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BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 1451, Issue -, Pages 1-9Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.02.055
Keywords
Hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha; Isoflurane; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Ischemia
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [30801079]
- Shanghai Rising-Star Program [08QA14044]
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Recent studies have shown that isoflurane protects against ischemic injury via inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1 alpha is a transcriptional factor that activates after cerebral ischemia. However, whether iNOS gene containing the sequence of the hypoxia response element (HRE) is a HIF-1 alpha target during tolerance against ischemic neuronal injury induced by isoflurane post-conditioning remains unknown. In this study, we report that HIF-1 alpha and iNOS gene expression were augmented after cerebral ischemia in rats. Furthermore, isoflurane post-conditioning resulted in greater accumulation of HIF-1 alpha and iNOS gene expression, following by HIF-1 alpha transcriptional activity enhancement and co-localization of HIF-1 alpha and iNOS. Accordingly, in the primary cortical neuron cultures, silencing of HIF-1 alpha attenuated the accumulation of iNOS and the protective effects of isoflurane post-conditioning. Our results suggest the involvement of HIF-1 alpha in the regulation of iNOS during tolerance against cerebral ischemia induced by isoflurane post-conditioning, which provide a mechanistic basis of novel therapeutic strategies for ischemic stroke. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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