目的:探讨红景天苷对大鼠局灶性脑缺血-再灌注损伤的保护作用机制与磷脂酰肌醇-3激酶/丝氨酸-苏氨酸蛋白激酶( PI3-K/AKT)信号通路的相关性。方法将48只SD雄性大鼠按随机数字表法分为四组:假手术组、模型组及红景天苷低、高剂量组。采用线栓法制备右侧大脑中动脉闭塞模型,缺血2 h再灌注24 h后进行神经功能缺损评分及相关指标检测。氯化三苯基四氮唑( TTC)染色检测脑梗死面积,苏木素-伊红( HE)染色观察脑组织病理学改变,原位末端标记技术( TUNEL)法检测细胞凋亡数,免疫组化法检测PI3-K、p-AKT表达。结果与模型组比较,红景天苷高、低剂量组神经功能缺损程度明显减轻,脑梗死体积及凋亡阳性细胞数均明显减少,PI3-K、p-AKT阳性细胞表达明显增加,差异均有统计学意义( P <0.05);与红景天苷低剂量组相比较,红景天苷高剂量组神经功能缺损程度减轻,脑梗死体积及凋亡阳性细胞数均减少,PI3-K、p-AKT阳性细胞表达增加,差异均有统计学意义( P <0.05)。结论红景天苷通过激活PI3-K/AKT信号通路,从而抑制神经细胞凋亡可能是其对脑缺血-再灌注损伤的保护作用机制之一。
Objective To explore the mechanism of protective effect of Rhodioloside in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rats and its relevance to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases ( PI3-K)/protein serine-threonine kinases ( AKT) signaling pathway .Methods Forty eight Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: sham-operation group , ischemia-reperfusion group , and Rhodiolo-side treatment groups (5 and 10 mg/kg).The model of right middle cerebral artery occlusion was established with thread ligation meth -od.The score of the neurological deficit was estimated 2 h followed by 24 h reperfusion.Histopathological changes were observed by hematoxylin-eosin(HE) staining.The infarct volume was measured with triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining.Apoptotic cells were assessed with terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) method.The expressions of PI3-K and p-AKT were evaluated with immunohistochemistry .Results The score of the neurological deficit was decreased more ob-viously, the number of apoptotic were decreased more significantly , the expressions of PI3-K and p-AKT were increased more signifi-cantly in the Rhodioloside treatment groups (5 and 10 mg/kg) than in the ischemia-reperfusion group ( P 〈0.05).The score of the neurological deficit was decreased , the number of apoptotic was decreased , and the expressions of PI 3-K and p-AKT were increased in the Rhodioloside treatment group (10 mg/kg) than the Rhodioloside treatment group (5 mg/kg) ( P 〈0.05).Conclusions The protective mechanism of Rhodioloside therapy against cerebral ischemia r-eperfusion injury might be associated with activating the PI 3-K/AKT signaling pathway and then inhibiting neuronal apoptosis .