Effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide on the activation of glia and the expression of associated inflammatory factors in the substantia nigra of Parkinson’s disease rat models

doi:10.16098/j.issn.0529-1356.2016.02.005

AAS ›› 2016, Vol. ›› Issue (2): 178-184.doi: 10.16098/j.issn.0529-1356.2016.02.005

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Effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide on the activation of glia and the expression of associated inflammatory factors in the substantia nigra of Parkinson’s disease rat models

ZHUANG Wen-xin¹ LIU Zong-yu² WANG Xue-jing³LI Xiao-jian⁴ LIU Jin-cheng⁵ FU Wen-yu ^6*

1. Medical Research Center; 2. Grade 2011 of Clinical Medicine; 3. Department of Research Administration;4. Grade 2013 of Biotechnology Speciality; 5. Grade 2012 of Biotechnology Speciality; 6. Department of Histology and Embryology, Weifang Medical University, Shangdong Weifang 261053, China

Received:2015-07-10 Revised:2015-08-10 Online:2016-04-06 Published:2016-04-06
Contact: FU Wen-yu E-mail:fuwenyu.2007@163.com

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Objective To investigate the effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) on the activation of glia and the expression of associated inflammatory factors in the substantia nigra of the rat model of Parkinson’s disease (PD) induced by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). Methods 6-OHDA solution was microinjected into one side of striatum to establish the PD rat model. A total of 32 PD rats were randomly divided into two groups: the VIP group with intraperitoneal injection of the VIP solution 1 ml (20μg/L) and model group with intraperitoneal injection of the normal saline, 16 rats per group. Ten adult normal rats were injected with saline as the control group. The number changes of dopaminergic neurons, microglia that is cluster of diffenentiation 11b (CD11b)-positive cells, astrocytes (GFAP-positive cells) and the expression changes of inflammatory factor (tumor necrosis factor α, cyclooxygenase-2) in substantia nigra of the rats in each group were examined by immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively. Results Compared to the control group, the numbers of DA neurons, microglia (amoeba-like shaped) and astrocytes in the model group and the VIP group were widely increased (P<0.05), and the expression level of the associated inflammatory factors in the two groups were also increased. In VIP group, the numbers of DA neurons, microglia, astrocytes and the expression level of associated inflammatory factors were decreased compared with the model group (P<0.05). Conclusion VIP has inhibition effects on the activation of microglia and astrocytes, and reduces the expression of related inflammatory factors in the 6-OHDA-induced PD rats. Thus, VIP may protect the DA neurons.

ZHUANG Wen-xin LIU Zong-yu WANG Xue-jing LI Xiao-jian LIU Jin-cheng FU Wen-yu*. Effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide on the activation of glia and the expression of associated inflammatory factors in the substantia nigra of Parkinson’s disease rat models[J]. AAS, 2016, (2): 178-184.

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