A focal embolic model of cerebral ischemia in rats: introduction and evaluation

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作者
Wang, CX [1 ]
Yang, Y [1 ]
Yang, T [1 ]
Shuaib, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alberta Hosp, Div Neurol, Dept Med, Neurol Lab, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B2, Canada
来源
BRAIN RESEARCH PROTOCOLS | 2001年 / 7卷 / 02期
关键词
embolism; injury; ischemic; infarction; rat; stroke;
D O I
10.1016/S1385-299X(01)00049-6
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Cerebral thromboembolism is the most common type of acute stroke in the clinical setting. In the present study, we have described a focal embolic model of cerebral ischemia in rat. Cerebral ischemic injury in two different sizes was induced by injection of two different volumes of pre-formed clots into the middle cerebral artery (MCA). Neurological deficits were assessed at 1 and 24 h, respectively, after the MCA embolization. The brain infarction was evaluated with 2,3.5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining at 72 h following embolic stroke. The incidence of gross hemorrhage was also identified on the TTC-stained brain sections. This study consisted of two groups. In the first group 10 mul of pre-formed clot was injected into MCA (n=10), and in the second group 5 mul of clot was injected (n=10), Embolizing a pre-formed clot resulted in an infarction in the territory irrigated by the MCA. Embolization with the different volume of clots resulted in different sizes of brain infarction, 32.1 +/-2.9% (mean +/-S.E.) in the 10-mul group versus 23 +/-4.5% (mean +/-S.E.) in the 5-mul group (P <0.05). The infarction size as well as neurological deficits correlated well with the volume of the clot injected. These results thus show that with the procedure described here a reliable and reproducible ischemic injury is produced in the brain. The model is relevant to thromboembolic ischemia in patients, and may offer a useful tool to investigate mechanisms underlying ischemic brain injury. It may also be used to test thrombolytic agents in ischemic brain injury. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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