| Literature DB >> 15371744 |
Carole Escartin1, Frédéric Boyer, Alexis-Pierre Bemelmans, Philippe Hantraye, Emmanuel Brouillet.
Abstract
Recent findings demonstrated the neuroprotective effects of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in a cultured cell model of Huntington's disease. In the present study, we examined the potential neuroprotective effect of IGF-1 in vivo, in a rat model of Huntington's disease using the NMDA receptor agonist quinolinate. Continuous intracerebroventricular infusion of recombinant IGF-1 (0.25 microg/h for 2 days) in the rat brain, produced a significant 8-fold increase in striatal levels of the growth factor. Histological evaluation after intrastriatal injection of quinolinate showed that IGF-1 treatment significantly attenuated striatal degeneration. These results further support the therapeutic interest of IGF-1 in Huntington's disease.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15371744 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200410050-00022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuroreport ISSN: 0959-4965 Impact factor: 1.837