title: Effects of the novel non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compound [N-(2-thiolethyl)-2- {2- [N'- (2,6- dichlorophenyl) amino] phenyl}acetamide on cytokines and apoptosis in ischaemic rat brain.
abstract: Ischaemia-reperfusion injury is associated with an inflammatory response as well as apoptosis in the affected area. Inflammatory responses are characterized, among others, by an increased production of several cytokines, while caspases are implicated in the control of apoptosis. The aim of the present work was to determine changes in the levels of inflammatory and apoptotic indices in the rat brain after cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion and to evaluate the effect of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compound N-(2-thiolethyl)-2-{2-[N'-[2,6-dichlorophenyl)aminolphenyl} acetamide on these indices. A cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion rodent model was used to investigate, via immunohistochemical and colorimetric techniques, the presence in the brain and spleen of inflammatory enzymes cycloxygenases COX-1 and COX-2, cytokines interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-18, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) as well as the activated form of caspase-3, in treated and untreated animals. Cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion caused elevated levels in the rat post ischaemia. Treatment with the antiinflammatory derivative reduced the elevation, caused by ischaemia, of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-1beta IL-6, IL-18 and caspase-3 levels at 3 days post ischaemia, while it increased the levels of IL-10. It was shown that the increase in concentrations of a wide range of cytokines involved in the inflammatory reaction causing brain damage after ischaemia-reperfusion can be partially reversed by the anti-inflammatory derivative used in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peroulis
authors.forename: Angeliki P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kourounakis
authors.forename: Minas
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yiangou
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paramythiotis
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotzampassi
authors.forename: Lygeri
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hadjipetrou
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D003124:Colorimetry; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D016207:Cytokines; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; C472071:N-(2-thiolethyl)-2-(2-(N'-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)amino) phenyl)acetamide; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D053148:Caspase 3