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NPJ AGING
卷 8, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PUBL GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41514-022-00090-1
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- NIH [1RF1AG058273-01]
- University Shared Resource Program at Oregon Health and Sciences University
- [P30NS061800]
Transgenic endothelial expression of human sEH in mice induces cognitive impairment, associated with leukocyte infiltration, brain atrophy and accelerated ventriculomegaly, suggesting potential underlying mechanisms and therapeutic targets for VCI.
Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is upregulated in microvascular endothelium of human brain with vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). Transgenic endothelial expression of human sEH in mice (Tie2hsEH) induces endothelial dysfunction (ED), a pathogenetic mechanism of VCI. We sought to determine if endothelial upregulation of sEH is sufficient to cause cognitive impairment, and if cognitive impairment due to chronic hypoperfusion induced by unilateral common carotid artery occlusion (CCAO) is exacerbated in Tie2hsEH mice. Behavioral performance was assessed by the open field, rotarod, novel object, Morris water maze and fear conditioning tests. Cerebral blood flow and brain morphology were evaluated by MRI, and inflammatory changes investigated using immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry. We demonstrate that transgenic endothelial expression of sEH is sufficient to induce cognitive impairment, associated with leukocyte infiltration, brain atrophy and accelerated, age-dependent ventriculomegaly, identifying ED and sEH upregulation as potential underlying mechanisms and therapeutic targets for VCI.
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