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- Title
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonism before reperfusion attenuates cerebral ischaemia/reperfusion injury in rats.
- Authors
Kwon, Jae-Im; Heo, Hwon; Ham, Su Jeong; Chae, Yeon Ji; Lee, Do-Wan; Kim, Sang Tae; Min, Joongkee; Sung, Yu Sub; Kim, Kyung Won; Choi, Yoonseok; Woo, Dong Cheol; Woo, Chul-Woong
- Abstract
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) antagonism can mitigate cellular damage associated with cerebral ischaemia and reperfusion (I/R) injury. This study investigated the neuroprotective effects of AhR antagonist administration before reperfusion in a rat stroke model and influence of the timing of AhR antagonist administration on its neuroprotective effects. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed at baseline, immediately after, and 3, 8, and 24 h after ischaemia in the sham, control (I/R injury), TMF10 (trimethoxyflavone [TMF] administered 10 min post-ischaemia), and TMF50 (TMF administered 50 min post-ischaemia) groups. The TMF treatment groups had significantly fewer infarcts than the control group. At 24 h, the relative apparent diffusion coefficient values of the ischaemic core and peri-infarct region were significantly higher and relative T2 values were significantly lower in the TMF10 groups than in the control group. The TMF treatment groups showed significantly fewer terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labelling positive (+) cells (%) in the peri-infarct region than the control group. This study demonstrated that TMF treatment 10 or 50 min after ischaemia alleviated brain damage. Furthermore, the timing of AhR antagonist administration affected the inhibition of cellular or vasogenic oedema formation caused by a transient ischaemic stroke.
- Subjects
ARYL hydrocarbon receptors; NEUROPROTECTIVE agents; CHEMICAL antagonism; CEREBRAL ischemia; REPERFUSION injury; STROKE treatment; ANIMAL models in research
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-020-72023-5