title: NBQX reduces threshold of protein synthesis inhibition in focal ischaemia in rats.
abstract: The effect of the AMPA antagonist NBQX on peri-infarct inhibition of cerebral protein synthesis (CPS) was studied in rats subjected to 3 h occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery (MCA). Cerebral blood flow and CPS were measured with double tracer autoradiography and local ATP content was monitored by bioluminescence imaging. In untreated MCA-occluded animals the perfusion threshold of ATP depletion in cerebral cortex was 17 +/- 5 ml 100 g-1 min-1 and that of CPS inhibition was 49 +/- 13 ml 100 g-1 min-1. NBQX treatment (2 x 30 mg kg-1 after vascular occlusion) reduced the perfusion threshold of CPS inhibition to 16 +/- 6 ml 100 g-1 min-1 (p < 0.05) whereas that of ATP depletion was not affected (11 +/- 6 ml 100 g-1 min-1). The NBQX-induced pharmacological improvement of peri-infarct CPS is similar to the previously described amelioration of peri-infarct CPS by MK-801 and may contribute to the reduction of infarct size by this treatment.
authors.affiliation: Manx-Planck-Institute for Neurological Research, Department of Experimental Neurology, Lindenthal, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mies
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Djuricic
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hossmann
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D004056:Differential Threshold / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011810:Quinoxalines; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; C062865:2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate