middle cerebral artery occlusion spontaneously hypertensive rat

Spontaneously hypertensive rats develop larger and less variable infarcts after MCA occlusion, and the stroke-prone cohort is used to study hypertension-related stroke.

Outcome measures

存活脑组织染为红色、梗死区呈白色；以 2 mm 连续冠状切片逐孔染色成像后，测量患侧与对侧半球的梗死面积及总面积，计算患侧相对对侧的梗死面积百分比。

Experimental animals

脑切片 TTC 染色与梗死面积测定

Age: 成年（来源未报告具体周龄）
Tissue: 脑组织（2 mm 冠状切片；梗死区与存活区）

脑切片 TTC 染色与梗死面积测定

Age: 成年（来源未报告具体周龄）
Tissue: 脑组织（2 mm 冠状切片；梗死区与存活区）

Experimental procedures

TTC Staining TTC Staining The brain is removed from the skull and placed into a brain slicer mold placed in ice. Razor blades are positioned in the mold to obtain 2mm thick sections. Sections are placed in individual wells of a 24 well tissue culture dish with 500 μl of 2% TTC in 0.1M PBS. The plate is wrapped in foil and placed on a 37°C slide warmer for 30 minutes. TTC is removed and 500ul of fixative is added to each well for storage. Images of the sections are captured by Olympus S2H10 research stereo- microscope and Adobe Photoshop software. The infarct area and total area of the contralateral and ipsilateral hemispheres are measured with Scion image software (Scion Corporation). The percent infarct area is calculated as a percentage of the ipsilateral hemisphere relative to the contralateral hemisphere as previously described. [F2.JPG]]()

Model identity

Model name: middle cerebral artery occlusion spontaneously hypertensive rat
Species: rat
Strain: spontaneously hypertensive rat

Biological characteristics

Phenotype stage: Acute infarct is measured after MCAO; hypertension-related injury depends on age and blood pressure.
Research questions: Hypertension effects on infarct size and variability; small-vessel and lacunar stroke.
Limitations: SHR and SHRSP are not interchangeable with normotensive Wistar or Sprague-Dawley MCAO; blood pressure and colony affect lesion size.

Experimental methods

histopathology assay

Experimental protocols

脑切片 TTC 染色与梗死面积测定
Fresh brains are cut to 2-mm coronal sections, stained per well with 2% TTC in 0.1M PBS at 37°C for 30 min protected from light, stored in fixative, imaged on a stereomicroscope, and infarct percentage computed ipsilateral-versus-contralateral.
脑切片 TTC 染色与梗死面积测定
Fresh brains are cut to 2-mm coronal sections, stained per well with 2% TTC in 0.1M PBS at 37°C for 30 min protected from light, stored in fixative, imaged on a stereomicroscope, and infarct percentage computed ipsilateral-versus-contralateral.

Reagents and materials

2% TTC 染液
TTC 工作液（染色）
0.1M PBS缓冲液（TTC染色溶剂）
TTC 染色工作液的缓冲体系
组织固定液（TTC染色后保存用）
TTC 染色后的组织切片保存
组织固定液（TTC染色后保存用）
TTC 染色后的组织切片保存
0.1M PBS缓冲液（TTC染色溶剂）
TTC 染色工作液的缓冲体系
2% TTC 染液
TTC 工作液（染色）

References

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