Mustafa Guven1, Adem Bozkurt Aras1, Tarik Akman1, Halil Murat Sen1, Adile Ozkan1, Osman Salis2, Ibrahim Sehitoglu3, Yildiray Kalkan4, Coskun Silan5, Mustafa Deniz6, Murat Cosar1. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey. 2. Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey. 3. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey. 4. Department of Histology & Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey. 5. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey. 6. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Stroke poses a crucial risk for mortality and morbidity. Our study aimed to investigate the effect of p-coumaric acid on focal cerebral ischemia in rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Rats were randomly divided into four groups, namely Group I (control rats), Group II (ischemia rats), Group III (6 hr ischemia + p-coumaric acid rats) and Group IV (24 hr ischemia + p-coumaric acid rats). Cerebral ischemia was induced via intraluminal monofilament occlusion model. In all groups, the brain was removed after the procedure and rats were sacrificed. Malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase and nuclear respiratory factor-1 were measured in the ischemic hemisphere. The histopathological changes were observed in the right hemisphere within the samples. Functional assessment was performed for neurological deficit scores. RESULTS: Following the treatment, biochemical factors changed significantly. Histopathologically, it was shown that p-coumaric acid decreased the oxidative damage. The neurological deficit scores of p-coumaric acid-treated rats were significantly improved after cerebral ischemia. CONCLUSION: Our results showed that p-coumaric acid is a neuroprotective agent on account of its strong anti-oxidant and anti-apoptotic features. Moreover, p-coumaric acid decreased the focal ischemia. Extra effort should be made to introduce p-coumaric acid as a promising therapeutic agent to be utilized for treatment of human cerebral ischemia in the future.
OBJECTIVES:Stroke poses a crucial risk for mortality and morbidity. Our study aimed to investigate the effect of p-coumaric acid on focal cerebral ischemia in rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Rats were randomly divided into four groups, namely Group I (control rats), Group II (ischemiarats), Group III (6 hr ischemia + p-coumaric acidrats) and Group IV (24 hr ischemia + p-coumaric acidrats). Cerebral ischemia was induced via intraluminal monofilament occlusion model. In all groups, the brain was removed after the procedure and rats were sacrificed. Malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase and nuclear respiratory factor-1 were measured in the ischemic hemisphere. The histopathological changes were observed in the right hemisphere within the samples. Functional assessment was performed for neurological deficit scores. RESULTS: Following the treatment, biochemical factors changed significantly. Histopathologically, it was shown that p-coumaric acid decreased the oxidative damage. The neurological deficit scores of p-coumaric acid-treated rats were significantly improved after cerebral ischemia. CONCLUSION: Our results showed that p-coumaric acid is a neuroprotective agent on account of its strong anti-oxidant and anti-apoptotic features. Moreover, p-coumaric acid decreased the focal ischemia. Extra effort should be made to introduce p-coumaric acid as a promising therapeutic agent to be utilized for treatment of humancerebral ischemia in the future.
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