Ischemic stroke is a very complex disorder with many intracellular and extracellular factors such as excitatory amino acids, free radicals, calcium overload, apoptotic genes and inflammation involved in its pathophysiological mechanisms. It has been reported that neuronal death mainly derives from necrosis and/or apoptosis after cerebral ischemia. Those neurons in the ischemic core usually suffer from necrosis, however, apoptosis (also referred to as delayed neuronal death) occurs in the ischemic penumbra, which has been the major therapeutic target in the ischemic stroke.

Objective To explore the effects of human umbilical cord blood cells(HUCBCs) transplantation to treat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis(EAE) rats and the status of transplanted HUCBCs in the brain and spinal cord tissue of EAE rats.Methods The mononuclear cells abstracted from cord blood of infants were cultured in vitro and marked with 5-bromodeoxyuridine(Brdu) for 48 h.EAE rat models were made and the HUCBCs(3?106) were transplanted into the tail vein(transplanted group) 14 d later.The score of neurological function dificit and the number of the demyelinated foci in brain and spinal cord were undertaken at different time point after transplantation.The statue of survival,differentiation and migration of HUCBCs in vivo were determined by immunohistochemical technique,and compared with control group.Results The scores of neurological function dificit at 21 d,28 d post transplantation in transplanted group were much lower than those in the control group(all P

A new method of mismatching PCR-RFL P was performed in our lab in ge- netic diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy(SMA) and controls.Our data shows:9cases in 1 0 presumed SMA children are positive,i.e. deletion of telomeric SMN gene.One case is negative.2 0 cases of normal familial members and2 0 cases of normal controls are all nega- tive.Our results matches the criteria and reports of foreign countries.The method we used is highly specific,sensitive and useful and is suittable for genetic diagnosis of SMA and its prenatal diagnosis.

Objective To study the levels of ? amyloid protein(A?/?A 4) in cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) of patients with Alzheimer's disease(AD) and vascular dementia(VD) and its significance of diagnosis.Methods The levels of A? 1 40 and A? 1 42 in CSF of 24 patients with AD, 14 patients with VD and 30 normal controls(NC) were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assays(ELISA).Results (1)The levels of A? 1 42 in CSF of AD and VD patients were significantly lower than NC group ( P

Objective To study the mithridatism of VMAT 2 in transgeneic CHO cell.Methods Using technology of transgene from PC 12 to CHO, MTT reduction assay was used to detect the toxic effect on MPP + to wtCHO and cDNACHO,meanwhile the role of reserpine was observed,including the toxic effect to MPP + on specific blocking agent of VMAT 2.Results cDNACHO to the sensitivity of MPP + was much less than that of wtCHO over concentration of 0.5 mmol/L MPP +; cDNACHO had the same sensitive as wtCHO to rotenon;after the reserpine was added,the above role disappeared,but wtCHO reserpine was given alone,it couldn't change its sensitivity to MPP +.Conclusion VMAT 2 has protective effect on cDNACHO by transporting MPP + to vesicles; PC 12 possesses the antitoxic components.

Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a muhifunctional growth factor. It stimulates the proliferation, differemiation and maturity of hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC), and transfers from bone marrow to periphery, inducing multiple cell proliferation or differentiation. In recent years, some studies have indicated that GM-CSF plays an important role in anti-apoptosis, inducing neuronal differentiation and angiogenesis, which will he a new supplement to the treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular disease. This article reviews the effects of GM-CSF in the treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular disease.

Objective To study the influence of applied times of Batroxobin on neuroprotective effects in cerebral ischemic-reperfusion(IR) injury gerbils.Methods 45 gerbils were randomly divided into five groups:normal group;cerebral IR injury model group(IR group);three times group;five times group;seven times group.The later three groups were administered Batroxobin 8 U/kg by abdominal injection q.o.d with certain times respectively.The normal group and IR group were not given drug but isometric physiological saline.Flow cytometer was used to measure apoptotic neurons of the hippocampal CA1,meanwhile electronic microscope was used to detect the ultrastrctural change of the hippocampal CA1 region.Result The quantity of apoptotic neurons in the every Batroxobin groups were significantly less than those in the IR groups(all P0.05).The ultrastrctural changes in five times group were lighter than those in three times group,but no significant difference was found between five times group and seven times group.Conclusion Three times,five times and seven times of Batroxobin can reduce the number of apoptotic neurons after IR injury.However,applied five times and seven times of Batroxobin has stronger neuroprotective effect than three times.

Objective To investigate the feature of distribution of vesicular monoamine transporter(VMAT2) in human embryonic brains and their relationships with Parkinson disease.Methods The distribution of VMAT2 and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in substantia nigra pars compacta(SNC), ventral tegmental ares(VTA) and locus coeruleus(LC) were examined by immunohistochemical staining and Western blot in human spontaneous abortion embryonic brains of different gestational age.Results The distribution of VMAT2 in SNc was less than that in both VTA and LC(all P

Objective To observe the apoptosis of neuron and protein kinase B (Akt) expression after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)in rats, and investigate the interference effect and mechanism of ?-aeacine sodium on ICH injury.Methods All Sprague - Dawley male rats were randomly divided into normal group, pseudo -operation group,model group and therapeutic group treated with ?-sodium aeacine.The latter three groups were divided into five subgroups respectively :6 h,12h,1d,3d and 7d.ICH models were performed by injection Ⅶ type collagenase into the the right globus pallidus.By the methods of in situ terminaldeoxynucleotidyl transferase- mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) and immunohistochemistry, The dynamic changes of apoptosis and the expression of AKt protein were observed in the damaged cortex.Results TUNEL-positive cells appeared at 6h after collagenase injection in the model group and the expression of AKt increased at 12 h.They reached their peak at 3rd day, and were still present during 1 week. The numbers of TUNEL-positive cells in 1 d, 3 d, 1 week after ICH decreased markerly in treatment group than those of in model group ( P

Objective To explore the effect of human umbilical cord blood cells (HUCBCs) transplantation to treat cerebral ischemia of rats and the status of transplanted HUCBCs in the ischemic brain tissue of these rats. Methods The mononuclearcells abstracted from 60～100 ml of cord blood of full-term babies were cultured in vitro and marked with 5-bromodeoxyuridine (Brdu)(5 ?mol/L) for 2 days. The middle cerebral artery occlusion rat models were made and the HUCBCs (3?106) were transplanted into the lateral ventricular 1 day later. Neurological severity scores (NSS) tests were undertaken at different time point after transplantation, and iimmunohistochemistry method was used to check the migration and differentiation of HUCBCs. Results The HUCBCs had the capacity of proliferation in vitro and were induced to differentiate into astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and neurons in vivo. 3 weeks later, the neurological function of rats that received transplantation recovered much better than the rats without transplantation, as evidenced by NSS (all P