Cortical hypoperfusion after global forebrain ischemia in rats is not caused by microvascular leukocyte plugging.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We tested the hypothesis that cerebral hypoperfusion after experimental global cerebral ischemia is caused by plugging of the microcirculation with activated leukocytes using in vivo microscopic observation of the behavior of leukocytes in the cortical microcirculation during the transition from postischemic hyperperfusion to hypoperfusion. METHODS Anesthetized and ventilated rats (n = 24) were equipped with a closed cranial window. Physiological variables and cortical regional cerebral blood flow (laser-Doppler flowmetry) were measured continuously. Leukocytes were labeled intravitally with rhodamine 6G and visualized in the microcirculation of the brain surface and outer layers of the cortex with confocal laser scanning microscopy from preischemia to 4 hours after reperfusion that followed 10 minutes of global cerebral ischemia (rCBF < 10% of control). RESULTS In controls (n = 8), there were no signs of leukocyte activation over the 4-hour observation period. In ischemic rats (n = 16), during the transition from hyperperfusion to hypoperfusion there was no change in the behavior of leukocytes. Most notably, no capillary pluggers were seen. In the postischemic period only a slight increase of the number of leukocytes rolling along or sticking to the venular endothelium was seen, and very few capillaries were plugged by leukocytes. Extravasation of leukocytes into the brain tissue was observed in 8 rats beginning 2 hours after ischemia with a variable degree between animals. CONCLUSIONS Because there was only mild activation of leukocyte-endothelium interaction within the first hours of reperfusion after 10 minutes of global forebrain ischemia, because no leukocytes plugged superficial cortical capillaries during the transition from hyperperfusion to hypoperfusion, and because the regional cerebral blood flow transition was very rapid, we speculate that leukocyte plugging is not responsible for the early cortical hypoperfusion seen after brief global ischemia in rats.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Stroke
دوره 25 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994