Journal: Neural regeneration research
Article Title: Hemorrhagic transformation in patients with large-artery atherosclerotic stroke is associated with the gut microbiota and lipopolysaccharide.
doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.385846
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6 |Key component of LPS-induced inflammation in a rat model of HT. (A) Flowchart of the HT induction procedure. (B). Blood glucose levels throughout surgery in the HT and non-HT groups. (C) Survival curve and number at risk, log-rank test. (D) Representative images of brain slices stained with 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) stain showing ischemic stroke and hemorrhage transformation, as well as analysis of infarction volume in the different groups. The white arrow indicates infarction, and the red arrow indicates HT. Red areas in the TTC-stained slices indicate no infarction, and white areas in the TTC-stained slices indicate infarction. (E) The hemoglobin content in the ischemic hemisphere, which is used as a measure of bleeding severity. (F) Neurological deficits measured by Garcia score 1, 3, and 5 days after MCAO surgery. (G and H) Sensorimotor function in the HT and non-HT groups. Graphs show contact time (G) and time to removal of the sticker (H) from the contralateral forepaw 1 day before and 2 and 4 days after MCAO (n = 6 rats per group). (I–K). Plasma levels of LPS, LBP, and sCD14 were measured in the different groups. Data are presented as mean ± SD. n = 6–14 per group. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 (Student’s t-test, one-way analysis of variance followed by post-hoc Tukey’s multiple comparison test or the Kruskal-Wallis H test was used as appropriate). Average values from three technical replicates of each biological replicate are shown. HT: Hemorrhagic transformation; LBP: LPS-binding protein; LPS: lipopolysaccharide; MCAO: middle cerebral artery occlusion; ns: not significant; sCD14: solube CD14.
Article Snippet: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used for measuring human LBP (Cusabio Science Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China), human sCD14 (Cusabio Science Co., Ltd.), human zonulin (Cusabio Science Co., Ltd.), human matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) (Cusabio Science Co., Ltd.), mouse LBP (Elabscience, Wuhan, China), and mouse sCD14 (Elabscience) concentrations.
Techniques: Staining, Transformation Assay, Clinical Proteomics, Comparison, Binding Assay