Specific mode electroacupuncture stimulation opens the blood-brain barrier of the infarcted border zone in rats during MCAO/R recovery via modulation of tight junction protein expression by VEGFA and NF-κB.
Kecheng Qian, Mengyuan Dai, Lin Gan, Qinyu Ye, Xingying Wu, Tianyu Qian, Congcong Ma, Xianming Lin
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Abstract
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) strictly limits the entry of most exogenous therapeutic drugs into the brain, which brings great challenges to the drug treatment of refractory central diseases, including the treatment of ischemic stroke. Our previous studies have shown that specific mode electroacupuncture stimulation (SMES) can temporarily open the BBB, but with the mechanisms largely unknown. This study explored whether SMES opens the BBB in the infarcted border zone of rats during middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion recovery, and whether this is related to p65 or vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) modulation of tight junction protein expression through in vivo and in vitro studies. Evans blue, FITC-dextran, mouse-derived nerve growth factor (NGF), and transendothelial electrical resistance values were used to evaluate the permeability of the BBB. Additionally, microvascular endothelial cells and astrocytes were utilized for in vitro study. Immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, western blot, and ELISA were employed to assess related protein expression. SMES significantly increased vascular permeability for Evans blue and NGF in the infarcted border zone, and increased the expression of VEGFA by activating p-p65, thereby reducing the expression of tight junction proteins Occludin and ZO-1. Correspondingly, oxygen glucose deprivation/reoxygenation activated p-p65 in and induced VEGFA secretion from astrocytes in vitro. Their conditioned medium reduced the expression of Occludin in bEnd.3 cells and increased the permeability of FITC-dextran. The mechanism of SMES opening infarcted border zone BBB is partly related to its actions on p65, VEGFA, and tight junction proteins.
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