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ID 113804
Author
Yamaguchi, Tadashi Tokushima University
Kitazato, Keiko T. Tokushima University
Shikata, Eiji Tokushima University
Matsuzaki, Yoshihito Tokushima University
Keywords
animal models
intracranial aneurysm
subarachnoid hemorrhage
morphology
degradation molecules
vascular disorders
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
OBJECTIVE The pathogenesis of intracranial aneurysm rupture remains unclear. Because it is difficult to study the time course of human aneurysms and most unruptured aneurysms are stable, animal models are used to investigate the characteristics of intracranial aneurysms. The authors have newly established a rat intracranial aneurysm rupture model that features site-specific ruptured and unruptured aneurysms. In the present study the authors examined the time course of changes in the vascular morphology to clarify the mechanisms leading to rupture.
METHODS Ten-week-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to hemodynamic changes, hypertension, and ovariectomy. Morphological changes in rupture-prone intracranial arteries were examined under a scanning electron microscope and the association with vascular degradation molecules was investigated.
RESULTS At 2–6 weeks after aneurysm induction, morphological changes and rupture were mainly observed at the posterior cerebral artery; at 7–12 weeks they were seen at the anterior Willis circle including the anterior communicating artery. No aneurysms at the anterior cerebral artery–olfactory artery bifurcation ruptured, suggesting that the inception of morphological changes is site dependent. On week 6, the messenger RNA level of matrix metalloproteinase–9, interleukin-1β, and the ratio of matrix metalloproteinase–9 to the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase–2 was significantly higher at the posterior cerebral artery, but not at the anterior communicating artery, of rats with aneurysms than in sham-operated rats. These findings suggest that aneurysm rupture is attributable to significant morphological changes and an increase in degradation molecules.
CONCLUSIONS Time-dependent and site-dependent morphological changes and the level of degradation molecules may be indicative of the vulnerability of aneurysms to rupture.
Journal Title
Journal of Neurosurgery
NCID
AA00703389
Publisher
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Volume
133
Issue
5
Start Page
1486
End Page
1494
Published Date
2019-09-13
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language
eng
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Medical Sciences