Intracerebral injection of interferon-gamma inhibits the astrocyte proliferation following the brain injury in the 6-day-old rat |
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Authors: | R Pawliński K Janeczko |
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Affiliation: | Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. |
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Abstract: | The present study examines the influence of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) on the astrocyte proliferation in the rat brain injured within the early period of postnatal development. Six-day-old male rats received a lesion in the left cerebral hemisphere and a single injection of recombinant rat IFN-gamma into the lesion cavity. One or 2 days after the injury the rats were injected with 3H-thymidine. Brain sections were immunostained for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), subjected to autoradiography, and examined microscopically to record proliferating GFAP-immunopositive astrocytes labeled with 3H-thymidine. In the IFN-gamma-injected rats, a statistically significant decrease in the intensity of reactive astrocyte proliferation was revealed. On day 1 after injury the intensity of astrocyte proliferation showed dose-dependent changes. Relations between the astrocyte reactivity and multiple factors existing in the injured and IFN-gamma-injected brain are discussed. The results represent the first in vivo evidence of a dose-dependent action of IFN-gamma on the astrocyte proliferation in response to injury. |
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