期刊
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
卷 108, 期 -, 页码 24-33出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2016.01.008
关键词
Neonatal hypoxia ischemia; N-acetylcysteine; Sex; Neuroprotection; Redox regulation
资金
- NIH [NS 054428, NS 022576, NS 037766]
Approximately half of moderate to severely hypoxic-ischemic (HI) newborns do not respond to hypothermia, the only proven neuroprotective treatment. N-acetylcysteine (NAC), an antioxidant and glutathione precursor, shows promise for neuroprotection in combination with hypothermia, mitigating post-HI neuroinflammation due to oxidative stress. As mechanisms of HI injury and cell death differ in males and females, sex differences must be considered in translational research of neuroprotection. We assessed the potential toxicity and efficacy of NAC in combination with hypothermia, in male and female neonatal rats after severe HI injury. NAC 50 mg/kg/d administered 1 h after initiation of hypothermia significantly decreased iNOS expression and caspase 3 activation in the injured hemisphere versus hypothermia alone. However, only females treated with hypothermia +NAC 50 mg/kg showed improvement in short-term infarct volumes compared with saline treated animals. Hypothermia alone had no effect in this severe model. When NAC was continued for 6 weeks, significant improvement in long-term neuromotor outcomes over hypothermia treatment alone was observed, controlling for sex. Antioxidants may provide insufficient neuroprotection after HI for neonatal males in the short term, while long-term therapy may benefit both sexes. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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