Therapeutic effects of basic fibroblast growth factor on morphological features of hippocampal neurons in hyperbilirubinemia rats / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the morphological damages of hyperbilirubinemia on rat central nervous system, and evaluate the therapeutic effects of different routes of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) administration. Methods Totally 90 Wistar rats were inflicted to hyperbilirubinemia models and then divided randomly into 3 groupsuntreated group (BG),treated-1 group (T_ 1 G), treated-2 group (T_ 2 G), and another 30 rats served as control group (CG). bFGF injection were given at 30 min, 1, 3, 5 and 7 d by abdominal cavity (T_ 1 G,) and cranial cavity (T_ 2 G). GAP-43 expression levels and the micro-morphological features were observed with immunohistochemical assay and transmission electron microscopy respectively at 2 nd, 8 st, 28 st and 60 st day. Results ①Hyperbilirubinemia rat model was verified by gross and microscopic observation, bilirubin concentrations in the plasma and brain.②Compared to CG, the expression level of GAP-43 was significantly up-regulated in BG, T_ 1 G and T_ 2 G, especially in the later 2 groups (P