[Effect of electroacupuncture on renal vascular microcirculation in diabetic mice based on in vivo two-photon microscopy imaging].

Objective: To investigate the protective effect of electroacupuncture (EA) at "Zusanli"(ST36)and "Weiwanxiashu"(EX-B3) on capillary function around the renal tubule and renal tubule structure in diabetic mice based on two-photon microscopy (TPM) imaging, so as to providing visualizable evidence for the regulatory effect of EA on diabetic renal vascular microcirculation.

Methods: Spontaneous type Ⅱ diabetes mellitus mice (db/db) were employed for this study. Twenty db/db mice were randomly divided into model group (=10) and EA group (=10), and 10 db/m mice used as the control group.

Endogenous Polysialic Acid Based Micelles for Calmodulin Antagonist Delivery against Vascular Dementia.

Clinical treatment for vascular dementia still remains a challenge mainly due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Here, a micelle based on polysialic acid (PSA), which is a hydrophilic and endogenous carbohydrate polymer, was designed to deliver calmodulin antagonist for therapy of vascular dementia. PSA was first chemically conjugated with octadecylamine (ODA), and the obtained PSA-ODA copolymer could self-assemble into micelle in aqueous solution with a 120.

Visualizing peroxynitrite fluxes in endothelial cells reveals the dynamic progression of brain vascular injury.

Accumulating evidence suggests that formation of peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) in the cerebral vasculature contributes to the progression of ischemic damage, while the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. To fully understand ONOO(-) biology, efficient tools that can realize the real-time tracing of endogenous ONOO(-) fluxes are indispensable. While a few ONOO(-) fluorescent probes have been reported, direct visualization of ONOO(-) fluxes in the cerebral vasculature of live mice remains a challenge.

Calpain-Dependent ErbB4 Cleavage Is Involved in Brain Ischemia-Induced Neuronal Death.

Disturbance of neuregulin-1β/ErbB4 signaling is considered to be associated with brain ischemia, but the mechanisms of this disruption are largely unknown. In the present study, we provide evidence that degradation of ErbB4 is involved in neuronal cell death in response to ischemia. Our data showed that the application of neuregulin-1β provided significant protection against oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced neuronal death as detected by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, annexin V/propidium iodide flow cytometry analysis and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining.

Valproic Acid Influences MTNR1A Intracellular Trafficking and Signaling in a β-Arrestin 2-Dependent Manner.

Valproate exposure is associated with increased risks of autism spectrum disorder. To date, the mechanistic details of disturbance of melatonin receptor subtype 1 (MTNR1A) internalization upon valproate exposure remain elusive. By expressing epitope-tagged receptors (MTNR1A-EGFP) in HEK-293 and Neuro-2a cells, we recorded the dynamic changes of MTNR1A intracellular trafficking after melatonin treatment.

Atg5 deficit exaggerates the lysosome formation and cathepsin B activation in mice brain after lipid nanoparticles injection.

Unlabelled: The present study was designed to investigate the role of autophagy-lysosome signaling in the brain after application of nanoparticles. Here, lipid nanoparticles (LNs) induced elevations of Atg5, P62, LC3 and cathepsin B in mice brain. The transmission electron microscopy revealed a dramatic elevation of lysosome vacuoles colocalized with LNs cluster inside the neurons in mice brain.

In vivo two-photon fluorescence microscopy reveals disturbed cerebral capillary blood flow and increased susceptibility to ischemic insults in diabetic mice.

Aims: Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of stroke, but the mechanisms are unclear. The present study tested the hypothesis that diabetes mellitus disturbs the brain microcirculation and increases the susceptibility to cerebral damage in a middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model of ischemia.

Methods: Diabetes was induced by streptozocin in mice expressing green fluorescent protein in endothelial cells (Tie2-GFP mice).

Nitrosative stress induces peroxiredoxin 1 ubiquitination during ischemic insult via E6AP activation in endothelial cells both in vitro and in vivo.

Aims: Although there is accumulating evidence that increased formation of reactive nitrogen species in cerebral vasculature contributes to the progression of ischemic damage, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Peroxiredoxin 1 (Prx1) can initiate the antioxidant response by scavenging free radicals. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that Prx1 regulates the susceptibility to nitrosative stress damage during cerebral ischemia in vitro and in vivo.

Targeted therapy of brain ischaemia using Fas ligand antibody conjugated PEG-lipid nanoparticles.

The translation of experimental stroke research from the laboratory to successful clinical practice remains a formidable challenge. We previously reported that PEGylated-lipid nanoparticles (PLNs) effectively transport across the blood-brain barrier along with less inflammatory responses. In the present study, PLNs conjugated to Fas ligand antibody that selectively present on brain ischaemic region were used for therapeutic targeting.

Melatonin reverses the decreases in hippocampal protein serine/threonine kinases observed in an animal model of autism.

Lower global cognitive function scores are a common symptom of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). This study investigates the effects of melatonin on hippocampal serine/threonine kinase signaling in an experimental ASD model. We found that chronic melatonin (1.

The effect of lipid nanoparticle PEGylation on neuroinflammatory response in mouse brain.

Nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems have attracted wide interest for the treatment of brain disease. However, neurotoxicity of nanoparticle has limited their therapeutic application. Here we demonstrated that lipid nanoparticles (LNs) accumulated in the brain parenchyma within 3 h of intravenous injection to mice and persisted for more than 24 weeks, coinciding with a dramatic activation of brain microglia.

The disturbance of hippocampal CaMKII/PKA/PKC phosphorylation in early experimental diabetes mellitus.

Background: Defining the impact of diabetes and related risk factors on brain cognitive function is critically important for patients with diabetes.

Aims: To investigate the alterations in hippocampal serine/threonine kinases signaling in the early phase of type 1 and type 2 diabetic rats.

Methods: Early experimental diabetes mellitus was induced in rats with streptozotocin or streptozotocin/high fat.

The γ-secretase blocker DAPT reduces the permeability of the blood-brain barrier by decreasing the ubiquitination and degradation of occludin during permanent brain ischemia.

Background: Tight junction protein degradation is a principal characteristic of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) damage that occurs during brain ischemia.

Aims: We investigated the mechanisms of occludin degradation that underlie permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO) in rats.

Methods And Results: Western blot and Co-immunoprecipitation data indicated ubiquitination and degradation of occludin in brain after pMCAO, which was consistent with ZO-1 degradation in penumbra regions as observed at 24 h after pMCAO.

Ischemic injury promotes Keap1 nitration and disturbance of antioxidative responses in endothelial cells: a potential vasoprotective effect of melatonin.

Clinical epidemiology has indicated that the endothelial injury is a potential contributor to the pathogenesis of ischemic neurovascular damage. In this report, we assessed S-nitrosylation and nitration of Keap1 to identify downstream nitric oxide redox signaling targets into endothelial cells during ischemia. Here, oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) exposure initiates the nuclear import of Keap1 in endothelial cells, which interacted with nuclear-localized Nrf2, as demonstrated through co-immunoprecipitation and immunocytochemical assay.

[Effect of chronic lead exposure on expression of autophagy-associated proteins in rat hippocampus].

Objective: To investigate the effects of chronic lead exposure on expression of autophagy-associated proteins in rat hippocampus.

Methods: SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: control group was given distilled water, lead-exposed groups were given 0.5 g/L (low-dose) or 2.

P2X7 signaling promotes microsphere embolism-triggered microglia activation by maintaining elevation of Fas ligand.

Background: The cerebral microvascular occlusion elicits microvascular injury which mimics the different degrees of stroke severity observed in patients, but the mechanisms underlying these embolic injuries are far from understood. The Fas ligand (FasL)-Fas system has been implicated in a number of pathogenic states. Here, we examined the contribution of microglia-derived FasL to brain inflammatory injury, with a focus on the potential to suppress the FasL increase by inhibition of the P2X(7)-FasL signaling with pharmacological or genetic approaches during ischemia.

Regulation of the ischemia-induced autophagy-lysosome processes by nitrosative stress in endothelial cells.

The cellular mechanisms that underlie the diverse nitrosative stress-mediated cellular events associated with ischemic complications in endothelial cells are not yet clear. To characterize whether autophagic elements are associated with the nitrosative stress that causes endothelial damage after ischemia injury, an in vitro sustained oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) and an in vivo microsphere embolism model were used in the present study. Consistent with OGD-induced peroxynitrite formation, a rapid induction of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3)-I/II conversion and green fluorescent protein-LC3 puncta accumulation were observed in endothelial cells.