，再灌注24h制成局灶性脑缺血再灌注损伤模型。将32只雄性SD大鼠随机分成EPO组、缺血再灌注组、假手术组和正常组。于缺血开始时EPO组给EPO 3000U／kg腹腔注射；缺血再灌注组和假手术组给予等剂量生理盐水。再灌注24h后断头取脑、切片，进行HE染色、Bcl-2免疫组化染色和细胞凋亡检测。结果缺血2h再灌注24h后，EPO组和缺血再灌注组大鼠缺血侧皮层可检测到凋亡细胞，且EPO组凋亡细胞数明显少于缺血再灌注组，假手术组和正常组未见凋亡细胞；EPO组和缺血再灌注组缺血侧皮层Bcl-2阳性细胞数均高于假手术组和正常组，与缺血再灌注组相比，EPO组Bcl-2蛋白表达显著增高。结论EPO可抑制缺血再灌注损伤后缺血侧皮层的细胞凋亡，其机制可能是通过上调bcl-2基因表达而实现。     

实验性局灶性脑缺血再灌流后bcl—2蛋白的表达

目的探讨ｂｃｌ－２在大鼠局灶脑缺血再灌流损伤中的表达与缺血所致凋亡的关系。方法采用免疫组化方法观察ｂｃｌ－２蛋白在大鼠局灶性脑缺血再灌流后皮层和基底节区动态变化。结果ｂｃｌ－２蛋白在大脑中动脉阻塞２ｈ后，随再灌流时间延长其解剖分布不同。基底节区持续时间短，而皮层区持续时间较长，其中再灌流６ｈ，ｂｃｌ－２蛋白表达最显著。结论ｂｃｌ－２蛋白表达与神经细胞存活密切相关，可能是神经细胞自我保护机制之一，防止或减少细胞凋亡的发生     

大鼠局灶性脑缺血损伤中IGF-I mRNA表达

目的　观察局灶性脑缺血损伤中 IGF- I m RNA的表达特点 ,探讨其调控机制。方法　采用自体血凝块注入颈内动脉的方法制作大鼠局灶性脑缺血 2 h、4 h、6 h、12 h、2 4 h、4 8h模型 ,应用原位杂交及 RT- PCR方法 ,检测缺血中心区及半暗带区 IGF- I m RNA的表达。结果　局灶性脑缺血损伤时 ,缺血中心区及半暗带区 IGF- I m R-NA表达增加 ,尤以缺血半暗带区增加明显。结论　 IGF- I对局灶性脑缺血损伤具有保护作用。     

大鼠局灶性脑缺血再灌注后CAD表达与细胞凋亡的关系

目的　探讨大鼠局灶性脑缺血再灌注后缺血半暗带 Caspase-3激活的 DNA酶 (CAD)基因的表达变化与细胞凋亡的关系。方法　线栓法建立大鼠大脑中动脉闭塞 (MCAO)及再通模型。应用 RT-PCR技术检测MCAO再通后不同时相缺血半暗带皮质 CAD基因的表达 ,同时利用 TU NEL法观察对应区域细胞凋亡的动态变化规律。结果　脑缺血再灌注 6h,半暗带皮质 CAD m RNA显著升高 ,密度比值为 0 .74± 0 .0 4,再灌注 2 4h达到高峰 (1.13± 0 .11)。对应各时相均可见神经细胞凋亡 ,凋亡细胞以再灌注 48h组为最高 (113 .10± 13 .88)。结论　脑缺血再灌注可致 CAD基因表达上调 ,可能参与了缺血后神经细胞凋亡过程     

大鼠短暂局灶性脑缺血再灌注后核转录因子-kB的表达

目的　研究核转录因子 - k B(NF- k B)在局灶性脑缺血再灌注中的动态表达规律及其作用。方法　采用线栓法建立大鼠局灶性脑缺血再灌注模型。应用细胞免疫组织化学法分析 NF- k B的移位 ,采用 Western- blot法检测脑组织中核 NF- k B的表达量。结果　局灶性脑缺血再灌注后 NF- k B明显从细胞浆移位于细胞核 ,核 NF- k B的表达量显著增加 (P<0 .0 1)。结论　局灶性脑缺血再灌注能够引起 NF- k B的表达增加 ,进一步产生炎症和免疫反应 ,从而参与了脑缺血再灌注损伤的发病机制     

大鼠局灶性脑缺血再灌注后海马Bcl-2、Bax蛋白的表达

目的 探讨大鼠局灶性脑缺血再灌注后Bcl-2、Bax蛋白在海马表达的变化.方法 线栓法制作大鼠局灶性脑缺血再灌注模型,应用免疫组化染色检测Bcl-2、Bax蛋白表达,应用TUNEL法检测海马区细胞凋亡.结果 缺血再灌注2h后海马神经元Bcl-2、Bax蛋白开始表达,Bcl-2蛋白12h达高峰,Bax蛋白12h～24h达高峰,之后开始下降.再灌注2h后海马凋亡细胞开始表达,随着再灌注时间的延长,其表达不断增加.Bcl-2/ Bax的比率在再灌注开始时升高,再灌注12h达高峰,随后开始下降.结论 凋亡是脑缺血再灌注损伤的重要形式之一,Bcl-2/ Bax的改变与缺血再灌注后海马的神经元存亡有关,缺血再灌注可导致海马神经元凋亡.     

Effects of dexmedetomidine after transient and permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in the rat

Summary. Increased sympathetic tone is a consequence of cerebral ischemia. Although the role of catecholamines in ischemic damage is still unclear, in some experimental ischemia models α₂-adrenergic agonism has proved to be neuroprotective. In the present work we have compared the effects of transient and permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) on the infarct volume, and, also, examined whether a selective α₂-adrenergic receptor agonist, dexmedetomidine (9 μg/kg or 15 μg/kg i.v.), is able to reduce ischemic damage after transient or permanent MCAO in rats. Permanent MCAO led to a significantly larger infarct volume than transient occlusion (p < 0.05). The rats receiving the higher dose of dexmedetomidine were detectected to have smaller (statistically non-significant) infarct volume in the cortex (30.9%) and in the striatum (20.3%) after transient occlusion. Additionally, dexmedetomidine caused significant variations in the physiological parameters. Received December 22, 1999; accepted September 20, 2000     

Induction of Rheb mRNA following middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat.

Rheb is a recently identified member of the Ras super-family and is an immediate early gene that is rapidly and transiently induced in the hippocampal granule cells by NMDA-dependent synaptic activity in the long term potentiation paradigm. The close homologies with Ras and its rapid inducibility strongly suggest that Rheb shares many biochemical and signaling properties with Ras. The present study investigated the effect of middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion on the expression of Rheb mRNA in the rat brain. In situ hybridization autoradiography showed that Rheb mRNA was induced in the extensive regions of cerebral cortex and medial striatum surrounding the ischemic region and bilateral hippocampal formation following MCA occlusion. The induction of Rheb mRNA in the cingulate cortex persisted prominently at 24 h of MCA occlusion. Although the Rheb mRNA induction in the medial striatum and hippocampal formation decreased after 8h of occlusion, it still remained significant at 24h of occlusion. The data suggest the possibility that Ras signaling pathways can be implicated in the cerebral ischemia-elicited events through NMDA receptor activation.     

A change of P-selectin immunoreactivity in rat brain after transient and permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion

Abstract

Although the role of an adhesion molecule such as P-selectin may be important in the pathogenesis of stroke, temporal, spacial, and cellular profiles of the expression ofsuch a protein has not been fully studied in the case ofthe middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion and reperfusion in rat brain. Change in expression of immunoreactive P-selectin was examined in rat brain after transient MCA occlusion (MCAO) in comparison to that of permanent occlusion with an anti-P-selectin monoclonal antibody. Western blot analyses were performed to ensure the selective detection of immunoreactive P-selectin protein with the monoclonal antibody using brain homogenates before and after MCAO. Temporal, spacial, and cellular changes of P-selectin expressions were evaluated with rat brain sections at 2, 8 h, 1 and 3 days of permanent MCAO, and at 2, 8 h, 1, 3 and 7 days of reperfusion after 1 h of transient MCAO. Western blot showed a single band with a molecular weight of 140 kOa for both cases with permanent occlusion and reperfusion. P-selectin immunoreactivity was not normally present in rat brain sections. However, it was expressed mainly in the post-capillary venules of the cerebral cortex and caudate in the MCA territory with a peak at 2-8 h after permanent occlusion and at 8 h to 1 day after the reperfusion. The expression was diminished by 1 day ofpermanent occlusion and 3 days of reperfusion. The maximum staining in the case of permanent MCAO was stronger than the case with reperfusion. However, spacial distribution of the staining was similar in the cerebral cortex and caudate between the cases with permanent or transient MCAO. These results suggest a different temporal but similar spacial and cellular expression of P-selectin immunoreactivity between permanent occlusion and reperfusion of MCA in rat brain. [Neural Res 1998; 20: 463–469]     

Biphasic expression of TGF-β1 mRNA in the rat brain following permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery

Two patterns of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) expression were identified in brains of normotensive rats following permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCAO). First, a relative increase of TGF-β1 mRNA by 37% was found at 12 h after MCAO in the ipsilateral cingulate cortex as compared to the homotopic contralateral region. The cingulate cortex is located distant from the ischemic territory. Treatment with the glutamate receptor antagonists MK-801 and NBQX did not reduce this expression (34% and 26% increase, respectively). Therefore, peri-infarct depolarization waves were probably not responsible for induction. Secondly, an increase of TGF-β1 mRNA by 116% was found at 7 days after MCAO within infarcted tissue. This expression was not reduced by the glutamate receptor antagonists MK-801 (increase 140%) and NBQX (increase 137%), either. TGF-β1 mRNA expression in the cingulate cortex at 12 h after MCAO is possibly mediated by neurons and astroglia and may support cell survival. Expression in the infarcted tissue at 7 days after MCAO is most likely related to the invasion of monocytes and may be involved in the downregulation of inflammatory events, in neoangiogenesis, and in formation of a glial scar around the infarct.     

Elevated immunoreactivity for glutamic acid decarboxylase in the rat cerebral cortex following transient middle cerebral artery occlusion

We investigated the expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase (molecular weight 67,000; GAD67) immunohistochemically in the rat cerebral cortex following transient middle cereral artery occlusion (MCAO) capable of producing slowly progressive neuronal damage. An increase in GAD67 immunoreactivity was observed in the cerebral cortex ipsilateral to the ischemic insult, most prominent in lamina IV, 3 to 14 days after MCAO. At this stage, light microscopy showed GAD67-positive puncta to be larger and more strongly immunoreactive in the ipsilateral cortex than those in the contralateral side. The elevated expression of GAD67 in the insulted cortex may reflect part of the adaptive functional changes in GABA transmission with slowly progressive cortical ischemic damage.Supported in part by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan     

Temporal profile of microglial response following transient (2 h) middle cerebral artery occlusion

We measured the time-dependent morphological changes of microglial cells reacting to ischemic cell damage after transient (2 h) middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat by means of lectin histochemistry with the B₄-isolectin from Griffonia simplicifolia as well as immunohistochemistry with monoclonal antibodies directed against monocyte/microphage (ED1) and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II (OX-6) antigens. As early as 1 h after onset of reperfusion, microglia were absent in the severely neuronal damaged preoptic area. However, ameboid-like microglia were evident in an adjacent area containing scattered shrunken neurons. Rod, round and ameboid-like microglia were present in the ischemic lesion between 2 to 10 h of reperfusion. Round and ameboid cells became predominant in the ischemic core lesion and were mingled with highly ramified microglia to the boundary at 22 h of reperfusion. Highly ramified microglia were found in an adjacent area containing morphologically intact neurons. Round and ameboid cells were localized to the inner boundary of the ischemic lesion surrounding the infarct zone at 46 of reperfusion. Round and ameboid cells were present throughout the entire ischemic lesion in the infarct zone from 70–166 h of reperfusion. A marked increase in number and in intensity of highly ramified microglial cells were present in the outer boundary of the lesion during this period. In addition, a significant increase in both ED1- and OX-6-immunoreactive cells in the ischemic region was detected after 10 h of reperfusion and persisted up to 166 h of reperfusion. These data demonstrate that microglia exhibit a time dependent change in morphology after reperfusion and that the severity of injury may be reflected in the state of microglial activation.     

Outcome following occlusion of the middle cerebral artery

Outcome was studied prospectively in 28 consecutive patients with occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA). They comprise a subgroup of 101 consecutive patients with TIA or stroke less than or equal to 75 years of age, admitted within 72 h after the stroke. Cerebral angiography and CT-scan were performed within 1-2 days of admission. CT-scan was repeated 6 months later. Functional status on admission, 3 and 6 months after the stroke was evaluated using the Rankin disability scale (score 1-2: independent of others care, score 3-5: dependent on others care). The degree of hemiparesis was measured using the Medical Research Council's score. Thirteen had infarcts with a diameter less than or equal to 3 cm (mean 2.5 +/- 0.9 cm); 15 had infarcts greater than 3 cm (mean 6.3 +/- 1.4 cm); 10 had trunk occlusions; 18 had branch occlusions. MCA occlusions with large infarcts and severe hemiparesis on admission carried a poor outcome. Eleven (85%) of 13 patients with the case in only 1 (7%) of the 15 with infarcts greater than 3 cm, the remaining 14 (93%) had either died (40%) or were dependent (53%) (p less than 0.00005). Eleven (85%) of 13 patients with mild hemiparesis on admission were independent, while 13 (87%) of 15 with moderate or severe hemiparesis on admission had either died (40%) or were dependent on others' care (47%) 6 months after the stroke (p less than 0.0004). Type of occlusion (branch trunk) was a poor predictor of outcome.     

实验性脑缺血再灌流后不同时程热休克蛋白基因表达的变化

为探讨脑缺血再灌流后热休克蛋白(HSP70)基因表达的变化,采用原位杂交和免疫组化方法检测了脑缺血2h再灌流后不同时程应激蛋白—热休克蛋白(hsp70)mRNA和蛋白表达的变化。结果显示再灌流后早期即可见hsp70mRNA的蛋白表达增加,以18～24h阳性染色最强,HSP70阳性细胞主要分布于缺血周围半暗带区,提示HSP70蛋白表达增加可抵御缺血性脑损伤,对神经元具有保护作用。     

Induction of PML immunoreactivity in rat brain neurons after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion

Abstract

Promyelocytic leukemia (PML) protein is involved in apoptotic death of cultured neuronal cells, but its role in ischemic brain damage remains uncertain. In this study, we investigated change of immunoreactivity for PML protein in rat brain after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion, and compared the results with that of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin in situ nick end labeling (TUNEL). Western blotting analysis revealed that PML immunoreactivity was only scant in the sham-control brain, but it increased at 1 h and 1 day after reperfusion, and decreased in density thereafter. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that nuclei of neurons were most densely stained. TUNEL positive cells appeared at 1 day and peaked at 3 days of reperfusion, indicating that PML protein induction preceded DNA fragmentation in neurons. The present results suggest that PML protein may be one of the key molecules in ischemic neuronal cell death. [Neurol Res 2001; 23: 772-776]