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. 2021 Jun 29;7:150. doi: 10.1038/s41420-021-00548-3

Fig. 1. Ectopic expression of IRS-1 by recombinant adenovirus-IRS-1 protected against neurovascular injury after hypoxic-ischemia.

Fig. 1

A Diagram of the experimental procedure: rat pups received intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of recombinant adenovirus IRS-1 (Ad-IRS-1) or control adenovirus (Ad-control) on postnatal (P) day 5, had hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury on P7, and scarified at 24 h after HI for outcome measurements. B Expression of HA-tagged IRS-1 mediated by Ad-IRS-1 on NeuN (+) neurons and RECA(+) endothelium cells in the cerebral cortex of P7 rat pups. N = 4, Scale bar: 50 μm. C The Ad-IRS-1-treated rats showed upregulate the expression of IRS-1 in the brain, and reduced cleaved-PARP, and –capsease 3 after HI compared to the Ad-control treated rats. N = 5. D The expression of cleaved caspases-3 in NeuN (+) neurons was obvious in the Ad-control-infected rats at 24 h after HI compared to the Ad-IRS-1-infectedrats. N = 4, Scale bar: 50 μm. E, F Representative images illustrate immunoglobulin (IgG) and albumin extravasation in the cerebral cortex at 24 h after HI between the Ad-IRS-1-infected and Ad-control-infected rats, and the relative integrated optic density (IOD) of IgG (N = 4, P = 0.001, t = 6.305) and albumin (N = 4, P < 0.001, t = 14.644) signals was compared. Scale bar: 125 um. Independent t-test was used for statistical analysis. All data are presented as mean ± SD. ** P < 0.01. G The Ad-IRS-1 rats had more perivascular fibrin deposits than the Ad-control rats at 24 h after HI. N = 4, Scale bar: 50 μm.