Vascular integrin immunoreactivity is selectively lost on capillaries during rat focal cerebral ischemia and reperfusion

Autor: Martin Dichgans, Andreas Trinkl, Helge K. Martens, Gerhard F. Hamann, Jan Burk, Dorothe Burggraf
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Brain Research. 1189:189-197
ISSN: 0006-8993
Popis: The alpha1-integrin cell adhesion molecules, the principal endothelial receptors for basal lamina (BL) components disappear during transient ischemia. The current study investigated the localization of integrins, the time dependency and vessel size selectivity in the normal rat brain before and after 3 h of cerebral ischemia (I3) and reperfusion (R). Additionally we looked for a correlation to the amount of extravasation and hemorrhage. In the normal brain, there was a clear immunoreactivity for the alpha1, alpha6, and beta1 integrins on the endothelial perivascular cells. After I3 followed by variable reperfusion intervals of 0, 9, and 24 h (R0, R9 and R24; respectively), the number of vessels and staining intensity indicating immunoreactivity in the ischemic area were compared with the contralateral side. The number of the beta1-immunoreactive capillaries was steadily decreasing with the reperfusion time: -12+/-5%, -15+/-7% and -43+/-8% at I3R0, I3R9 and I3R24 (all p
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