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BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 173, Issue -, Pages 45-52Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.05.003
Keywords
Zebrafish; Stroke; Hypoxia; Ischemia-reperfusion; Blood flow
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- JSPS KAKENHI [JP15K07965]
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In this study, a novel ischemia-reperfusion model was developed using zebrafish induced by hypoxic treatment. The H/R treatment led to increased brain cell death, reduced fluorescence intensity of kaede in neuronal cells, and significantly increased glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in zebrafish larvae, indicating a potential new model for ischemia-reperfusion.
Cerebral infarct is caused by cerebrovascular occlusion and results in brain damage. Although many rodent models of cerebral infarct exist, there is none based on zebrafish. In this study, we developed a novel ischemiareperfusion model induced by hypoxic treatment using zebrafish. We first examined the changes in blood flow under hypoxic conditions. Hypoxic treatment interrupted the blood flow in 4 dpf (days post fertilization) zebrafish larvae. To quantify the trunk and cerebral blood flow, we selected the middle mesencephalic central artery (MMCtA) as a cerebral blood vessel and the dorsal aorta (DA) as a blood vessel of the trunk. Interestingly, the interruption of blood flow in MMCtA preceded that in DA. Considering these results, we hypothesized that reoxygenation immediately after hypoxia-induced cerebral ischemia leads to reperfusion. As a result, hypoxiareoxygenation (H/R) treatment induced ischemia-reperfusion in cerebral vessels. Furthermore, brain cell death was increased 24 h after H/R treatment. Transgenic zebrafish (HuC:kaede), with neuronal cells expressing the kaede fluorescent protein, was used to investigate the effect of H/R on neuronal cells. The H/R treatment reduced the fluorescence intensity of kaede. Besides, glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in H/Rtreated larvae was significantly increased. In conclusion, H/R-treated zebrafish larvae may provide a novel ischemia-reperfusion model.
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