Expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in developing rat brain after intrauterine infection |
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Authors: | YUAN Tian-ming YU Hui-min GU Wei-zhong TANG Hong-feng LI Jian-ping |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China;2. Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China;3. Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China |
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Abstract: | AIM: To investigate the alteration of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunoreactivity in developing rat brain after intrauterine infection. METHODS: Escherichia coli (E.coli) was inoculated into uterine horn of pregnant rats when gestation was 15 days and the control group was inoculated with normal saline. Immunohistochemistry was used for evaluation of GFAP expression in pup brains at postnatal day 1 (P1), P3, P7, P14, P21. RESULTS: GFAP-immunopositive cells was scarce in the periventricular white matter at P1 and P3 in two groups (P>0.05), but not in other brain regions. The number of GFAP-immunopositive cells of the E.coli-treated pups was markedly increased in periventricular white matter and hippocampus at P7 compared with the control group (P<0.05). The E.coli-treated pups at P14 showed a marked increase in GFAP expression in periventricular white matter, corpus callosum and cortex (P<0.01). However, no significant different levels of GFAP expression in any brain regions were found at P21 between two groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Intrauterine infection induces an increased expression of GFAP in the neonatal brain. |
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Keywords: | Intrauterine infection Glial fibrillary acidic protein Brain Rats |
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