title: Effect of mild hypothermia on angiogenesis in rats with focal cerebral ischemia.
abstract: In the present study, we investigated the effect of mild hypothermia on infarct volume, angiogenesis and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) level after stroke. After permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion, mild hypothermia was induced immediately and maintained for 24h. 2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining, laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) and ELISA were performed to assay infarct volume, angiogenesis and BDNF level in the ischemic boundary zone (IBZ), respectively. Compared with normothermic group, mild hypothermia reduced total infarct volume and increased endogenous BDNF level. And the microvessel diameter, the number of vascular branch points and the vessel surface area were significantly increased in the mild hypothermia group. These findings suggest that mild hypothermia enhances angiogenesis in ischemic brain, which might be enhanced in part via BDNF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Institution of Neuropsychiatry Research, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Jiefang Road 238, Wuhan 430060, Hubei, PR China.
authors.forename: Yan-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Cheng-Yan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: De-Yun
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000473:pathology; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts