1. Sevoflurane preconditioning improving cerebral focal ischemia–reperfusion damage in a rat model via PI3K/Akt signaling pathway
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Yan-Wei Li, Ling Zhang, Jing Li, Hai-Gen Liu, Ya-Xin Wang, Shou-Yuan Tian, Yi-Yang Chen, Jianbo Yu, Yan Zhang, Xiu-Shan Zhang, Yu Liang, and Wen-Sheng Wang
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Methyl Ethers ,Apoptosis ,Pharmacology ,Biology ,Neuroprotection ,Antioxidants ,Sevoflurane ,Brain Ischemia ,Superoxide dismutase ,Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Genetics ,medicine ,Animals ,Hippocampus (mythology) ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Glutathione peroxidase ,General Medicine ,Glutathione ,Malondialdehyde ,Rats ,Oncogene Protein v-akt ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Biochemistry ,chemistry ,Reperfusion Injury ,biology.protein ,Signal Transduction ,medicine.drug - Abstract
In this study, we aimed to assess the neuroprotective effect of sevoflurane preconditioning in a cerebral focal ischemia-reperfusion rat model. Sixty Sprague Dawley rats were divided into six groups: sham operated group, cerebral focal ischemia-reperfusion (CIR) group, CIR+sevoflurane preconditioning (SP) (2%) group, CIR+sevoflurane preconditioning (2.5%) group, CIR+sevoflurane preconditioning (3%) group, and CIR+sevoflurane preconditioning (3.5%) group. All subjects were euthanized 2days post-surgery and their hippocampus tissues were removed. Tissue malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione (GSH) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) levels were measured and hippocampus tissue samples were examined histopathologically. Results showed that significant difference in antioxidant, immunity indexes, and apoptosis-related protein expression was detected in hippocampus tissue between sham-operated control and CIR groups. Sevoflurane preconditioning significantly dose-dependently reduced MDA, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α levels and enhanced antioxidant enzyme activities in hippocampus tissue of CIR+SP groups compared to CIR group. In addition, sevoflurane preconditioning significantly dose-dependently upregulated PI3K, p-Akt and Bcl-2 levels and downregulated caspase-3 and Bax levels in hippocampus tissue of CIR+SP groups compared to CIR group. It can be concluded that sevoflurane preconditioning demonstrates a strong and ameliorative effect on cerebral I/R damage in rats. The neuroprotective mechanisms of sevoflurane preconditioning are associated with its properties of anti-apoptosis and anti-oxidation as well as regulation of PI3K and p-Akt signal activation.
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- 2015