Involvement of the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel in the neuroprotective effect of hyperbaric oxygenation after cerebral ischemia.
In the present study, we investigated whether activation of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel is involved in the neuroprotective effect offered by early hyperbaric oxygenation after cerebral ischemia. The selective mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel antagonist 5-hydroxydecanoate was infused intracerebroventricularly before hyperbaric oxygenation treatment initiated 3 h after middle cerebral artery occlusion for 90 min. Neurological status was evaluated and brains were removed for the measurement of infarct size and immunohistochemical evaluation of apoptosis 24 h after middle cerebral artery occlusion. Early hyperbaric oxygenation treatment improved neurologic deficits and reduced infarct volume, while these effects were reversed by the administration of 5-hydroxydecanoate. Furthermore, early hyperbaric oxygenation significantly decreased the number of apoptotic cells in the peri-infarct cortex 24 h after ischemic insult and this effect was also blocked by 5-hydroxydecanoate. The present findings suggest that early hyperbaric oxygenation therapy prevents apoptosis and promotes neurologic functional recovery after focal cerebral ischemia, and the opening of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel plays a role in this antiapoptotic effect of early hyperbaric oxygenation.
Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, PR China. loumingxc@vip.sina.com
Min
M
Lou
Yizhang
Y
Chen
Meiping
M
Ding
Christoph C
CC
Eschenfelder
Günther
G
Deuschl
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D019610:Cytoprotection / Q000502:physiology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; C117780:mitochondrial K(ATP) channel; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D010100:Oxygen