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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 507, 期 1-3, 页码 77-86出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.11.039
关键词
stroke; neuroprotection; apoptosis; thiobarbituric acid reacting substance; oxygen radical
Estrogen is neuroprotective in adult animals. We wished to determine if estrogen protects against brain injury in the newborn. Four-day-old rat pups were treated with subcutaneously implanted pellets containing 0.05 mg (2.4 mug/day) of 17beta-estradiol or vehicle. designed to release the estrogen over 21 days. At 7 days old the pups had the right carotid artery ligated followed by 2.5 h of 8% oxygen. Brain damage was evaluated by weight deficit of the right hemisphere at 22 days following hypoxia. Estradiol treatments reduced brain weight loss from -17.4+/-2.8% S.E.M. in the vehicle group (n=32) to -9.3+/-2.7% in the treated group (n=32, P<0.05). Brain cortex thiobarbituric acid reacting substances and caspase activities were assessed 24 h after reoxygenation. Estradiol significantly reduced a hypoxia-induced increase in brain thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (P<0.05). Levels of caspase-3. -8 and -9 activity increased due to hypoxia-ischemia. Estradiol had no effect on caspase activity. Estradiol reduced brain injury in the neonatal rat. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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