Silencing repulsive guidance molecule A showing protective effects on blood brain barrier after the injury of cerebral ischemia and reperfusion in rats

doi:10.16098/j.issn.0529-1356.2019.03.001

Abstract

Abstract:

Objective To investigate whether silencing repulsive guidance molecule A (RGMa) shows protective effects on blood brain barrier (BBB) and tight junction protein after the injury of cerebral ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) in rats. Methods Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) /reperfusion was employed to establish the models in the male adult rats. Fourty male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into blank control group (sh-con) and RGMa interference group (sh-RGMa). The effects of adenovirus on RGMa were observed at day 1 and day 3 after injection. The remaining 120 SD rats were randomly divided into sham group, I/R group, I/R+sh-con group and I/R+sh-RGMa group. After reperfusion for 72 hours, the neurological recovery was evaluated in rats by neurological deficit score，the infarcted volume was measured by 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining and the permeability of BBB was performed through evans blue by tail vein injection. The expression of RGMa was detected by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry assay. The expression of claudin-5, matrix metalloprotein 9 (MMP-9）and zonula occludin 1（ZO-1）were detected by Western blotting. Results Silencing RGMa could improve the permeability of BBB, the infarcted volume, down-regulate the expression of MMP-9, and up-regulate the expression of claudin-5 and ZO-1. Conclusion Silencing RGMa shows protective effects on BBB after I/R injury in rats.

Key words: Repulsive guidance molecule A, Ischemia and reperfusion injury, Blood brain barrier, Western blotting, Rat

LI Min FU Hong-xia ZHANG Yan-mei ZHONG Yi-liang QIN Xin-yue. Silencing repulsive guidance molecule A showing protective effects on blood brain barrier after the injury of cerebral ischemia and reperfusion in rats[J]. Acta Anatomica Sinica, 2019, 50(3): 269-274.

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