PMID- 20401444 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130124 LR - 20100419 IS - 0371-0874 (Print) IS - 0371-0874 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 2 DP - 2010 Apr 25 TI - [Cerebral lymphatic blockage aggravates apoptosis of cortical neurons after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats in vivo]. PG - 109-14 AB - This present study was performed to investigate the influence of cerebral lymphatic blockage (CLB) on apoptosis of cortical neurons after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in rats in vivo. Healthy adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal control group, SAH group and SAH+CLB group. SAH model was made by double injection of autologous blood into the cisterna magna. On the third day after the second cisternal injection, morphological changes of cortical cells were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) combined with propidium iodide (PI) staining. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) method was applied to determine in situ apoptosis in the cerebral cortex. Immunohistochemistry was conducted to detect the expression of Caspase-3 and Bcl-2 in cortical neurons. HE and PI staining showed that cortical neurons of SAH rats were partly shrinkable; the nuclei showed wavy, folded or wrinkled appearance, and some nuclei had the shape of crescent. The cortical neurons in SAH+CLB group distributed sparsely and the nuclear fragmentation, apoptotic bodies were found, surrounded by the formation of vacuoles. The numbers of TUNEL-positive cells in SAH group and SAH+CLB group were higher than that in the normal control group, while the number in SAH+CLB group was significantly higher than that in the SAH group. Caspase-3 expressions in SAH group and SAH+CLB group were higher than that in the normal control group, while the expression in SAH+CLB group was significantly higher than that in the SAH group. Bcl-2 expressions in SAH group and SAH+CLB group were higher than that in the normal control group, while the expression in the SAH+CLB group was significantly lower than that in SAH group. The results obtained suggest that CLB exacerbates the apoptosis of cortical neurons in rats after SAH by up-regulating Caspase-3 expression and down-regulating Bcl-2 expression. FAU - Wang, Xuan AU - Wang X AD - Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation, University of Shandong, Taishan Medical College, Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical College, Taian 271000, China. FAU - Gao, Xiang-Dong AU - Gao XD FAU - Gao, Bing AU - Gao B FAU - Jia, Li-Li AU - Jia LL FAU - Yang, Ming-Feng AU - Yang MF FAU - Zhang, Yan-Bo AU - Zhang YB FAU - Sun, Bao-Liang AU - Sun BL LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Sheng Li Xue Bao JT - Sheng li xue bao : [Acta physiologica Sinica] JID - 20730130R RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Casp3 protein, rat) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*physiology MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Cerebral Cortex/*pathology MH - Female MH - Lymphatic Vessels/*injuries/pathology MH - Male MH - Neurons/*pathology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/pathology/*physiopathology EDAT- 2010/04/20 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/25 06:00 CRDT- 2010/04/20 06:00 PHST- 2010/04/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/25 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Sheng Li Xue Bao. 2010 Apr 25;62(2):109-14.