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NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH
卷 28, 期 8, 页码 1227-1234出版社
KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024236614015
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cerebral ischemia; stroke; cerebral blood flow; poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase; apoptosis
We investigated the neuroprotective action of nicotinamide in focal ischemia. Male spontaneously hypertensive rats (5 - 7 months old) were subjected to photothrombotic occlusion of the right distal middle cerebral artery (MCA). Either nicotinamide (125 or 250 mg/kg) or vehicle was injected IV before MCA occlusion. Changes in the cerebral blood flow (CBF) were monitored using laser-Doppler flowmetry, and infarct volumes were determined with TTC staining 3 days after MCA occlusion. In another set of experiments, the brain nicotinamide and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) levels were analyzed by HPLC using the frozen samples dissected from the regions corresponding to the ischemic core and penumbra. In the 250-mg/kg nicotinamide group, the ischemic CBF was significantly increased compared to that the untreated group, and the infarct volumes were substantially attenuated (-36%). On the other hand, the ischemic CBF in the 125 mg/kg nicotinamide group was not significantly different from the untreated CBF, however, the infarct volumes were substantially attenuated (-38%). Cerebral ischemia per se did not affect the concentrations of nicotinamide and NAD(+) both in the penumbra and ischemic core. In the nicotinamide groups, the brain nicotinamide levels increased significantly in all areas examined, and brain NAD(+) levels increased in the penumbra but not in the ischemic core. Increased brain levels of nicotinamide are considered to be primarily important for neuroprotection against ischemia, and the protective action may be partly mediated through the increased NAD(+) in the penumbra.
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