title: Effect of the prostacyclin analogue, iloprost, on infarct size after permanent focal cerebral ischemia.
abstract: This investigation was undertaken to study the effect of iloprost, a stable analogue of prostacyclin, on infarct size after permanent focal cerebral ischemia in the rabbit. Forty-two adult rabbits were subjected to left middle cerebral artery occlusion via the transorbital route. Fourteen rabbits received an intravenous (i.v.) infusion of 30 micrograms/kg iloprost, 7 rabbits received an i.v. infusion of 10 micrograms/ kg, and 9 rabbits received an i.v. infusion of 20 micrograms/kg iloprost. Twelve rabbits received an intravenous infusion of saline. Treatment with iloprost started immediately after middle cerebral artery occlusion and continued for 1 h. After killing the animals, brains were removed and five coronal slices were incubated in a 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride solution to determine the infarct size. Treatment with 30 micrograms/kg iloprost significantly reduced the infarct size compared with treatment with saline (3.49 +/- 2.79% vs. 9.03 +/- 4.26%, P < 0.001), but the lower doses of iloprost did not have a beneficial effect on the size of the infarct. These results suggest that intravenous iloprost treatment after occlusion has a highly protective effect without any side effects such as hypotension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Temiz
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Türker
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Egemen
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Başkaya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D016285:Iloprost / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011817:Rabbits; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D016285:Iloprost