Wang Haiquan,Yang Fubing,Xu Hui,Liu Yang,Diao Zhengwen.Effect of recombinant human erythropoietin on dentate gyrus in epileptic rats[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(03):239-243.
Wang Haiquan,Yang Fubing,Xu Hui,Liu Yang,Diao Zhengwen.Effect of recombinant human erythropoietin on dentate gyrus in epileptic rats[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(03):239-243.DOI:
Effect of recombinant human erythropoietin on dentate gyrus in epileptic rats
Objective To investigate the effect of recombinant human erythropietin (r-HuEPO) on dentate gyrus of rats with status epilepticus. Methods A total of 140 SD adult male rats were randomly divided into a control group including 20 rats and a model group including 120 rats
which were intraperitoneally injected with lithium chloride-pilocarpine to establish rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Then the survival rats were randomly and equally subdivided into an r-HuEPO+SE group and a SE group. All rats were injected with BrdU intraperitoneally for 6 d
and rats of the r-HuEPO+SE group were additionally injected with r-HuEPO. Rats’ neuronal degeneration was observed by Fluoro-Jade B (FJ-B) immunofluorescence on the 4th day
cell proliferation was observed by BrdU immunohistochemistry on the 9th and 28th days
and mossy fiber sprouting was observed by Timm’s staining on the 14th and 28th days. Results Neuronal degeneration in dentate gyrus in the SE group (32.32±5.09) was more serious than that in the r-HuEPO+SE group (11.12±0.75) and control group (6.50±1.08) (P0.01)
but the difference between the r-HuEPO+SE group and the control group was not statistically significant (P0.05). Cell proliferation on the 9th and 28th days in the SE group [(92.8±2.97) and (146.45±5.91)] was more obvious than that in the r-HuEPO+SE group [(16.95±0.54) and (46.27±2.93)] and the control group [(12.80±2.13) and (38.52±3.10) (P0.01)]
but the difference between the r-HuEPO+SE group and the control group was not statistically significant (P0.05). Mossy fiber sprouting on the 14th day in the SE group (0.45±0.19) was more obvious than that in the control group (0.10±0.11) (P0.05). On the 28th day
mossy fiber sprouting in the SE group (3.60±0.16) was more obvious than that of the r-HuEPO+SE group (0.55±0.10) and control group (0.30±0.11) (P0.01)
but the difference between the control group and the r-HuEPO+SE group was not significant (P0.05). Conclusion r-HuEPO can reduce neuronal degeneration
cell proliferation and mossy fiber sprouting in dentate gyrus of epileptic rats.