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V P Baklaushev

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PubMed2001

Immunoenzyme assay of glial fibrillary acidic protein for evaluation of functional activity of cell grafts from embryonic ventral mesencephalon in rats with experimental hemiparkinsonism.

The relationship between the release of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) into systemic circulation and the efficacy of transplantation of embryonic nervous tissue was studied on rats with 6-OHDA-induced hemiparkinsonism. It was found that intrastriatal transplantation of cell preparations from embryonic ventral mesencephalon significantly attenuated apomorphine-induced rotation, which points to functional recovery of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal system. The degree of this recovery depends on reactive astrogliosis around the graft and survival of dopaminergic neurons. Analysis of GFAP concentration revealed significant elimination of this antigen into the circulation 7 and 14 days after transplantation. In rats with good consolidation of the graft without pronounced reactive gliosis, the concentration of GFAP reached 253.99+/-79.30 ng/ml on week 4 after transplantation and decreased to 8.2+/-3.3 ng/ml 8-12 weeks after transplantation. In rats with poor graft consolidation associated with death of transplanted neurons and gliosis in the graft and surrounding tissue the concentration GFAP increased to 476.4+/-111.0 ng/ml within 4 weeks after transplantation and remained elevated (235.0+/-44.8 ng/ml) for 12 weeks. Thus, monitoring of serum GFAP concentrations allows in vivo evaluation of the functional state of intracerebral graft and the level of reactive gliosis. This test can be used for the prognosis of transplantation efficacy.

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PubMed2000

Catecholamines and their metabolites in the brain and urine of rats with experimental Parkinson's disease.

The content of catecholamines and their metabolites in the brain and the relationship between cerebral catecholamine levels and their urinary excretion were studied in rats with 6-OHDA-induced hemiparkinsonism. 6-OHDA reduced brain concentrations of dopamine, DOPAC, and homovanilic acid and urinary excretion of dopamine, dioxyphenilalanine, and DOPAC by more than 90%. A positive correlation was found between the concentrations of these metabolites in the urine and striatum. Measurement of urinary catecholamines and their metabolites is a perspective test for evaluating the status of the dopaminergic nigrosostriate system of the brain in experimental parkinsonism.

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PubMed2000

Complex analysis of efficiency of transplantation of embryonic nerve tissue to rats with hemiparkinsonism.

Effect of transplantation of embryonic ventral mesencephalon preparation containing dopaminergic neurons on repair of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal system was studied in rats with hemiparkinsonism induced by 6-hydroxydopamine. Transplantation of embryonic ventral mesencephalon into denervated striatum led to a more than 50% decrease in apomorphine-induced rotation, recovery of dopamine and DOPAC levels in the brain, and to an increase in DOPAC excretion and the DOPAC-dopamine ratio in daily urine of rats with hemiparkinsonism. Dopaminergic neurons of the transplant survived, forming a network of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive processes growing beyond the transplant and reinnervating the adjacent compartments of the striatum. A positive correlation between urinary excretion of DOPAC and brain concentration of dopamine was revealed in denervated rats after transplantation of ventral mesencephalon. Intrastriatal transplantation of cell preparations of embryonic striatum containing no dopaminergic neurons and isolated local injury to the striatum did not affect regeneration of the denervated nigrostratal system.

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[Criteria of efficiency of transplantation of embryonic nervous tissue preparations in rats with 6-OHDA-impaired dopaminergic nigrostriatal system].

Effectiveness of transplantation of cells from embryonal nervous tissue of the ventral mesencephalon (VM ENT) and striatum (STR ENT) by apomorphin-induced motor asymmetry (APO-test), consolidation of the transplant (the degree of glyal reaction and amount of dopaminergic neurons) and blood serum levels of GFAP was studied for 3 months in Wistar rats with 6-OHDA-impaired dopaminergic nigrostriatal system. Marked therapeutic effectiveness was registered in VM ENT transplantation in the denervated striatum and in combined transplantation of VM ENT into the lateral cerebral ventricle simultaneously with STR ENT transplantation in the striatum. Separate transplantation of VM ENT in the lateral ventricle and STR ENT in the striatum had no positive effect on recovery of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal system. A correlation was found between the degree of glial reaction of ENT transplants, severity of rotation asymmetry and serum levels of gliofibrillary protein (GFAP). GFAP in the serum for lifetime assessment of transplant consolidation and prognosis of neurotransplantation efficiency was assayed.

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