title: [Changes in Bcl-2 and Caspase-3 expressions in cortex of hypoxic preconditioning mice].
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to explore the roles of Bcl-2 and Caspase-3 in mouse cortex in hypoxic preconditioning. Blb/c mice were randomly divided into three groups: control group, hypoxic group and hypoxic preconditioning group. Fluorescence intensity of Bcl-2 and Caspase-3 was observed and number of positive cells was counted in parietal cortex by immunofluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscope. Fluorescence intensity of Bcl-2 in the normal group, hypoxic group and hypoxic preconditioning group was 6.2±1.7, 68.5±13.1, 180.6±34.8, respectively, and number of Bcl-2-positive cells was 18.5±4.9, 52.3±10.5, 150.8±24.7, respectively. Fluorescence intensity of Caspase-3 in the control group, hypoxic group and hypoxic preconditioning group was 8.6±2.0, 40.2±8.2, 26.4±6.1, respectively, and number of Caspase-3-positive cells of was 4.3±1.2, 63.6±12.5, 45.7±9.8, respectively. The results showed that the expressions of Bcl-2 in both hypoxic group and hypoxic preconditioning group were significantly higher than that in the control group; and the expression of Bcl-2 in hypoxic preconditioning group was even higher than that in hypoxic group. The expressions of Caspase-3 in hypoxic group and hypoxic preconditioning group were also significantly higher than that in the control group; whereas the expression of Caspase-3 in hypoxic preconditioning group was significantly lower than that in hypoxic group. These results suggest that cortex cells are resistant to apoptosis via increased expression of Bcl-2 and lowered expression of Caspase-3 in the cortex and brain cells are thereby protected during hypoxic preconditioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical College, Tai'an 271000, China.
authors.forename: Yan-Bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guo-Wei
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ming-Feng
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jing-Zhong
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Bao-Liang
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D017209:Apoptosis; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D019194:Ischemic Preconditioning; D051379:Mice; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; C052617:Bcl2 protein, mouse; C505409:Casp3 protein, mouse; D053148:Caspase 3