目的:探讨电针促进局灶脑缺血/再灌注后缺血海马区血管再生的机制。方法180只雄性SD大鼠随机分为假手术组、模型组、电针组、CXCR4特异性拮抗剂AMD3100药物组、AMD3100+电针组。线栓法制备右侧局灶脑缺血/再灌注模型。取大鼠“百会”穴( GV 20)及左侧“四关”穴(合谷LI 4/太冲LR 3)为电针穴位,刺激时间为30 min/d。采用逆转录聚合酶链反应法( RT-PCR)检测各组缺血海马区SDF-1α、CXCR4 mRNA表达,免疫荧光双标法检测CD34+VEGFR2+EPCs源性血管的表达。结果与假手术组比较,模型组与电针组SDF-1α、CX-CR4 mRNA表达明显增高(P<0.05),其中电针组各时间点相对模型组增高更为显著(P<0.05)。 AMD3100+电针组缺血海马SDF-1α、CXCR4 mRNA表达在再灌注后1 d时明显高于电针组( P<0.05),但后逐渐下降,7 d时明显低于电针组( P<0.01)。与模型组比较,电针组再灌注3 d、7 d海马CD34+VEGFR2+EPCs源性血管表达明显增多( P<0.05)。与电针组比较,AMD3100+电针组再灌注后7 d CD34+VEGFR2+EPCs源性血管表达明显下降( P<0.01)。 CD34+VEGFR2+血管表达变化与SDF-1α的表达变化显著相关(R=0.784,P<0.01)。结论电针可通过上调局灶脑缺血/再灌注大鼠缺血海马区SDF-1α/CXCR4的表达,促进血管再生。
Objective To explore the effect of electroacupuncture on CD 34 +VEGFR2 +endothelial progenitor cell (EPC)-derived vessels and stromal cell-derived factor-1α(SDF-1α)/CXCR4, and study its mechanism of promoting an-giogenesis in hippocampus after focal cerebral ischemia /reperfusion .Methods A total of 180 healthy male adult Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into sham operation (sham) group, model (I/R) group, electroacupuncture (I/RE) group, I/RE plus AMD3100 (A specific antagonist of CXCR4) group (I/REA) and AMD3100 (I/RA) group. The rats received filament occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery for 2 hours followed by reperfusion .Electroacupunc-ture was applied to “Baihui” (GV20)/“Siguan” (Hegu LI 4/Taichong LR 3) acupoints for 30 min, once a day.The mR-NA expression of SDF-1αand CXCR4 were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction ( RT-PCR) .Double immunofluorescence was used to stain CD 34 +VEGFR2 +EPC-derived vessels.Results Compared with the sham group, the mRNA expressions of SDF-1αand CXCR4 were significantly upregulated in I/R and I/RE group ( P<0.05 ) , but that in I/RE group was more significantly increased than I/R group(P<0.05).In addition, the mRNA expression of SDF-1αand CXCR4 were highly increased on day 1 in the I/REA group than that of I/RE group, but decreased than that of I/RE group on day 7 after reperfusion (P<0.01).CD34 +VEGFR2 +EPCs-derived vessels were obviously increased on 3d and 7d in the I/RE group compared with that of the I/R group, and significantly decreased on 7d in the I/REA group compared with that of the I/RE group ( P<0.01) .Conclusions Electroacupuncture can effectively promote an-giogenesis through upregulating the expression of SDF-1αand CXCR4 in rat ischemic hippocampus after focal cerebral is-chemia/reperfusion.