title: Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression in the hippocampal CA1 region of hyperlipidemic rats with chronic cerebral ischemia.
abstract: Chronic cerebral ischemia is a pathological process in many cerebrovascular diseases and it is induced by long-term hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. After being fed a high-fat diet for 4 weeks, rats were subjected to permanent occlusion of bilateral common carotid arteries to establish rat models of chronic cerebral ischemia with hyperlipidemia. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression in rat hippocampal CA1 region was determined to better understand the mechanism underlying the effects of hyperlipidemia on chronic cerebral ischemia. Water maze test results showed that the cognitive function of rats with hyperlipidemia or chronic cerebral ischemia, particularly in rats with hyperlipidemia combined with chronic cerebral ischemia, gradually decreased between 1 and 4 months after occlusion of the bilateral common carotid arteries. This correlated with pathological changes in the hippocampal CA1 region as detected by hematoxylin-eosin staining. Immunohistochemical staining showed that intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression in the hippocampal CA1 region was noticeably increased in rats with hyperlipidemia or chronic cerebral ischemia, in particular in rats with hyperlipidemia combined with chronic cerebral ischemia. These findings suggest that hyperlipidemia aggravates chronic cerebral ischemia-induced neurological damage and cognitive impairment in the rat hippocampal CA1 region, which may be mediated, at least in part, by up-regulated expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1.
authors: Department of Neurology, The First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China.
authors: Yingying
authors: Y
authors: Cheng
authors: Department of Neurology, The First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China.
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Neurology, The First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China.
authors: Hongmei
authors: H
authors: Song
authors: Department of Neurology, The First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China.
authors: Jiachun
authors: J
authors: Feng
keywords: CA1; chronic cerebral ischemia; cognitive function; hippocampus; hyperlipidemia; intercellular adhesion molecule-1; neural regeneration; water maze test
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