THE FREE-RADICAL SCAVENGER, ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID, PROTECTS AGAINST CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY IN GERBILS

被引:76
作者
CAO, XH [1 ]
PHILLIS, JW [1 ]
机构
[1] WAYNE STATE UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT PHYSIOL,DETROIT,MI 48202
关键词
ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID; CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; FREE RADICALS; GERBILS; LIPID PEROXIDATION;
D O I
10.3109/10715769509065257
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
alpha-lipoic acid (thioctic acid) was tested for its neuroprotective activity in a Mongolian gerbil model of forebrain ischemia/reperfusion. Adult gerbils were treated for 7 days with two intraperitoneal injections per day of alpha-lipoic acid (20 mg/kg), vehicle or saline and on the 7th day the animals were subjected to 5 min of forebrain ischemia. Ischemic injury was assessed by monitoring the increases in locomotor activity and from the extent of damage to the CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cell layer after 5 days of recovery. By both criteria, alpha-lipoic acid was neuroprotective against ischemia/reperfusion evoked cerebral injury.
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