Effect of curcumin on JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway after cerebral ischemia in rats / 中华老年心脑血管病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of curcumin on JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway following ischemic cerebral injury in rats.Methods Sixty-eight SD rats were divided into sham opera tion group,cerebral ischemia group,curcumin treatment group and control group (17 in each group).After a rat focal cerebral hemmorrahge model was established,the changes of neurological behaviors in rats were recorded,expressions of TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 were detected by ELISA and those of JAK2,p-JAK2,STAT3,p-STAT3 and HMGB1 were detected by Western blot.Results The neurological behavior score was lower in curcumin treatment group than in cerebral ischemia group (1.53±0.62 vs 2.94±0.87,P＜0.05).No significant difference was found in expression levels of TNF-α,IL-1β and IL 6 between cerebral ischemia group and control group (P＞0.05).The expression levels of TNF α,IL 1β and IL 6 were lower in curcumin treatment group than in cerebral ischemia group (57.63±10.27 ng/L vs 99.35±8.97 ng/L,33.67 ± 9.10 ng/L vs58.43±7.22 ng/L,31.97±6.91 ng/L vs 49.23±6.28 ng/L,P＜0.01).The relative volume of p-JAK2/JAK2 and p-STAT3/STAT3 and the expression level of HMGB1 were lower in curcumin treatment group than in cerebral ischemia group (P＜0.05).Conclusion Curcumin can protect rats against cerebral injury following ischemia by inhibiting the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway and downregulating the HMGB1 expression,and can thus alleviate inflammatory reactions.