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http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2011.50.4.288

Activation of Matrix Metalloproteinases-9 after Photothrombotic Spinal Cord Injury Model in Rats  

Jang, Jae-Won (Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Research Institute of Medical Sciences)
Lee, Jung-Kil (Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Research Institute of Medical Sciences)
Kim, Soo-Han (Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School & Research Institute of Medical Sciences)
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society / v.50, no.4, 2011 , pp. 288-292 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective : Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), especially MMP-2 and MMP-9 have been known to play an important role in secondary inflammatory reaction after spinal cord injury (SCI). The aim of this study was to investigate the expression and activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 and to determine their relationship with disruption of endothelial blood-barrier after photochemically induced SCI in rats. Methods : Female Sprague-Dawley rats, weighing between 250 and 300 g (aged 8 weeks) received focal spinal cord ischemia by photothrombosis using Rose Bengal. Expressions and activities of MMP-2 and MMP-9 were assessed by Western blot and gelatin zymography at various times from 6 h to 7 days. Endothelial blood-barrier integrity was assessed indirectly using spinal cord water content. Results : Zymography and Western blot analysis demonstrated rapid up-regulation of MMP-9 protein levels in spinal cord after ischemic onset. Expressions and activities of MMP-9 showed a significant increased at 6 h after the photothrombotic ischemic event, and reached a maximum level at 24 h after the insult. By contrast, activated MMP-2 was not detected at any time point in either the experimental or the control groups. When compared with the control group, a significant increase in spinal cord water content was detected in rats at 24 h after photothrombotic SCI. Conclusion : Early up-regulation of MMP-9 might be correlated with increased water content in the spinal cord at 24 h after SCI in rats. Results of this study suggest that MMP-9 is the key factor involved in disruption of the endothelial blood-barrier of the spinal cord and subsequent secondary damage after photothrombotic SCI in rats.
Keywords
Endothelial blood-barrier; Matrix metalloproteinases-9; Photothrombosis; Rat; Spinal cord injury;
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