PMID: 18211763Jan 24, 2008Paper

Expression of F-actin and RhoA in experimental hypoxic-ischemic white matter damage in premature SD rats

Zhonghua er ke za zhi. Chinese journal of pediatrics
Jin-Hui LiDe-Yuan Li

Abstract

White matter damage (WMD) in preterm infants is a well-recognized serious complication of prematurity. The collapse of cell skeleton of growth cone after hypoxia-ischemia (HI) is considered as the basic neuropathologic change of the long-term residuals of premature white matter damage. F-actin is the major component of cell skeleton and maintains the normal form of cells, its function and potential mechanism of WMD have not been reported. In this study, changes of F-actin and its influencing factor RhoA were investigated. Totally 184 Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats (age 2 days, body weight 6 to 8 grams) were randomly divided into 14 groups: 7 different time WMD groups (HI 12 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, 7 d, 14 d, 28 d) and 7 corresponding control groups. The 2 day-old SD rats were subjected to ligation of right carotid artery (ischemia), and then they were put into a box full with 6% oxygen and 94% nitrogen for 4 hours (hypoxia). The light microscopy was used to observe the brain pathological changes and the electron microscopy was used to detect the brain ultrastructural changes after hypoxia and ischemia. Eighty SD rats were used for flurescent-immunohistochemical method to detect the distribution of F-actin in cell membrane and cytoplasm ...Continue Reading

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