Effects of dipfluzine on cell apoptosis after cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion in rats / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Aim To study the effects of dipfluzine (Dip) on cell apoptosis after focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Methods Endothelin-1 induced focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion model in rat was used in experiment. The cell apoptosis, the expressions of Bcl-2 and Bax proteins were observed by flow cytometric analysis. Results The tissues from the solvent group showed remarkably high apoptotic percentages with(9.34?1.22)% in cortex and(10.58?1.44)% in striatum, respectively, in contrast with(1.26?0.15)% in cortex and(2.50?0.35)% in striatum in sham group. Dipfluzine could decrease the cell apoptosis in cortex and striatum and showed a close correlation with the dose increment, which were (7.92?0.76)% in 10mg?kg -1 group, (6.78?0.77)% in 20 mg?kg -1 group, and (6.00?0.71)% in 40 mg?kg -1 group in cortex (r=0.9559, P0.05). The determination of Bcl-2 and Bax by flow cytometric analysis indicated that sham group showed high expression of Bcl-2 both in cortex and striatum and the ratio of Bcl-2 and Bax were the highest,they were 1.30?0.08 in cortex and 1.64?0.10 in striatum, respectively. The expression of Bax in solvent group was increased and the the ratio of Bcl-2 and Bax were 1.03?0.12 in cortex and 1.00?0.04 in striatum, significantly lower than those in sham group (P