Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, No.155 Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, PR China.
Brain Res. 2013 Aug 21;1527:40-6. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.06.009. Epub 2013 Jul 4.
Recent studies indicated that epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) had neuroprotective effects on spinal cord injury (SCI).The current study was performed to determine the anti-edema effect of EGCG after SCI in rats. EGCG (100 mg/kg, i.p.) was administered to rats immediately following SCI. It was found that EGCG (100 mg/kg) could significantly reduce spinal cord water content. In addition, EGCG (100mg/kg) significantly reduced the expression of aquaporin-4(AQP4) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) level at 24, 48 and 72h after injury, but it did not have this effect at 12 h after injury. The changes of AQP4 and GFAP protein induced by EGCG (100 mg/kg) treatment were accompanied by a reduction of spinal cord edema. Our results indicated that EGCG (100 mg/kg) could reduce spinal cord edema after SCI, which could be correlated with the down-regulation the expression of AQP4 and GFAP protein level after SCI.
最近的研究表明,表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCG)对脊髓损伤(SCI)具有神经保护作用。本研究旨在确定 EGCG 在大鼠 SCI 后的抗水肿作用。EGCG(100mg/kg,腹腔注射)在 SCI 后立即给予大鼠。结果发现,EGCG(100mg/kg)可显著降低脊髓含水量。此外,EGCG(100mg/kg)可显著降低损伤后 24、48 和 72h 时水通道蛋白 4(AQP4)和神经胶质纤维酸性蛋白(GFAP)的表达水平,但在损伤后 12h 时没有这种作用。EGCG(100mg/kg)治疗引起的 AQP4 和 GFAP 蛋白变化伴随着脊髓水肿的减少。我们的结果表明,EGCG(100mg/kg)可减轻 SCI 后的脊髓水肿,这可能与 SCI 后 AQP4 和 GFAP 蛋白水平的下调有关。