目的: 探讨益气活血方和补肾生髓方对脑缺血再灌注大鼠缺血半暗带Notch-1和Jagged1蛋白表达的影响。方法: 线栓法制作局灶性脑缺血再灌注大鼠模型。随机分为假手术组、模型组、益气活血方防治组和补肾生髓方防治组。脑缺血2h,分别再灌注1周、2周、3周,采用免疫组化SABC法检测Notch-1和Jagged1蛋白表达的阳性总面积和平均吸光度。结果: 在缺血侧额顶叶皮质缺血半暗带,再灌注各时点,模型组Notch-1和Jagged1蛋白表达的阳性总面积和平均吸光度显著高于假手术组(P〈0.05或P〈0.01),2种中药复方组再灌注各时点Notch-1和Jagged1蛋白表达的阳性总面积和(或)平均吸光度显著低于模型组(P〈0.05或P〈0.01)。结论: 2种复方能通过降低缺血半暗带Notch-1、Jagged1蛋白表达,抑制Notch信号转导通路。
AIM: To investigate the effects of Yiqi Huoxue prescription and Bushen Shengsui prescription on the expression of Notch-1 and Jagged1 protein in ischemic penumbra after local cerebral ischemia/reperfusion in intraluminal thread occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCAO) rats. METHODS: The local cerebral ischemia/reperfusion model was established by intraluminal thread occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. The animals were randomly divided into pseudo surgery group (sham group), model (MCAO) group, Yiqi Huoxue prescription (MCAO+Yiqi Huoxue) and Bushen Shengsui prescription (MCAO+Bushen Shengsui) groups. Using the techniques of immuno-histochemical staining, the expression of Notch-1 and Jagged1 was observed at 1, 2 and 3 weeks in ischemic penumbra of the cortex of frontal and parietal lobe. RESULTS: A value and positive unit of Notch-1 and Jagged1 protein expression in model group were higher than those in sham in ischemic penumbra of the cortex of frontal or parietal lobe after local cerebral ischemia/reperfusion in MCAO rats (P〈0.05 or P〈0.01). A value and/or positive unit of the expression in Yiqi Huoxue prescription and Bushen Shengsui prescription groups were lower than those in model group (P〈0.05 or P〈0.01). CONCLUSION: Yiqi Huoxue prescription and Bushen Shengsui prescription affect the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells, depress Notch signal transduction after local cerebral ischemia/reperfusion in MCAO rats by inhibiting the expression of Notch-1and Jagged1 protein.