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BACKGROUND: Notch1 signaling inhibiton with N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-1-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butylester] (DAPT) treatment could promote brain recovery and the intervention effect is different between striatum (STR) and cortex (CTX), which might be accounted for different changes of glial activities, but the in-depth mechanism is still unknown. The purpose of this study was to identify whether DAPT could modulate microglial subtype shifts and astroglial-endfeet aquaporin-4 (AQP4) mediated waste solute drainage. METHODS: Sprague-Dawley rats (n=10) were subjected to 90min of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and were treated with DAPT (n=5) or act as control with no treatment (n=5). Two groups of rats underwent MRI scans at 24h and 4 week, and sacrificed at 4 week after stroke for immunofluorescence (IF). RESULTS: Compared with control rats, MRI data showed structural recovery in ipsilateral STR but not CTX. And IF showed decreased pro-inflammatory M1 microglia and increased anti-inflammatory M2 microglia in striatal lesion core and peri-lesions of STR, CTX. Meanwhile, IF showed decreased AQP4 polarity in ischemic brain tissue, however, AQP4 polarity in striatal peri-lesions of DAPT treated rats was higher than that in control rats but shows no difference in cortical peri-lesions between control and treated rats. CONCLUSIONS: The present study indicated that DAPT could promote protective microglia subtype shift and striatal astrocyte mediated waste solute drainage, that the later might be the major contributor of waste solute metabolism and one of the accounts for discrepant recovery of STR and CTX.
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Aquaporina 4 , Astrócitos , Dipeptídeos , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média , Microglia , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Receptor Notch1 , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica , Transdução de Sinais , Animais , Aquaporina 4/metabolismo , Receptor Notch1/metabolismo , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/metabolismo , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/patologia , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/tratamento farmacológico , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Astrócitos/metabolismo , Astrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Astrócitos/patologia , Microglia/metabolismo , Microglia/efeitos dos fármacos , Microglia/patologia , Dipeptídeos/farmacologia , Córtex Cerebral/efeitos dos fármacos , Córtex Cerebral/metabolismo , Córtex Cerebral/diagnóstico por imagem , Córtex Cerebral/patologia , Corpo Estriado/metabolismo , Corpo Estriado/efeitos dos fármacos , Corpo Estriado/patologia , Fatores de Tempo , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/farmacologia , AVC Isquêmico/metabolismo , AVC Isquêmico/tratamento farmacológico , AVC Isquêmico/fisiopatologia , AVC Isquêmico/patologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Inferior intercavernous sinus (iICS) is a venous channel below the pituitary gland. Inferior intercavernous sinus injury is predisposed to cause venous bleeding during dura incision in transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas. Therefore, this study aimed to perform a radiological assessment of iICS before transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary microadenoma. METHODS: A retrospective evaluation was performed on 156 patients who underwent magnetic resonance imaging examinations in our hospital before endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary microadenoma. Both sagittal reformatted and coronal contrast-enhanced (CE) sampling perfection with application optimized contrast using different flip angle evolutions (SPACE) images were interpreted for the presence, shape, and size of the iICS. RESULTS: In CE SPACE, the iICS was identified in 72 patients (46.15%) with pituitary microadenoma. The iICS was appeared as a filiform-shaped hyperintense structure below the pituitary gland on coronal CE SPACE planes and a crescent-shaped hyperintense structure on sagittal CE SPACE planes. The mean ± SD width, depth, and height of iICS were 11.15 ± 3.47 mm, 5.29 ± 1.24 mm, and 1.41 ± 0.19 mm, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Contrast-enhanced SPACE may serve as a promising technique in evaluating iICS and individualized preoperative planning before transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary microadenoma.
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Adenoma , Neoplasias Hipofisárias , Humanos , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/cirurgia , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/patologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Adenoma/diagnóstico por imagem , Adenoma/cirurgia , Adenoma/patologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Pathomechanism of secondary degeneration in remote regions after ischemic stroke has not been totally clarified. Contrast-enhanced MRI with injecting Gd-DTPA in cisterna magna (CM) is regarded as an efficient method to measure glymphatic system function in brain. Our research aimed at evaluating glymphatic system changes in secondary degeneration areas by contrast-enhanced MRI. METHODS: Ischemic stroke was induced by left middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model. A total of 12 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: control group with sham operations (n=4), the group of acute phase (1 day after MCAO) (n=4), and the group of subacute phase (7 days after MCAO) (n=4). Contrast-enhanced MRI was performed in 1days or 7days after operations respectively. All rats received an intrathecal injection of Gd-DTPA (2µl/min, totally 20µl) and high-resolution 3D T1-weighted MRI for 6 h. The time course of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in substantia Nigra (SN) and ventral thalamic nucleus (VTN) was evaluated between two hemispheres in all rats. RESULTS: In control group without ischemia, time-to-peak of SNR in SN was earlier than that in VTN. There were no differences of SNR between two hemispheres after intrathecal Gd-DTPA administration. In the group of acute phase, MRI revealed similar time course and time-to-peak of SNR between ipsilateral and contralateral VTN, while a tendency of higher SNR in ipsilateral SN than contralateral SN at 4h, 5h, 6h after Gd-DTPA injection. And time-to-peak of SNR was similar in bilateral SN. In the group of subacute phase, time-to-peak of SNR was similar in bilateral VTN, while longer in ipsilateral SN compared with contralateral side. In addition, SNR in T1WI in ipsilateral was significantly higher than SNR in contralateral SN and VTN at 5h (VTN, P= 0.003; SN, P=0.004) and 6h (VTN, P=0.015; SN, P=0.006) after Gd-DTPA injection. CONCLUSION: Glymphatic system was impaired in ipsilateral SN and VTN after ischemic stroke, which may contribute to neural degeneration.
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Meios de Contraste/administração & dosagem , Gadolínio DTPA/administração & dosagem , Sistema Glinfático/diagnóstico por imagem , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/diagnóstico por imagem , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Degeneração Neural , Substância Negra/diagnóstico por imagem , Núcleos Ventrais do Tálamo/diagnóstico por imagem , Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Sistema Glinfático/patologia , Sistema Glinfático/fisiopatologia , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/patologia , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Razão Sinal-Ruído , Substância Negra/patologia , Substância Negra/fisiopatologia , Fatores de Tempo , Núcleos Ventrais do Tálamo/patologia , Núcleos Ventrais do Tálamo/fisiopatologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The purpose of our study is to explore the relationship between recovery of neural function and transformation of the internal capsule (IC) after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) by using diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI). METHODS: Six male adult Sprague-Dawley rats implemented with transient MCAO were used in this study. Sensorimotor function was assessed according to repetitive behavioral testing on day 1, 3, 7, 14, and 28 after cerebral ischemia. Metrics of DKI were acquired, and the time course of the region-to-normal ratio was evaluated in IC. RESULTS: After cerebral ischemia, relative fractional anisotropy in IC decreased on day 3 (P < .01). Relative mean diffusivity (rMD) increased on day 28 (P < .05). Relative mean diffusional kurtosis (rMK) increased on day 3 (P < .01) and decreased on day 7 (P < .05). Relative axial diffusional kurtosis (rKa) increased on day 3 (P < .01) and declined on day 7 (P < .05). Relative radial diffusional kurtosis (rKr) was reduced on day 7 (P < .05). Changes in rMK were larger than changes in rMD on day 3 (P < .05). The factor of rKa and rKr revealed marked difference on day 7 (P < .05) and day 14 (P < .05). Neurological function score showed that rats exhibited functional recovery from day 7 (P < .01) post stroke. CONCLUSIONS: This longitudinal multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging study suggested that K metrics offers information complimentary to conventional diffusion metrics and revealed the procedure during the structural modification in the ipsilateral IC following focal cerebral ischemia. After transient MCAO, the neural transformation occurred in a time-dependent procedure.
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Imagem de Difusão por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Lateralidade Funcional/fisiologia , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/diagnóstico por imagem , Cápsula Interna/diagnóstico por imagem , Análise de Variância , Animais , Anisotropia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/complicações , Masculino , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/etiologia , Distribuição Normal , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The early dysfunction and subsequent recovery after stroke, characterized by the destruction and remodeling of connective pathways between cortex and subcortical regions, is associated with neuroinflammation. As major components of the inflammatory process, reactive astrocytes have double-edged effects on pathological progression. The temporal patterns of astrocyte and neuronal pathway activity can be revealed by systemic and stereotactic manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI), respectively. In the present study, we aimed to detect an association between astrocyte activity and recovery of neuronal connective pathways by combining systemic with stereotactic MEMRI. METHODS: Fifty adult rats, divided into two groups, underwent a 60-min occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. The groups were given either a systemic administration or stereotactic injection of MnCl2 at 1, 3, 7, and 14 days after stroke and underwent MRI 4 and 2 days later, respectively. Immunofluorescence (IF) of group 1 was conducted to corroborate the results. Repetitive behavioral testing was also performed with all rats at 1, 3, 7, and 14 days to obtain a functional score. RESULTS: Ring- or crescent-shaped enhancements formed in the striatal peri-infarct regions (STR) at 11 and 18 days. This was concurrent with the activity of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-positive astrocytes, which mainly localized at the peri-infarct region and significantly increased in number at 11 and 18 days after stroke. Microglia/macrophages, detected by IF, mainly localized in the lesion core, rather than in the region of enhancement. The ipsilateral substantia nigra (SN) revealed Mn-related signal enhancement reduction and subsequent signs of the recovery process at 3 to 5 days and 9 to 16 days, respectively. Behavioral testing showed that sensorimotor functions were initially disturbed, but subsequently recovered at 7 and 14 days. CONCLUSIONS: We found a positive temporal correlation between astrogliosis and the recovery of neuronal connective pathways at the chronic stage by using the in vivo method of MEMRI. Our results highlighted the potential contribution of astrocytes to the neuronal recovery of these connective pathways.
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Cloretos/farmacologia , Gliose , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/complicações , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Compostos de Manganês/farmacologia , Manganês/farmacocinética , Análise de Variância , Animais , Antígeno CD11b/metabolismo , Cloretos/uso terapêutico , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Proteína Glial Fibrilar Ácida/metabolismo , Gliose/diagnóstico por imagem , Gliose/tratamento farmacológico , Gliose/etiologia , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/diagnóstico por imagem , Masculino , Compostos de Manganês/uso terapêutico , Atividade Motora/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosfopiruvato Hidratase/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Reperfusão , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Inhibition of Notch1 signaling has been shown to promote astrocyte-derived neurogenesis after stroke. To investigate the regulatory role of Notch1 signaling in this process, in this study, we used a rat model of stroke based on middle cerebral artery occlusion and assessed the behavior of reactive astrocytes post-stroke. We used the γ-secretase inhibitor N-[N-(3,5-diuorophenacetyl)-1-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butylester (DAPT) to block Notch1 signaling at 1, 4, and 7 days after injury. Our results showed that only administration of DAPT at 4 days after stroke promoted astrocyte-derived neurogenesis, as manifested by recovery of white matter fiber bundle integrity on magnetic resonance imaging, which is consistent with recovery of neurologic function. These findings suggest that inhibition of Notch1 signaling at the subacute stage post-stroke mediates neural repair by promoting astrocyte-derived neurogenesis.
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Background and objectives: The glymphatic system is a recently discovered cerebrospinal fluid transport system and little is known about its dynamic changes after stroke. This study aimed to dynamically observe the structural and functional changes of the impaired glymphatic system in the thalamus after ischemic stroke by pathology and MRI. Materials and methods: Ischemic stroke was induced by the middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model. A total of 20 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned into four groups: sham, MCAO 1 week, MCAO 2 week, and MCAO 2 month. All rats successively underwent neurological examination, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI), and immunofluorescence staining. Immunofluorescence staining of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), aquaporin-4 (AQP4), ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1 (Iba1), and beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) were done in thalamus ventroposterior nucleus. Results: The astrocyte and microglial activation and the APP deposition in the MCAO 2 week group were the highest (P < 0.05 for all). The AQP4 polarization rates of the MCAO 2 week and 2 month groups were the lowest (P < 0.05 for all). Although there was no correlation between histological changes and MRI metrics in all four groups (P > 0.05 for all), the tendency of the APP deposition was nearly consistent with the one of the contrast agent retention in DCE-MRI. Conclusion: The glymphatic system in the thalamus was severely impaired at 2nd week after MCAO, and may be revealed by DCE-MRI. This study may provide a relevant theoretical basis for making a thorough inquiry of the mechanism of brain injury after stroke and clinical treatment of ischemic stroke and help readers appreciate the importance of DCE-MRI.
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Background: Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of human death and disability. Brain edema and peri-infarct astrocyte reactivity are crucial pathological changes, both involving aquaporin-4 (AQP4). Studies revealed that acute inhibition of AQP4 after stroke diminishes brain edema, however, its effect on peri-infarct astrocyte reactivity and the subacute outcome is unclear. And if diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) could reflect the AQP4 expression patterns is uncertain. Methods: Rats were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and allocated randomly to TGN 020-treated and control groups. One day after stroke, brain swelling and lesion volumes of the rats were checked using T2-weighted imaging (T2-WI). Fourteen days after stroke, the rats successively underwent neurological examination, T2-WI and DWI with standard b-values and ultra-high b-values, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was calculated correspondingly. Finally, the rats' brains were acquired and used for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and AQP4 immunoreactive analysis. Results: At 1 day after stroke, the TGN-020-treated animals exhibited reduced brain swelling and lesion volumes compared with those in the control group. At 14 days after stroke, the TGN-020-treated animals showed fewer neurological function deficits and smaller lesion volumes. In the peri-infarct region, the control group showed evident astrogliosis and AQP4 depolarization, which were reduced significantly in the TGN-020 group. In addition, the ultra-high b-values of ADC (ADCuh) in the peri-infarct region of the TGN-020 group was higher than that of the control group. Furthermore, correlation analysis revealed that peri-infarct AQP4 polarization correlated negatively with astrogliosis extent, and ADCuh correlated positively with AQP4 polarization. Conclusion: We found that acutely inhibiting AQP4 using TGN-020 promoted neurological recovery by diminishing brain edema at the early stage and attenuating peri-infarct astrogliosis and AQP4 depolarization at the subacute stage after stroke. Moreover, ADCuh could reflect the AQP4 polarization.
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Edema Encefálico , Gliose , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média , Animais , Aquaporina 4/biossíntese , Edema Encefálico/diagnóstico por imagem , Edema Encefálico/metabolismo , Edema Encefálico/patologia , Edema Encefálico/prevenção & controle , Isquemia Encefálica/diagnóstico por imagem , Isquemia Encefálica/tratamento farmacológico , Isquemia Encefálica/metabolismo , Isquemia Encefálica/patologia , Gliose/diagnóstico por imagem , Gliose/metabolismo , Gliose/patologia , Gliose/prevenção & controle , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/diagnóstico por imagem , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/tratamento farmacológico , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/metabolismo , Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média/patologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Niacinamida/análogos & derivados , Niacinamida/uso terapêutico , Ratos , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/diagnóstico por imagem , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/tratamento farmacológico , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/metabolismo , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/patologia , Tiadiazóis/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Multimodal CT, including CT angiography (CTA) and CT perfusion (CTP), was increasingly used in stroke triage. This study was to determine the relationship between a new integrated parameter-both collateral circulation and relative permeability surface (PS)-and the hemorrhagic transformation (HT) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed consecutive AIS patients with MCAO who underwent baseline CTA/CTP within 4 h of symptom onset and follow-up susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) within 3 weeks. Collateral circulation was assessed on the baseline CTA. Baseline CTP data were postprocessed to generate PS parameter. The patients with poor collateral circulation and at the same time with high relative PS were classified as the group of both poor collateral circulation and high relative PS. HT was defined according to European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study II criteria on follow-up SWI imaging. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed using HT as an outcome variable. RESULTS: The group of patients with both poor collateral circulation and high relative PS was thirteen and thirty-three (52%) developed HT of the final cohort sixty-three AIS patients with MCAO. Multivariate logistic analysis revealed the new integrated parameter-both collateral circulation and relative PS (odds ratio, 16.59; 95% confidence interval, 13.09-19.10; P < 0.001) was independent predictor of HT. The area under the curve was 0.85 (95% confidence interval, 0.81-0.89). The sensitivity was 57%, specificity 97% and positive predictive value 92%, negative predictive value 58%. CONCLUSIONS: For AIS patients with MCAO, these with poor collateral circulation on CTA and at the same time with high relative PS on CTP were at high risk for HT.
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Microwave absorbing materials have attracted much attention in solving electromagnetic interference and pollution problems. Hierarchical cobalt selenides have been obtained through a facile selenization annealing process. The as-prepared samples exhibit distinct reflection losses (RL) and frequency responses via tailoring their crystalline configurations, with excellent absorption in Ku, X, or C band. All of the samples show RL greater than or near -50 dB with effective bandwidths more than 4 GHz, indicating that they may serve as high-efficient and frequency-tunable microwave absorbers. Especially, the sample annealed at 400 °C shows a competitive RL of -62.04 dB at 9.92 GHz with a thickness of 2.25 mm; meanwhile, its effective absorption bandwidth reaches 5.36 GHz with a thickness as small as 1.56 mm. The cobalt selenides as microwave absorbers exhibit a promising prospect applied in complex electromagnetic environments.
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Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) vascular hyperintensity (FVH) is used to assess leptomeningeal collateral circulation, but clinical outcomes of patients with FVH can be very different. The aim of the present study was to assess a FVH score and explore its relationship with clinical outcomes. Patients with acute ischemic stroke due to middle cerebral artery M1 occlusion underwent magnetic resonance imaging and were followed up at 10 days (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) and 90 days (modified Rankin Scale) to determine short-term clinical outcomes. Effective collateral circulation indirectly improved recovery of neurological function and short-term clinical outcome by extending the size of the pial penumbra and reducing infarct lesions. FVH score showed no correlation with 90-day functional clinical outcome and was not sufficient as an independent predictor of short-term clinical outcome.
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Purpose: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is known as a treatable form of dementia. Network analysis is emerging as a useful method to study neurological disorder diseases. No study has examined changes of structural brain networks of iNPH patients. We aimed to investigate alterations in the gray matter (GM) structural network of iNPH patients compared with normal elderly volunteers. Materials and Methods: Structural networks were reconstructed using covariance between regional GM volumes extracted from three-dimensional T1-weighted images of 29 possible iNPH patients and 30 demographically similar normal-control (NC) participants and compared with each other. Results: Global network modularity was significantly larger in the iNPH network (P < 0.05). Global network measures were not significantly different between the two networks (P > 0.05). Regional network analysis demonstrated eight nodes with significantly decreased betweenness located in the bilateral frontal, right temporal, right insula and right posterior cingulate regions, whereas only the left anterior cingulate was detected with significantly larger betweenness. The hubs of the iNPH network were mostly located in temporal areas and the limbic lobe, those of the NC network were mainly located in frontal areas. Conclusions: Network analysis was a promising method to study iNPH. Increased network modularity of the iNPH group was detected here, and modularity analysis should be paid much attention to explore the biomarker to select shunting-responsive patients.
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Background and Purpose: It is still not clear whether Notch1 signaling inhibition can promote functional outcomes after stroke, given that it plays time-dependent roles in the sequential process of endogenous neurogenesis. The purpose of this study was to identify the appropriate time frame for Notch1 signaling inhibition according to the temporal evolution of Notch1 signaling activation and the responses of neural stem cells (NSCs), in order to target it for therapeutic intervention and stimulate neurorestorative strategies after stroke. Methods: Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were subjected to 90-min of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Rats were sacrificed before, and at day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, and day 7 after ischemia for immunohistochemical analysis of the Notch intracellular domain (NICD), Nestin and doublecortin (Dcx). Next, MCAO rats were treated with the γ-secretase inhibitor N-[N-(3,5-di uorophenacetyl)-1-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butylester (DAPT) or with saline at day 4 after ischemia, and subsequently evaluated with behavioral test analysis and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The rat brains were then harvested for immunohistochemical analysis of Dcx, NeuN and myelin basic protein (MBP) at 2, 3, 4, and 8 weeks. Results: Notch1 signaling was maximally activated at day 3 after ischemia in parallel with the temporal evolution of NSCs. Inhibiting Notch1 signaling at day 4 after reperfusion with DAPT further promoted recovery of MRI parameters of the corticospinal tract (CST) and the functional outcomes, concomitantly with an increase in neuroblasts, their migration to the ischemic boundary, and potential differentiation to mature neurons, as well as the amelioration of axonal bundle integrity. Conclusion: Inhibition of Notch1 signaling at the subacute stage of stroke could maximally promote endogenous neurogenesis and axonal reorganization.
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OBJECTIVE: The Notch signaling pathway is involved in angiogenesis induced by brain ischemia and can be efficiently inhibited by the γ-secretase inhibitor N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-1-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester (DAPT). The aim of the present study was to noninvasively investigate the effect of DAPT treatment on angiogenesis in brain repair after stroke using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS: Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 40) were subjected to 90 minutes of transient middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion and treated with PBS (n = 20) or DAPT (n = 20) at 72 hours after the onset of ischemia. MRI measurements including T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), and cerebral blood flow (CBF) were performed at 24 hours after reperfusion and weekly up to 4 weeks using a 3-Tesla system. Histological measurements were obtained at each time point after MRI scans. RESULTS: SWI showed that DAPT treatment significantly enhanced angiogenesis in the ischemic boundary zone (IBZ) with respect to the control group, with local CBF in the angiogenic area elevated, along with increases in vascular density confirmed by histology. CONCLUSION: Treatment of ischemic stroke with DAPT significantly augments angiogenesis, which promotes poststroke brain remodeling by elevating CBF level, and these processes can be dynamically monitored and evaluated by MRI.
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Isquemia Encefálica/diagnóstico por imagem , Isquemia Encefálica/tratamento farmacológico , Circulação Cerebrovascular/fisiologia , Dipeptídeos/farmacologia , Neovascularização Fisiológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Receptores Notch/antagonistas & inibidores , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Notch homolog 1 (Notch 1) signaling is regarded as a potential therapeutic target for modulating the inflammatory response and exhibiting neuroprotective effects in cerebral injury following stroke. N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-1-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine tbutylester (DAPT) efficiently inhibits activation of the Notch 1 signaling pathway in microglia and may protect brain tissue from ischemic damage. However, the temporal proliferation and morphological alterations of microglia/macrophages throughout progression of the disease, as well as the comprehensive alterations of the whole brain following DAPT treatment, remain to be elucidated. The present study evaluated the temporal proliferation and the morphological alterations of microglia/macrophages over the period of the subacute and chronic stages, in addition to dynamic alterations of brain tissue, using the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method, following DAPT treatment. SpragueDawley rats (n=40) were subjected to 90 min of middle cerebral artery occlusion and were treated with DAPT (n=20) or acted as controls with no treatment (n=20). The two groups of rats underwent MRI scans prior to the induction of stroke symptoms and at 24 h, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days following the stroke. A total of five rats from each group were sacrificed at 7, 14, 21 and 28 days following induction of stroke. Compared with control rats, the MRI data of the ipsilateral striatum in treated rats revealed ameliorated brain edema at the subacute stage and recovered brain tissue at the chronic stage. In addition to this, treatment attenuated the roundshape and promoted a ramifiedshape of microglia/macrophages. The present study confirmed the protective effect of DAPT treatment by dynamically monitoring the cerebral alterations and indicated the possibility of DAPT treatment to alter microglial characteristics to induce a protective effect, via inhibition of the Notch signaling pathway.