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1. We examined time- and cell-type-dependent changes in endothelin (ET)-1-like immunoreactivity, ET receptors binding and nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) activity in CA1 subfields of the hippocampus of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats subjected to a 10-min bilateral carotid occlusion and reperfusion.
2. Microglia aggregated in accord with neuronal death and expressed a high density of ETB receptors and an intense NOS activity in the damaged CA1 pyramidal cell layer, 7 days after the induced transient forebrain ischemia. The increased NOS activity and ETB receptor in microglia disappeared 28 days after this transient ischemia.
3. In contrast to microglia, astrocytes presented a moderate level of ET-1-like immunoreactivity, ETB receptors, and NOS activity in all areas of the damaged CA1 subfields, 7 days after the ischemia. These events were further enhanced 28 days after the ischemia.
4. In light of these findings, the possibility that the microglial and the astrocytic ETB/NO system largely contributes to development of the neuronal death and to reconstitution of the damaged neuronal tissue, respectively, in the hippocampus subjected to a transient forebrain ischemia would have to be considered.
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Yamashita, K., Kataoka, Y., Sakurai-Yamashita, Y. et al. Involvement of Glial Endothelin/Nitric Oxide in Delayed Neuronal Death of Rat Hippocampus After Transient Forebrain Ischemia. Cell Mol Neurobiol 20, 541–551 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007007710703
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