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JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 177-192Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600012
Keywords
apoptosis; cerebral ischemia; inflammation; NF-kappa B; nitric oxide; S-nitrosoglutathione
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS-40810, NS-40144, NS-37766, NS-34741, NS-22576] Funding Source: Medline
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Preservation of endothelial functions with low-dose nitric oxide (NO) and inhibition of excessive production of NO from inducible NO synthase (iNOS) is a potential therapeutic approach for acute stroke. Based on this hypothesis, an NO modulator, S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) was used, which provided neuroprotection in a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia. Administration of GSNO after the onset of ischemia reduced infarction and improved cerebral blood flow. To understand the mechanism of protection, the involvement of inflammation in ischemic brain injury was examined. Treatment with GSNO reduced the expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1beta, and iNOS; inhibited the activation of microglia/macrophage (ED1, CD11-b); and downregulated the expression of leukocyte function-associated antigen-1 and intercellular adhesion molleculle-1 in the ischemic brain. The number of apoptotic cells (including neurons) and the activity of caspase-3 were also decreased after GSNO treatment. Further, the antiinflammatory effect of GSNO on expression of iNOS and activation of NF-B-kappa machinery in rat primary astrocytes and in the murine microglial cell line BV2 was tested. Cytokine-mediated expression of iNOS and activation of NF-B-kappa were inhibited by GSNO treatment. That GSNO protects the brain against ischemia/reperfusion injury by modulating NO systems, resulting in a reduction in inflammation and neuronal cell death was documented by the results.
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