Changes in tissue-plasminogen activator mRNA expression following cortical ablation in the rat brain

Author： Kohmura Eiji Yuguchi Takamichi Sakaki Takayuki Nonaka Masahiro Fujinaka Toshiyuki Hayakawa Toru Yoshimine Toshiki

Publisher： Humana Press, Inc

ISSN： 0895-8696

Source： Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, Vol.14, Iss.1-2, 2000-04, pp. : 53-59

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Abstract

Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) has been used to treat acute thrombotic lesions. Roles other than the activation of fibrinolytic pathways have been suggested for tPA in the mature brain. We used the in situ hybridization technique to investigate the changes in tPA mRNA expression within the brain after cortical ablation. We found that expression of tPA mRNA started to increase diffusely in the cortex ipsilateral to the injury 6 h after ablation. This increase had become prominent 24 h after ablation. On d 5, the expression of tPA mRNA had returned to that of the control animals except for the area near the injury. We also found that administration of MK-801 before injury suppressed the increase of tPA mRNA in the ipsilateral cortex. These results suggest that the increase in tPA mRNA is likely to be mediated via activation of NMDA receptors.