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HYPERTENSION RESEARCH
卷 34, 期 7, 页码 840-845出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2011.51
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calcium channel blocker; free radical; ischemia reperfusion; nifedipine; stroke
Stroke is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in hypertensive patients. This study investigated the effects of nifedipine, an L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel blocker, on ischemic lesion volume after focal cerebral ischemia and reperfusion in rats. Rats were subjected to 1 h of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). At 2 days after MCAO, the rats were randomized into two groups that were fed either a normal control diet (n = 10) or a nifedipine (0.001%) containing diet (n = 11) for 2 weeks. Nifedipine treatment significantly reduced ischemic lesion volume (116.5 +/- 10.8 vs. 80.0 +/- 8.2 mm(3), P < 0.05) without affecting body weight or blood pressure. It also decreased thiobarbituric-reactive substances, an index of lipid peroxide, (2.6 +/- 0.4 vs. 1.7 +/- 0.1 mu mol g(-1) tissue, P < 0.05) and increased glutathione peroxidase (54.9 +/- 4.7 vs. 70.9 +/- 6.4 U g(-1) protein, P < 0.05) and glutathione reductase activities (32.4 +/- 1.4 vs. 39.9 +/- 2.7 U g(-1) protein, P < 0.05) in the mitochondria from the ischemic hemispheres. These results suggest that nifedipine treatment can reduce ischemic lesion volume after focal cerebral ischemia, possibly because of the decrease in oxidative stress with an increase in antioxidant activities within the ischemic area. Hypertension Research (2011) 34, 840-845; doi:10.1038/hr.2011.51; published online 12 May 2011
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