Citicoline pretreatment protects rats against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury
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Citicoline pretreatment protects rats against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury
Journal of Army Medical UniversityVol. 33, Issue 24, Pages: 2587-2591(2011)
作者机构:
重庆医科大学附属第一医院麻醉科
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DOI:
CLC:R364.12;R965;R654.1
Published:2011,
Published Online:30 December 2011,
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ZENG XIAOHUA, LIU DANYAN, AN MIN. Citicoline pretreatment protects rats against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury. [J]. Journal of army medical university, 2011, 33(24): 2587-2591.
DOI:
ZENG XIAOHUA, LIU DANYAN, AN MIN. Citicoline pretreatment protects rats against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury. [J]. Journal of army medical university, 2011, 33(24): 2587-2591.DOI:
Citicoline pretreatment protects rats against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury
Objective To determine the effects of citicoline pretreatment on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury in rats. Methods Seventy-two male SD rats weighing 210 to 250 g were randomly divided into 3 groups (
n
=24): sham operation group
ischemia-reperfusion injury group (group IR) and citicoline pretreatment group
(group citi). Every group was divided into 4 subgroups according to the time after reperfusion for 12
24
48 and 72 h respectively (
n
=6). After modified Zivin methods was used to establish model
Tarlov with modification was used for neurological function scores at the above mentioned time points
HE staining was employed for L
2-5
spinal cord pathological changes
TUNEL method for calculation apoptosis cells
and immunohistochemical assay for Bcl-2
Bax
caspase-9 expression. The ratio of Bcl-2 to Bax (Bcl-2/Bax) was calculated. Results Compared to Sham group
group IR and group citi showed significantly lower neurological function scores
obvious pathological injury
increased apoptotic nerve cells
enhanced expression of caspase-9
Bax and Bcl-2
and significantly lower Bcl-2/Bax ratio(
P
<
0.01). However
citi pretreatment resulted in better outcomes in above items compared to group IR(
P
<
0.01). Conclusion Citicoline pretreatment attenuates spinal cord IR injury
improves neurological function through up-regulating Bcl-2
The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University
Department of Anesthesiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University
Department of Geriatrics, First Affiliated Hospital, 2Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University)
Department of Emergency Medicine, No. 953 Hospital of PLA Army, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region
Department of Pharmacognosy and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Laboratory, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University)