Rong Fang1, Xiaojun Zheng2, Mei Zhang3. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China. 2. Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China. 3. Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China. lese0621@sina.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated the neuroprotective effects of ethyl pyruvate in central nervous system (CNS) diseases. However, whether ethyl pyruvate attenuates early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remains unknown. This study was conducted to investigate the potential effects of ethyl pyruvate on early brain injury induced by SAH and explore the underlying mechanisms. METHODS: Eighty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. An SAH model was induced by endovascular perforation. Ethyl pyruvate (100 mg/kg) or a vehicle was administered intraperitoneally at 1 h after SAH induction. SAH grade, neurological scores, brain water content, Evans blue extravasation, Western blots, and immunofluorescence were used to study the mechanisms of ethyl pyruvate. RESULTS: Ethyl pyruvate treatment inhibited microglia activation and reduced the expression of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and TNF-α). Ethyl pyruvate treatment also prevented disruption of tight junction proteins (occluding and claudin-5) and reduced expression of MMP-9. In addition, ethyl pyruvate treatment markedly reduced TUNEL-positive cells and expression of cleaved caspase-3. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicated that ethyl pyruvate treatment attenuated early brain injury and improved neurological function after SAH by inhibiting microglia activation and apoptosis and stabilizing the BBB.
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated the neuroprotective effects of ethyl pyruvate in central nervous system (CNS) diseases. However, whether ethyl pyruvate attenuates early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remains unknown. This study was conducted to investigate the potential effects of ethyl pyruvate on early brain injury induced by SAH and explore the underlying mechanisms. METHODS: Eighty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. An SAH model was induced by endovascular perforation. Ethyl pyruvate (100 mg/kg) or a vehicle was administered intraperitoneally at 1 h after SAH induction. SAH grade, neurological scores, brain water content, Evans blue extravasation, Western blots, and immunofluorescence were used to study the mechanisms of ethyl pyruvate. RESULTS:Ethyl pyruvate treatment inhibited microglia activation and reduced the expression of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and TNF-α). Ethyl pyruvate treatment also prevented disruption of tight junction proteins (occluding and claudin-5) and reduced expression of MMP-9. In addition, ethyl pyruvate treatment markedly reduced TUNEL-positive cells and expression of cleaved caspase-3. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicated that ethyl pyruvate treatment attenuated early brain injury and improved neurological function after SAH by inhibiting microglia activation and apoptosis and stabilizing the BBB.
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