Chinese Journal Of Clinical Anatomy ›› 2012, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 311-314.

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Caspase-3 expression in spinal tissue of retinoic acid induced spina bifida fetal rat

MA Ying-huan 1,2 , YUAN Zheng-wei 2   

  1. 1.Department of Cancer, No. 463 Hospital of the China People's Liberation Army, Shenyang 110042, China 2. The Major Laboratory of Health Ministry for Congenital Malformation Research, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China
  • Received:2011-09-29 Online:2012-05-25 Published:2012-06-06

Abstract:

Objective    To explore caspase-3 expression in spinal tissue of retinoic acid induced spina bifida fetal rat. Methods Pregnant Wister rats with 10 days were used. Retinoic acid dissolved in olive oil (40mg /ml) were stomach fed for preparing the rat model of spina bifida malformations 135mg / kg). Control group only received olive oil. The animals were divided into 4 groups: pregnancy of 12 days, 15 days, 17 days and 20 days. Immunohistochemical method was used to detect and compare caspase-3 expression in different groups. Results The expression of caspase-3 increased at the day 15 after pregnancy, and maintained until day 20 in the spinal tissue of modeled fetal rat, which presented significant difference compared to that of control groups at the same pregnant time. At day 15, day 17 and day 20 of pregnancy, the number of caspase-3 positive cells was more in model animals than the control. Conclusions Retinoic acid induced spina bifida fetal rat demonstrates the increased caspase-3 expression in spinal tissue of fetal rats.

Key words: Neural tube defects, Spinal tissue, Apoptosis, Cspase-3

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