No neuroprotective compounds are clinically available for the treatment of ischemic stroke. The potential salutary effect of pifithrin a, a novel-specific inhibitor of the transcription factor p53, administered 1-6 h following focal reversible cerebral ischemia, was investigated. Studies measuring histological, motor, and behavioral outcomes showed significant improvements in pifithrin a-treated animals. Pifithrin a reduced the number of apoptotic cells in the ischemic brain by inhibiting the binding of p53 to its DNA sites as it reduced the expression of the p53-related gene p21(WAF) without changing the amount of p53 protein itself. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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