Effect of Progesterone on Neuronal Apoptosis and Nitric Oxide Level in Cortex and Hippocampus of Newborn Rats with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
- VernacularTitle:孕酮对缺氧缺血性脑病新生大鼠皮层和海马神经元凋亡及一氧化氮水平的影响
- Author:
xiao-juan, LI
;
xiao-yin, WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
progesterone;
hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy;
apoptosis;
flow cytometry;
neonatal rat
- From:Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2006;0(16):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of progesterone on the rate of neuronal apoptosis and nitric oxide(NO) level in the cortex and hippocampus tissue of newborn rats with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy(HIE).Methods Thirty 7-day-old neonatal rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:sham-operated group,hypoxic-ischemic(HI) group and pretreatment group.Rats in HI group and pretreatment group were subjected to left common carotid artery ligation,then were exposed to 80 mL/L oxygen and 920 mL/L nitrogen gas in 37 ℃ closed container for up to 2.5 h to establish HIE model.Progesterone was injected intraperitoneally into rats in the pretreatment group respectively for 30 minutes before hypoxia,and solution was injected into the sham-operated group and HI group.All rats were killed at 24 h after operation.The neuron apoptosis was identified and analyzed by flow cytometry.Nitrate/nitrite was assayed to represent nitric oxide content of brain tissues.Results The ratio of neuronal apoptosis and NO contents in cortex and hippocampus tissue in HI group [(10.09?0.36)%,(12.32?0.28)%,(51.36?9.71) ?mol/L,(52.34?4.26) ?mol/L] were significantly higher than those in sham-operated group [(2.49?0.23)%,(2.58?0.26)%,(18.16?6.24) ?mol/L,(19.28?3.58) ?mol/L)](P_a
