A Study on the Relationship between the Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Rat Brain and the Pathogenesis of Epilepsy / 医学研究杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the relationship between the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in rat brain and pathogenesis of epilepsy.Methods The expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in hippocampus was observed by immunochemistry in normal and epilepsy rat.Meanwile,the effects of dexamethasone before epilepsy on the expression of MMP-9 in hippocampus was evaluated.Results The expression of MMP-9 in hippocampus were fewer in normal rat brain.The expression of MMP-9 had increased in hippocampus after epilepsy 24h.It had increased obviously in dentate gyrus(DG)after epilepsy 72h than 24h(P0.05).Dexamethasone suppressed the expression of MMP-9 in hippocampus.Conclusion The expression of MMP-9 in rat brain participates in immunopathogenesis of epilepsy by affecting brain immunoreaction,leading to the change of neuronal response and synapse remodeling in hippocampus,regulating brain nervous cell excitability.Dexamethasone plays a prominent suppressant role in the processes.