Journal
ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA
Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages 529-540Publisher
NATURE PUBL GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41401-021-00705-5
Keywords
ischemic stroke; oxidative stress; energy metabolism; NADPH; NADH; edaravone
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81730092]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China [BK20180207]
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases [BM2013003]
- Priority Academic Program Development of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutes (PAPD)
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The study demonstrates that NADPH exerts better neuroprotective effects against ischemic stroke than NADH and edaravone, with a longer therapeutic time window and superior efficacy in ameliorating brain injury and metabolic stress.
Our previous studies confirm that exogenous reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) exerts a neuroprotective effect in animal models of ischemic stroke, and its primary mechanism is related to anti-oxidative stress and improved energy metabolism. However, it is unknown whether nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) also plays a neuroprotective role and whether NADPH is superior to NADH against ischemic stroke? In this study we compared the efficacy of NADH, NADPH, and edaravone in ameliorating brain injury and metabolic stress in ischemic stroke. Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (t-MCAO/R) mouse model and in vitro oxygen glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R) model were established. The mice were intravenously administered the optimal dose of NADPH (7.5 mg/kg), NADH (22.5 mg/kg), or edaravone (3 mg/kg) immediately after reperfusion. We showed that the overall efficacy of NADPH in ameliorating ischemic injury was superior to NADH and edaravone. NADPH had a longer therapeutic time window (within 5 h) after reperfusion than NADH and edaravone (within 2 h) for ischemic stroke. In addition, NADPH and edaravone were better in alleviating the brain atrophy, while NADH and NADPH were better in increasing the long-term survival rate. NADPH showed stronger antioxidant effects than NADH and edaravone; but NADH was the best in terms of maintaining energy metabolism. Taken together, this study demonstrates that NADPH exerts better neuroprotective effects against ischemic stroke than NADH and edaravone.
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