目的:研究无创性延迟肢体缺血预适应(noninvasive delayed limb ischemic preconditioning,NDLIP)对脑缺血再灌注大鼠内皮细胞分泌功能的影响并探讨其作用机制。方法:健康雄性Wistar大鼠随机分为假手术组(Sham)、脑缺血再灌损伤(ischemia-reperfusion injury, I/R)组、早期脑缺血预适应(early cerebral ischemic preconditioning,ECIP)组和NDLIP组,建立大鼠脑缺血再灌注模型,实施1 h缺血/24 h再灌注,ECIP组于缺血前左侧颈总动脉行3次5 min缺血/5 min再灌注,NDLIP组于缺血前3天每天左后肢实施3次5 min缺血/5 min再灌注。TTC染色法测定脑梗死面积,分别在缺血前及再灌注24 h后测定血清内皮素(endothelin, ET-1)、一氧化氮(nitric oxide, NO)的含量及组织纤溶酶原激活物(tissue plasminogen activator, t-PA)、纤溶酶原激活物抑制剂(plasminogen activator inhibitor, PAI-1)的活力。结果:缺血前,与I/R组比较,ECIP组和NDLIP组血清NO浓度升高(P〈0.05),ET-1/NO比值降低(P〈0.05),再灌注后,与I/R组比较,ECIP组和NDLIP组梗死范围显著减小,血清ET-1降低(P〈0.01),NO增加(P〈0.01),ET-1/NO比值降低(P〈0.05),t-PA活力升高(P〈0.01),PAI-1活力降低(P〈0.01)。结论:NDLIP可能是通过调整内皮细胞分泌收缩与舒张、促凝与抗凝物质的平衡,起到抵抗脑缺血再灌注损伤的作用,并且其保护程度与ECIP相当。
OBJECrlVE To investigate effects of noninvasive delayed limb ischemic preconditioning (NDLIP) on secretive functions of vascular endothelial cells in rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. METHODS Healthy male Wistar rats were divided randomly into operation group, cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) group, early cerebral ischemic preconditioning (ECIP) group and noninvasive delayed limb ischemic preconditioning (NDLIP) group. The model of cerebral I/R was estab- lished by 1 h of occlusion of middle cerebral artery followed by 24 h of reperfusion. Rats in ECIP group were subjected to 3 cy- cles of 5 rain of ischemia and reperfusion on common carotid artery before 1 h of ischemia and 24 h of reperfusion. Rats in NDLIP group were subjected to 3 cycles of 5 min of ischemia and reperfusion on left hind limb for 3 days to induce NDLIP. On the forth day, 1 h of ischemia and 24 h of reperfusion was performed. Cerebral infarction size was determined 24 h after I/R by TTC staining. Contents of nitric oxide (NO), endothelin (ET-1), tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and plasminogen activa- tor inhibitor (PAI-1) were measured before ischemia and 24 h after reperfusion, respectively. RESULITS Under normal condi- tions, NDLIP increased NO concentration in serum, slanted the balance between ET-I and NO toward NO. After I/R injury, infarction sizes of ECIP and NDLIP group decreased. NDLIP decreased the disturbance of endothelial function, increased NO in serum, decreased ET-1 concentration and maintained the balance between ET-1 and NO to approach normal. NDLIP increased t-PA activities and decreased PAI-1 activities. CONCLUSION NDLIP can protect brain from ischemia-reperfusion injury, which may contribute to its action on regulating the balance between vascular dilatation and contraction, procoagulant and anti- coagulant substances secreted by vascular endothelial cells. The protective effects of NDLIP were equivalent to those of ECIP.