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STROKE
Volume 39, Issue 7, Pages 2029-2036Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.503458
Keywords
angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker; capillary density; cerebral blood flow; oxidative stress; stroke
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Background and Purpose - We investigated the effect of temporary treatment with a nonhypotensive dose of valsartan on ischemic brain damage in C57BL/6 mice. Methods - We separated the mice into 3 groups of valsartan treatment before middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion: (1) for 4 weeks: Val (2W, 2W); (2) for 2 weeks followed by its cessation for 2 weeks: Val (2W, -); and (3) no treatment for 4 weeks: Val (-, -). Results - Ischemic volume, DNA damage, superoxide production, and mRNA levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha on the ipsilateral side after 24 hours of MCA occlusion were significantly reduced in both Val (2W, 2W) and Val (2W, -) mice compared with those in Val (-, -) mice, whereas these parameters were larger in Val (2W, -) mice than in Val (2W, 2W) mice. Moreover, mice in both the Val (2W, 2W) and Val (2W, -) groups exhibited an increase in cerebral blood flow in the peripheral territory of the MCA 1 hour after MCA occlusion, with increases in endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation and nitric oxide production. Before MCA occlusion, treatment with valsartan did not influence superoxide production or mRNA levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the brain. However, the capillary density in the brain in both Val (2W, 2W) and Val (2W, -) mice was increased before MCA occlusion. Conclusions - Our results suggest that temporary valsartan treatment could protect against ischemic brain damage even after its cessation, at least in part due to an increase in capillary density.
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