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Up-regulation of VCAM1 Relates to Neuronal Apoptosis After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Adult Rats

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Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM1) is a member of the Immunoglobulin superfamily and encodes a cell surface sialoglycoprotein expressed in cytokine-activated endothelium. This type I membrane protein mediates leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion, facilitates the downstream signaling, and may play a role in the development of artherosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that VCAM1 exerts an anti-apoptotic effect in several tumor tissues such as ovarian cancer and breast cancer. Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the second most common subtype of stroke with high morbidity and mortality, which imposes a big burden on individuals and the whole society. These together prompted us to question whether VCAM1 has some association with neuron apoptosis during the pathological process of ICH. An ICH rat model was established and assessed by behavioral tests in order to explore the role of VCAM1 after ICH. Up-regulation of VCAM1 was observed in brain areas surrounding the hematoma following ICH by western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Immunofluorescence manifested VCAM1 was strikingly increased in neurons, but not in astrocytes and microglia. Furthermore, we detected that neuronal apoptosis marker active caspase-3 had co-localizations with VCAM1. At the same time, Bcl-2 was also co-localized with VCAM1. Taken together, our findings suggested that VCAM1 might be involved in the neuronal apoptosis and pathophysiology of ICH.

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This work was supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China (31444003, 312700802, 31170766); Nantong City Social Development Projects funds (HS2012032); Natural science foundation of the Jiangsu higher education institutions (11KJA310002); A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).

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    1. Department of Pathogen Biology, Medical College, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China

      Dongmei Zhang

    2. Department of Immunology, Medical College, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China

      Damin Yuan & Yuhong Ji

    3. Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China

      Jianhong Shen, Yaohua Yan & Jun Gu

    4. Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China

      Chen Gong & Aiguo Shen

    5. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China

      Huaqing Xue, Yuhang Qian & Aiguo Shen

    6. Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Mental Health Center of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China

      Weidong Zhang

    7. Department of Pathology, Medical College, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China

      Xiaojuan He

    8. Department of Immunology, Medical College, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China

      Li Yao

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    Zhang, D., Yuan, D., Shen, J. et al. Up-regulation of VCAM1 Relates to Neuronal Apoptosis After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Adult Rats. Neurochem Res 40, 1042–1052 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-015-1561-x

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