Journal
ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 113-118Publisher
ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2012.148
Keywords
neonatal stroke; neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury; neuroprotection; volume-regulated anion channel; chloride channel; CIC-3; DCPIB; oxygen-glucose deprivation; PC12 cell
Funding
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30873059]
- Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau Scholarship
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship
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Aim: To evaluate the role of swelling-induced activation of volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs) in a neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury model using the selective VRAC blocker 4-(2-butyl-6,7-dichloro-2-cyclopentyl-indan-1-on5-yl) oxobutyric acid (DCPIB). Methods: Cerebral hypoxic-ischemic injury was induced in 7-day-old mouse pups with Rice-Vannucci method: Prior to the onset of ischemia, the animals were ip administered DCPIB (10 mg/kg). The animals were sacrificed 24 h afterwards, coronal sections of the brains were cut and the areas of infarct were examined using TTC staining and an image-analysis system. Cultured PC12 cells were subjected to oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) for 4 h. The cellular viability was assessed using Cell Counting Kit 8. Intracellular chloride concentration [Cl-](i) was measured using 6-methoxy-N-ethylquinolinium iodide. Results: DCPIB-treated mice showed a significant reduction in hemispheric corrected infarct volume (26.65%+/- 2.23%) compared to that in vehicle-treated mice (45.52%+/- 1.45%, P<0.001). DCPIB-treated mice also showed better functional recovery as they were more active than vehicle-treated mice at 4 and 24 h post injury. In cultured PC12 cells, DCPIB (10 mu mol/L) significantly reduced OGD-induced cell death. Moreover, DCPIB (20 mu mol/L) blocked hypotonic-induced decrease in [Cl-](i) in PC12 cells of both control and OGD groups. Conclusion: The results further support the pathophysiological role of VRACs in ischemic brain injury, and suggest DCPIB as a potential, easily administrable agent targeting VRACs in the context of perinatal and neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.
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