The 21-aminosteroid antioxidant tirilazad mesylate, U-74006F, blocks cortical hypoperfusion following spreading depression.
Cortical spreading depression (SD) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of classical migraine headache and cerebral ischemia. A reduction in cerebral blood flow (CBF), mimicking that seen during the aura and headache phase of migraine, is typically observed following SD in the rat. This phenomenon may also play a role in potentiating ischemic brain damage. In the present study, brief cortical exposure to 1 M KCl produced a marked suppression of EEG amplitude which persisted 20 min in the rat. Upon normalization of the EEG, cortical blood flow declined 20-30% and remained low for at least 2 h. Treatment with a 1 mg/kg i.v. dose of the 21-aminosteroid antioxidant tirilazad mesylate (U-74006F), 2 min following KCl application, completely blocked the hypoperfusion while leaving the magnitude and duration of the EEG suppression and mean arterial pressure unchanged. Tirilazad mesylate is a potent inhibitor of oxygen radical-mediated lipid peroxidation both in vitro and in vivo. Thus, based on present results, an oxygen radical hypothesis is proposed to account for the SD-induced cerebral hypoperfusion.
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CNS Diseases Research, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.
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D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D013181:Cortical Spreading Depression / Q000187:drug effects*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure; D010477:Perfusion; D011281:Pregnatrienes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values
D000975:Antioxidants; D011281:Pregnatrienes; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen; C053355:tirilazad