PMID- 24361987 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140902 LR - 20140120 IS - 1872-6240 (Electronic) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 1545 DP - 2014 Jan 30 TI - Supplement zinc as an effective treatment for spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. PG - 45-53 LID - S0006-8993(13)01562-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.12.015 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a key role in the pathophysiology process and therapy of spinal cord injury (SCI). Accordingly, zinc regulates the expression of BDNF and its receptor in the central nervous system, the mechanism of which is still unknown. The present study investigates whether supplement zinc could reduce neurological damage in a rat model, with spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and how the effect of zinc transporter 1(ZnT-1) was involved. METHODS: 100 Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly and evenly divided into four groups. They were subjected to spinal cord ischemia by clamping the abdominal aorta for 45 min. Rats in the zinc-deficient dietary model group (ZD), zinc-adequate dietary model group (ZA), and zinc-high dietary model group (ZH) were given free access to purified diet, containing 5, 30, or 180 mg Zn/kg. Sham operation rats were subjected to laparotomy without clamping of the aorta and were fed by ZA diet (30 mg Zn/kg). Neurological function was scored by Tarlov's score. The spinal cord segments (L5) were harvested for histological examination, auto-metallographic (AMG) analysis, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity analysis, expression of ZnT-1 and BDNF. RESULTS: The rats in the ZH group have shown the higher neurological scores, slighter histological changes and the attenuated MPO activity, compared with those in the ZD and ZA groups at the four observation time points (p<0.05). The AMG staining density in the ZH group was significantly higher than that of ZD group in 14 days later after the operation. Compared with other groups, ZH group's expression of Zn-T1 and BDNF were significantly increased, and was positively correlated with the same time points after surgery (Spearman rho=0.403, p=0.0152.) CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that zinc supplement can significantly reduce the spinal cord I/R injury in rats. The mechanism may be related with restraining the MPO activity and increasing of ZnT-1, which promoted the synthesis and release of BDNF. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, Yansong AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou City, PR China. FAU - Su, Ribao AU - Su R AD - Department of Orthopedics, Zhoupu Hospital of Pudong New Area, Shanghai City, PR China. FAU - Lv, Gang AU - Lv G AD - Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou City, PR China. FAU - Cao, Yang AU - Cao Y AD - Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou City, PR China. FAU - Fan, Zhongkai AU - Fan Z AD - Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou City, PR China. FAU - Wang, Yanfeng AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, PR China. FAU - Zhang, Li AU - Zhang L AD - Department of Histology and Embryology, Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou City, PR China. FAU - Yu, Deshui AU - Yu D AD - Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou City, PR China. FAU - Mei, Xifan AU - Mei X AD - Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou City, PR China. 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LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131219 PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cation Transport Proteins) RN - 162064-55-3 (Slc30a1 protein, rat) RN - EC 1.11.1.7 (Peroxidase) RN - J41CSQ7QDS (Zinc) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Cation Transport Proteins/*metabolism MH - *Dietary Supplements MH - Male MH - Movement/drug effects MH - Peroxidase/metabolism MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Reperfusion Injury/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Spinal Cord Ischemia/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Zinc/*therapeutic use OTO - NOTNLM OT - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - Ischemia/reperfusion injury OT - Spinal cord OT - Zinc OT - Zinc transporter 1 EDAT- 2013/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/03 06:00 CRDT- 2013/12/24 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/10/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/12/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/03 06:00 [medline] AID - S0006-8993(13)01562-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.12.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 2014 Jan 30;1545:45-53. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.12.015. Epub 2013 Dec 19.