title: Therapeutic time window of neuroprotection by non-competitive AMPA antagonists in transient and permanent focal cerebral ischemia in rats.
abstract: EGIS-8332 and GYKI 53405 are selective, non-competitive AMPA (2-amino-3[3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolyl] propionic acid) antagonists that effectively protected against tissue injury caused by global and focal cerebral ischemia in laboratory animals. This study evaluated the therapeutic time window of neuroprotection by EGIS-8332 and GYKI 53405 in permanent and transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in Sprague-Dawley rats. Infarct size was measured by TTC staining 48 h after permanent MCAO (electrocoagulation), and 24 h after reperfusion following a 1-h transient MCAO carried out using the intraluminal filament technique. Treatment with EGIS-8332 (10 mg/kg, i.p.) 60 or 120 min after permanent MCAO, decreased infarct size by 30% and 36%, respectively, and the effect of GYKI 53405 (10 mg/kg, i.p.) was similar (30% and 33%, respectively; p<0.01 all). Neither compound was effective if administered 180 or 240 min after permanent MCAO. Both EGIS-8332 and GYKI 53405 (20 mg/kg, i.p.) reduced the core and total (core plus penumbra) volumes of tissue injury in the whole brain and the cerebral cortex when administered 120 or 180 min after transient MCAO. The compounds did not alter tissue damage in the striatum. No neuroprotective effect was obtained at 240 min after transient MCAO. In conclusion, the therapeutic time window of neuroprotection by EGIS-8332 and GYKI 53405 was 2 h in permanent and 3 h in transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats. The results suggest that treatment with non-competitive AMPA antagonists can only be expected to produce a neuroprotective action in humans if administered shortly after the appearance of stroke symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Preclinical Research, Pharmacology Laboratory I, EGIS Pharmaceuticals Plc., 1475 Budapest 10 POB 100, Hungary.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matucz
authors.forename: Krisztina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Móricz
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gigler
authors.forename: Angéla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benedek
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barkóczy
authors.forename: György
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lévay
authors.forename: László G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Hársing
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szénási
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: C505036:EGIS-8332; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D001569:Benzodiazepines; C085266:talampanel