期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
卷 35, 期 2, 页码 264-269出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.05.010
关键词
Heme oxygenase; Ischemic preconditioning; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Neuroprotection; Permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion
资金
- National Institutes of Health [AT004025, NS046400, GM075774-02, AT004197]
Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) protects brain against ischemic injury by activating specific mechanisms. Our goal was to determine if the inducible heme oxygenase 1 (HO1) is required for such protection. IPC before transient or permanent ischemia reduced cortical infarct volumes by 57.4% and 33.9%, respectively at 48 h in wildtype adult mice. Interestingly, IPC failed to protect the HO1 gene deleted mice against permanent ischemic brain injury. IPC also resulted in a significant increase in HO1 protein levels in the brain and correlated with reduced neurological deficits after permanent and transient brain ischemia. Our study demonstrates that neuroprotective effects of IPC are at least partially mediated via HO1. Elucidating the physiological/cellular role by which HO1 is protective against brain ischemia may aid the development of selective drugs to treat stroke and its associated neurological disorders. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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