Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor after hypoxic-ischemia brain damage / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) mRNA in neonatal rats with HIBD and to explore the function of VEGF in HIBD. Methods Fourty-eight Wistar rats of 7-day-old were assigned randomly to the control or HIBD groups. The left common carotid artery of rats in HIBD group were isolated and ligated, then exposed to hypoxic environment (8%O 2) for two hours. In control group the rat left common carotid artery were isolated, but not ligated and not exposed to hypoxic environment. Animals were killed in 3 h, 12 h, 24 h and 3 d after HIBD. The expression of VEGF mRNA in hippocampus were examined by RT-PCR.Results VEGF164 was the most prominent transcript of VEGF mRNA splice variants. The expression of VEGF mRNA was present in control group, but there were no significant differences between time points ( F =0.176, P =0.911). Levels of VEGF mRNA in HIBD group were higher than that in the control group at all time points( P