Effects of alpha-Lipoic Acid on Apoptotic Cell Death in Rat Hippocampus Following Transient Forebrain Ischemia-reperfusion Injury
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
;
: 134-142, 2007.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-160018
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate effect of alpha-lipoic acid on apoptotic cell death in rat hippocampal neuron following transient forebrain ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury.METHODS:
The four-vessel occlusion method was used to induce transient I/R injury in the forebrain of Sprague-Dawley rats. In the treatment group, alpha-Lipoic acid (LA) was administered subcutaneously at 50 mg/kg/day for 7 days before induction of I/R injury.RESULTS:
Pretreatment with LA significantly reduced the number of TUNEL-positive neurons in the pyramidal cells layer of the hipocampal CA1 region 5 days after the ischemia, suggesting a marked reduction of apoptotic cell death. Pretreatment with LA also resulted in marked suppression at the transcript level of mRNA for caspase-3 at 24 hours, and decreased concentration of the active form of caspase-3 protein in the hippocampus at 1, 3, and 5 days after I/R injury. Furthermore, as indicated by western blot analysis, the concentration of apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) in the hippocampus was reduced at 1 and 3 days after a transient I/R injury by pretreatment with LA.CONCLUSION:
The results of this study suggest that LA has the potential to prevent neuronal cell death in the hippocampus by inhibiting intracellular signaling pathways responsible for apoptosis following transient I/R injury.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
RNA, Messenger
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Reperfusion Injury
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Blotting, Western
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Thioctic Acid
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Prosencephalon
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Cell Death
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Apoptosis
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Pyramidal Cells
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Apoptosis Inducing Factor
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Animals
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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