Effect of Shenfu injection on Nrf2 signaling pathway in rats with cerebral ischemia reperfusion-induced brain injury / 中国免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To study the neuro-protective effects of Shenfu injection on Nrf 2 signaling pathway affected by cerebral ischemia reperfusion.Methods: A total of 68 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham group , cerebral ischemia-reperfusion group,and(8 mg/kg)Shenfu injection treatment group.Shenfu injection was injected intraperitoneally in the rats after MCAO.Neurologic deficit was evaluated after 24 hours of reperfusion.All the rats were sacrificed after 24 h of ischemia-reoerfusion for biochemical analysis or Nissl staining.Results:Shenfu injection treatment significantly increased the expression of Nrf 2,HO-1 and NQO-1(P<0.05).Furthermore,Shenfu injection treatment significantly reduced the expression of cleaved -caspase-3 and attenuated neurological deficits after cerebral ischemia reperfusion ( P<0.05 ).Lastly, Shenfu injection could evidently alleviate the severity of neuronal degeneration ( P<0.05 ).Conclusion:Shenfu injection could confer neuroprotection after cerebral ischemia reperfusion through modulating the Nrf2 signaling pathway.