Objective To establish chronic cerebral infarction animal model in nonhuman primate. Methods 10 adult male rhesus monkeyswere embolized the middle cerebral artery (MCA) in contra-lateral of handedness, and divided into M1 segment embolism group (n=3), upper trunk embolism group (n=5), and lower trunk embolism group (n=2). Acute neurological deficit was evaluated with standard neurologicalscale, and the motor function in chronic stage was assessed with a task of retrieving food pill in wells. Results Animals in M1 segmentembolism group all died 38~62 h after surgery. Upper trunk embolism group survived, and MRI showed front parietal cortex infarctioncontra-lateral paralyzed side. All of them paralyzed one side in acute stage, and 4 of them persisted dysfunction in chronic stage, that couldnot finish the task of retrieving food pill in wells; only one completed the task. The lower trunk embolism group paralyzed one side in acutestage, but recovered quickly and completely, that finished the task within 7 d. Conclusion Embolism of MCA upper trunk can cause infarctionof precise and proper size with one side limb dysfunction in the acute stage and long-term dysfunction in most animals, which is feasiblefor treatment and neural plasticity research in recovery.

AIM: To investigate the expression of tissue factor(TF) induced by oxidized high density lipoprotein(oxHDL) in human umbilical vein cell line,ECV304,and the related mechanisms.METHODS: Four main groups were designed: the negative,the positive(ECV304 with histamine),the HDL group and the oxHDL group.Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction(RQ-PCR) and Western blotting were used to detect the expression level of TF.The specific inhibitors of MAPKs,SP600125(c-jun terminal NH2 kinase,JNK),SB203580(p38 MAP kinase,p38 MAPK),PD98059(extracellular signal-regulated kinase,ERK1/2) were used to investigate the underlying mechanisms.RESULTS: The TF expression in normal ECV304 cell line was not detected.Histamine administration resulted in a significant expression of TF in ECV304 cell line,with strongest effect after 1 h co-incubation at concentration of 1?10-5 mol/L histamine(about 4.8-fold higher expression of TF compared with that of 1?10-9 mol/L histamine).Expression level of TF was detected after stimulated with oxHDL in dose-and time-dependent manners.The highest expression of TF mRNA was found at 20 mg/L oxHDL and 6 h co-incubation,with 1.8-fold and 5.3-fold increase in TF expression,respectively,compared with that at 10 mg/L oxHDL and 2 h co-incubation.20 mg/L oxHDL also caused an apparent augmentation of TF protein expression,about 1.5-fold higher compared with that stimulated by 40 mg/L oxHDL.HDL co-incubation did not cause a detectable expression of TF protein.The mRNA levels of TF in ECV304 cell line induced by oxHDL were decreased by 95.0%,81.0%,87.0%,respectively(all P