Pre- and posttreatment with edaravone protects CA1 hippocampus and enhances neurogenesis in the subgranular zone of dentate gyrus after transient global cerebral ischemia in rats.

Abstract

Edaravone is clinically used for treatment of patients with acute cerebral infarction. However, the effect of double application of edaravone on neurogenesis in the hippocampus following ischemia remains unknown. In the present study, we explored whether pre- and posttreatment of edaravone had any effect on neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) in the subgranular zone of hippocampus in a rat model of transient global cerebral ischemia and elucidated the potential mechanism of its effects. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: sham-operated (n = 15), control (n = 15), and edaravone-treated (n = 15) groups. Newly generated cells were labeled by 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect neurogenesis. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick-end labeling was used to detect cell apoptosis. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) were detected by 2,7-dichlorofluorescien diacetate assay in NSPCs in vitro. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and cleaved caspase-3 proteins were quantified by western blot analysis. Treatment with edaravone significantly increased the number of NSPCs and newly generated neurons in the subgranular zone (p < .05). Treatment with edaravone also decreased apoptosis of NSPCs (p < .01). Furthermore, treatment with edaravone significantly decreased ROS generation and inhibited HIF-1α and cleaved caspase-3 protein expressions. These findings indicate that pre- and posttreatment with edaravone enhances neurogenesis by protecting NSPCs from apoptosis in the hippocampus, which is probably mediated by decreasing ROS generation and inhibiting protein expressions of HIF-1α and cleaved caspase-3 after cerebral ischemia.

• Authors: Shan Lei, Pengbo Zhang, Weisong Li, Ming Gao, Xijing He, Juan Zheng, Xu Li, Xiao Wang, Ning Wang, Junfeng Zhang, Cunfang Qi, Haixia Lu, Xinlin Chen, Yong Liu
• Journal: ASN neuro (ASN Neuro) Vol. 6 Issue 6 ( 2014) ISSN: 1759-0914 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 25388889 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.

Chemical References

• Doublecortin Domain Proteins
• Free Radical Scavengers
• Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
• Hif1a protein, mouse
• Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit
• Microtubule-Associated Proteins
• Neuropeptides
• Reactive Oxygen Species
• Edaravone
• Antipyrine

Topics

• Animals
• Animals, Newborn
• Antipyrine (analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
• Apoptosis (drug effects)
• CA1 Region, Hippocampal (drug effects)
• Cell Death (drug effects)
• Cells, Cultured
• Dentate Gyrus (drug effects)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Doublecortin Domain Proteins
• Edaravone
• Free Radical Scavengers (therapeutic use)
• Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (metabolism)
• Hypoxia (pathology)
• Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit (metabolism)
• Ischemic Attack, Transient (drug therapy, pathology)
• Male
• Microtubule-Associated Proteins (metabolism)
• Neural Stem Cells (drug effects)
• Neurogenesis (drug effects)
• Neuropeptides (metabolism)
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley
• Reactive Oxygen Species