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Objective To observe the expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxy-genase(IDO) in hippocampus of rats with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the protective effect of IDO inhibitor on neurons,and to explore the role of IDO in the pathogenesis of PTSD.Methods Adult male Wistar rats were randomly divided into the normal control group,PTSD model group and IDO inhibitor treatment group.The expression of IDO was detected by immunohistochemistry,RT-PCR and Western-blot.The apoptosis of rat hippocampal neurons was assayed by Tunel staining.Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were detected by ELISA.Moreover behavioral evaluation was performed,including central residence time,percentage of open arm residence time and stage latency.Results Comparing with the control group,PTSD rats showed decreased central residence time ((22.65± 1.54)s),decreased percentage of open arm residence time((10.55± 1.96) ％),prolonged stage latency ((56.38±4.21) s) (P＜0.05),increased TNF-α ((8.58±0.6) pg/ml),IL-6 ((15.72±1.42) pg/ml) and IDO mRNA (0.8278±0.0796),increased IDO protein (1.2329±0.1148) expression and apoptosis rate ((81.47± 6.86) ％) in hippocampus (P＜ 0.05) (P＜ 0.05).However,rats treated with IDO inhibitor showed increased central residence time((30.78±3.20) s),increased percentage of open arm residence time ((10.55± 1.96)％),shortened stage latency ((56.38 4.21) s),meanwhile reduced expression of TNF-α((3.69±0.41) pg/ml),IL-6((7.45±0.58) pg/ml),IDO mRNA(0.2236 ±0.0387) and IDO protein(0.4235±0.0411) was detected in hippocampus(P＜0.05).Apoptosis rate ((42.54± 3.98)％) was also decreased in hippocampus(P＜0.05).Conclusion The content of TNF-α,IL-6 and IDO are increased significantly in the hippocampus of PTSD rats.IDO may participate in the pathogenesis of PTSD,and the IDO inhibitor may play a neuroprotective role in hippocampus of PTSD.
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Objective To explore the expression and significance of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in human glioma.Methods The expression levels of bFGF and MMP-2 in 56 cases of human glioma and 9 cases of normal brain tissue specimen were detected by immunohistochemistry technique.Furthermore,the correlation between the expression of the bFGF and MMP-2 was compared.Results In normal brain tissue,grade Ⅰ,Ⅱ and grade Ⅲ,Ⅳ,the positive expression of bFGF were (9.51 + 2.69)％,(24.78 ±- 7.57 )％,(41.23 ± 12.35 )％,respectively,and MMP-2were (7.18 ± 2.12)％,(21.56 ± 3.85 )％,(54.32 + 7.32)％,respectively.The differences were significant among them (P ＜0.05).bFGF and MMP-2 were positive correlated (r ＝0.71,P ＜0.01).Conclusions There is an intrinsic correlation between the expression of the bFGF and MMP-2 and histological grade of human gliomas.These findings suggest that the synergistic interaction of bFGF and MMP-2 play an important role during the tumor invasion.