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OBJECTIVE: To study the expressions of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and nervous growth factor(NGF) genes in rat cerebral concussion. METHODS: Eighty Wistar male rats were used for animal model of cerebral concussion, which were sacrificed on 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days after injury and the brain tissue was taken out. The expressions of bFGF and NGF genes were studied in the course of cerebral concussion by means of immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. RESULTS: Rats in 100 g group were seen the clinical manifestation for typical cerebral concussion. The protein and mRNA of bFGF were increased on day 1, obtained at peak on day 3-7, decreased on day 14 and also increased on day 30 compared with controls. The positive area was seen in the plasma of neurons in cerebral cortex, hippocampus, thalamus and cerebellum. NGF protein and mRNA showed strong positive and increased in the plasma of neurons in cerebral cortex, hippocampus, thalamus and cerebellum on day 1, and they were continuously positive but gradually decreased within 30 days after injury. CONCLUSION: The expression of bFGF gene participates in the course of cerebral concussion, might play an important role in the nervous cells degeneration and necrosis; NGF gene expression participates in the whole course of cerebral concussion, especially in the early phase.
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Concussão Encefálica/metabolismo , Fator 2 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Fatores de Crescimento Neural/metabolismo , Animais , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Concussão Encefálica/genética , Feminino , Fator 2 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/genética , Expressão Gênica , Hibridização In Situ , Masculino , Fatores de Crescimento Neural/genética , Ratos , Ratos WistarRESUMO
AIM: To explore the expression and significance of enkephalin and dopamine in rat cerebral concussion tissue. METHODS: 80 Wistar male rats were used to make animal model of cerebral concussion, which were sacrificed on 1,3,7,14 and 30 days after postconcussion and the brain tissues were taken out. The expression patterns of enkephalin and dopamine were studied in the course of cerebral concussion by immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS: The clinical manifestation with typical cerebral concussion character was seen in rat group with 100 g body weight. The mainly pathologic changes were cerebral vascular constriction and dilatation, congestion and edema of cerebral tissue, and neuronal degeneration and necrosis. Expression of enkephalin was increased on day 1 after injury and the enkephalin positive area was in the plasma of endothelial cells in cerebral cortex, hippocamp and cerebellum. The expression of enkephalin reached the peak on day 7 after injury, and the positive area was also seen in the plasma of neurons in cerebral cortex, hippocamp and cerebellum. From 14 days after injury, the expression of enkephalin decreased gradually, but until 30 days after injury it was still higher than that of controls. Expression of dopamine increased in 7 days after injury and the positive area was seen in the plasma of endothelial cells and in the vessel wall in cerebral cortex, hippocamp, thalamus and cerebellum, and had no notable changes at other time points. CONCLUSION: The mainly pathologic changes after cerebral concussion were blood circulatory disorder and denaturation and necrosis of parenchymal cells. Enkephalin and dopamine may participate in the pathophysiological course of cerebral injury after cerebral concussion, and play an important role in the blood vessel injury, regulation of blood-brain barrier and the denaturation and necrosis of nerve cells.