Pharmacological induction of heat shock protein exerts neuroprotective effects in experimental intracerebral hemorrhage.

Abstract

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are reported to reduce inflammation and apoptosis in a variety of brain insults. Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), developed as an antiulcer in Japan, has been known to induce HSP70 and to exert cytoprotective effects. In this study, we investigated whether GGA, as a specific HSP inducer, exerts therapeutic effects in experimentally induced intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). ICH was induced with male Sprague-Dawley rats via the collagenase infusion. GGA (800 mg/kg) was administered via oral tube according to various schedules of treatment. The treatment with GGA, beginning before the induction of ICH and continuing until day 3, showed the reduction of brain water content and the increased level of HSP70 protein, as compared to the treatment with vehicle, although GGA started after the induction of ICH or administered as a single dose before ICH failed to up-regulate HSP70 and to reduce brain edema. The rats treated with GGA exhibited better functional recovery than those treated with vehicle. In the pre- and post- treatment group, inflammatory cells and cell death in the perihematomal regions were found to have been decreased. The treatment of GGA inhibited the mRNA expression of MMP-9, uPA, IL-6 and MIP-1, with concomitant increment of eNOS and phosphorylated STAT3 and Akt after ICH. We demonstrated that GGA induced a reduction in the brain edema along with marked inhibitory effects on inflammation and cell death after ICH.

• Authors: Dong-In Sinn, Kon Chu, Soon-Tae Lee, Eun-Cheol Song, Keun-Hwa Jung, Eun-Hee Kim, Dong-Kyu Park, Kyung-Mook Kang, Manho Kim, Jae-Kyu Roh
• Journal: Brain research (Brain Res) Vol. 1135 Issue 1 Pg. 167-76 (Mar 02 2007) ISSN: 0006-8993 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 17208204 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Cytokines
• Diterpenes
• HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
• Nerve Tissue Proteins
• Neuroprotective Agents
• geranylgeranylacetone

Topics

• Analysis of Variance
• Animals
• Brain Edema (etiology, prevention & control)
• Cell Death (drug effects)
• Cerebral Hemorrhage (complications, drug therapy, metabolism)
• Cytokines (genetics, metabolism)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Diterpenes (administration & dosage)
• Drug Administration Routes
• Drug Administration Schedule
• Functional Laterality
• Gene Expression Regulation (drug effects)
• HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins (metabolism)
• In Situ Nick-End Labeling
• Male
• Nerve Tissue Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Neuroprotective Agents (administration & dosage)
• PC12 Cells
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley
• Time Factors