Effect of irisin on hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in neonatal rats
XU Xuan-Pei1, HUANG Ling-Yi2, ZHAO Feng-Yan1, YING Jun-Jie1, LI Shi-Ping1, YUE Yan1, LI Wen-Xing1, QU Yi1, MU De-Zhi1
Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital/Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children(Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China
Abstract：Objective To study the effect and mechanism of action of irisin on hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in neonatal rats. Methods A total of 248 7-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a sham-operation group, a model group, and low-and high-dose irisin intervention groups (n=62 each). The rats in the model and irisin intervention groups were given hypoxic treatment after right common carotid artery ligation to establish a model of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage. Those in the sham-operation group were given the separation of the right common carotid artery without ligation or hypoxic treatment. The rats in the high-and low-dose irisin intervention groups were given intracerebroventricular injection of recombinant irisin polypeptide at a dose of 0.30 μg and 0.15 μg respectively. Those in the model and sham-operation groups were given the injection of an equal volume of PBS. The water maze test was used to compare neurological behaviors between groups. TTC staining, hematoxylin-eosin staining and TUNEL staining were used to observe histopathological changes of the brain. Western blot was used to measure the expression of the apoptosis-related molecules cleaved-caspase-3 (CC3), BCL-2 and BAX. Results Compared with the sham-operation group, the model group had a significant increase in latency time and a significant reduction in the number of platform crossings (P P P P P Conclusions Irisin can alleviate hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in neonatal rats in a dose-dependent manner, possibly by reducing cell apoptosis in the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus.
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