Journal
JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 11, Pages 1084-1092Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2012.723200
Keywords
salvianolic acid A; cerebral ischemic damage; soluble epoxide hydrolase; epoxyeicosatrienoic acids
Funding
- Research Special Fund for Public Welfare Industry of Health [200802041]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China [2009ZX09302-003, 2009ZX09102-123, 2009YZH-LCH07]
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Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and their regulating enzyme soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) have been associated with ischemic stroke. Salvianolic acid A (SAA) is proved to display potent cerebroprotection. However, little information is available about the link between them. This study aimed to investigate whether SAA exhibits its protective effects in rats subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) through sEH and EETs. The results showed that SAA treatment ameliorated neurological deficits and reduced infarct volume. Notably, the beneficial effects of SAA were attenuated by co-administration of (14,15-epoxyeicosa-5(Z)-enoic acid (14,15-EEZE)), a putative selective EETs antagonist. Furthermore, SAA increased the 14,15-EET levels in the blood and brain of sham and MCAO rats. Assay for hydrolase activity showed that 1 and 3 mg/kg of SAA significantly diminished brain sEH activity of MCAO rats. A fluorescent assay in vitro indicated that SAA could inhibit recombinant human sEH activity in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50 = 1.62 mu mol/l). Immunohistochemical analysis showed that SAA at the doses of 1 and 3 mg/kg significantly decreased sEH protein expression in hippocampus CA1 region of MCAO rats. In conclusion, cerebral protection of SAA is mediated, at least in part, via inhibiting sEH to increase EETs levels.
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