title: Peripheral administration of carbenoxolone reduces ischemic reperfusion injury in transient model of cerebral ischemia.
abstract: Carbenoxolone (CBX) has a neuroprotective effect in experimental models of brain ischemia and trauma. However, systemic effect of CBX on ischemic reperfusion injuries has not been investigated in a temporary model of focal cerebral ischemia. Male Wistar rats (n = 32) were divided into control and CBX-treated (100, 200, or 400 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) groups. Transient focal cerebral ischemia was induced by 60-minute middle cerebral artery occlusion by filament method, followed by 23-hour reperfusion. At the end of 24-hour ischemia, neurologic deficit score was tested and infarct volumes were determined using triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining. Administration of CBX (100, 200, or 400 mg/kg) at the beginning of ischemia significantly reduced cortical infarct volumes by 48%, 58%, and 63%, and striatal infarct volumes by 34%, 63%, and 63%, respectively. Nevertheless, CBX has no effect on neurologic dysfunction. Our findings indicated that peripheral administration of CBX has a neuroprotective effect on postischemic damage in a temporary model of focal cerebral ischemia in rat.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Research, Department and Research Center of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
authors.forename: Abedin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vakili
authors.forename: Seyed Ahmad
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hosseinzadeh
authors.forename: Mahdi Zahedi
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Khorasani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002229:Carbenoxolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D019610:Cytoprotection / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D002229:Carbenoxolone