Docosahexaenoic acid complexed to albumin provides neuroprotection after experimental stroke in aged rats
| Autor: | Alena Mohd-Yusof, Ludmila Belayev, Andre Obenaus, Tiffany N. Eady, Larissa Khoutorova, Nicolas G. Bazan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Middle Cerebral Artery Aging medicine.medical_treatment Rats Sprague-Dawley Stroke Saline biology Age Factors Brain Infarction Middle Cerebral Artery Neuroprotective Agents Neurology Infarction Docosahexaenoic acid Anesthesia Neurological Biomedical Imaging medicine.symptom medicine.drug Docosahexaenoic Acids Cell Survival Clinical Sciences Ischemia Histopathology Neuroprotection Article lcsh:RC321-571 Lesion Magnetic resonance imaging Albumins medicine Animals Middle cerebral artery occlusion lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Behavior Neurology & Neurosurgery Animal business.industry Neurosciences medicine.disease Brain Disorders Rats Disease Models Animal Isoflurane Disease Models biology.protein Rat Sprague-Dawley NeuN business |
| Zdroj: | Neurobiology of Disease, Vol 62, Iss, Pp 1-7 (2014) |
| Popis: | Recently we have shown that docosahexaenoic acid complexed to albumin (DHA–Alb) is neuroprotective after experimental stroke in young rats. The purpose of this study was to determine whether treatment with DHA–Alb would be protective in aged rats after focal cerebral ischemia. Isoflurane/nitrous oxide-anesthetized normothermic (brain temperature 36–36.5 °C) Sprague–Dawley aged rats (18-months old) received 2 h middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) by poly-l-lysine-coated intraluminal suture. The neurological status was evaluated during occlusion (60 min) and on days 1, 2, 3 and 7 after MCAo; a grading scale of 0–12 was employed. DHA (5 mg/kg), Alb (0.63 g/kg), DHA–Alb (5 mg/kg + 0.63 g/kg) or saline was administered i.v. 3 h after onset of stroke (n = 8–10 per group). Ex vivo T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) of the brains was conducted on an 11.7T MRI on day 7 and 3D reconstructions were generated. Infarct volumes and number of GFAP (reactive astrocytes), ED-1 (activated microglia/microphages), NeuN (neurons)-positive cells and SMI-71 (positive vessels) were counted in the cortex and striatum at the level of the central lesion. Physiological variables were entirely comparable between groups. Animals treated with DHA–Alb showed significantly improved neurological scores compared to vehicle rats; 33% improvement on day 1; 39% on day 2; 41% on day 3; and 45% on day 7. Total and cortical lesion volumes computed from T2WI were significantly reduced by DHA–Alb treatment (62 and 69%, respectively). In addition, treatment with DHA–Alb reduced cortical and total brain infarction while promoting cell survival. We conclude that DHA–Alb therapy is highly neuroprotective in aged rats following focal cerebral ischemia and has potential for the effective treatment of ischemic stroke in aged individuals. |
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