The Selective Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor Rofecoxib Reduces Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion-induced Apoptosis in the Rat Hippocampus
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
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: 660-667, 2002.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion induced by permanent occlusion of bilateral common carotid arteries (2VO) in rats caused cognitive deficits and neuronal damage. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor was reported to attenuate both post-ischemic prostaglandin accumulation and neuronal damage. We studied the expression of mRNA of COX-2 in the hippocampus during hypoperfusion and the effectiveness of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, rofecoxib, in preventing the neuronal damage of this model.METHODS:
Bilateral common carotid arteries of the rat were ligated with silk sutures. The expression of mRNA for COX-1 and COX-2 were detected by the RT-PCR. The first group of animals (n=6) was treated with rofecoxib (10 mg/kg, i.p.) 7 days after operation and the following 7 days. The second group of animals (n=6) was treated with diclofenac sodium (9mg/kg, i.p.) and the third group of animals (n=5) was treated with vehicle (DMSO). TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) technique was performed to estimate delayed cell death.RESULTS:
Bilateral carotid artery occlusion (2VO) was shown to induce apoptotic morphology and DNA strand break in hippocampal neurons from 7 days with a peak at 14, 28 days. mRNA of COX-2 appeared in the frontal cortex (14, 28 days) and hippocampus (14, 28, 63 days). Treatment with rofecoxib significantly (p<0.05) attenuated the number of TUNEL-labeled cells in the hippocampus, whereas the cells of the diclofenac treated group were not protected.CONCLUSIONS:
We concluded that COX-2 might contribute to cell death of pyramidal cells of the hippocampus of hypoperfusion and selective COX-2 inhibitor, rofecoxib, could prevent the neuronal damage.
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Main subject:
Sutures
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DNA
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RNA, Messenger
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Dementia, Vascular
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Carotid Arteries
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Diclofenac
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Cell Death
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Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
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Carotid Artery, Common
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Apoptosis
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Animals
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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