摘要
Basementmembranedegradationandblood-brainbarrierdamageappearaftercerebralinfarction,severelyimpactingneuronalandbrainfunctioning;however,theunderlyingpathogeneticmechanismsremainpoorlyunderstood.Inthisstudy,weinducedcerebralinfarctioninstrokepronespontaneouslyhypertensiveratsbyintragastricadministrationofhigh-sodiumwater(1.3%NaCl)for7consecutiveweeks.Immunohistochemicalandimmunofluorescenceassaysdemonstratedthat,comparedwiththenon-infarctedcontralateralhemisphere,stroke-pronespontaneouslyhypertensiveratsonnormalsodiumintakeandWistar-Kyotorats,matrixmetalloproteinase-9expression,thenumberofbloodvesselswithdiscontinuouscollagenIVexpressionandmicrovesseldensityweresignificantlyhigher,andthenumberofcontinuouscollagenIV-positivebloodvesselswaslowerintheinfarctborderzonesofstroke-pronespontaneouslyhypertensiveratsgivenhigh-sodiumwater.Linearcorrelationanalysisshowedmatrixmetalloproteinase-9expressionwaspositivelycorrelatedwiththenumberofdiscontinuouslycollagenIV-labeledbloodvesselsandmicrovesseldensityincerebralinfarctsofstroke-pronespontaneouslyhypertensiverats.Theseresultssuggestthatmatrixmetalloproteinase-9upregulationisassociatedwithincreasedregionalangiogenesisanddegradationofcollagenIV,themajorcomponentofthebasallamina,instroke-pronespontaneouslyhypertensiveratswithhigh-sodiumwater-inducedfocalcerebralinfarction.
出版日期
2014年11月21日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
