• Plos One · Jan 2013

    Carbon monoxide abrogates ischemic insult to neuronal cells via the soluble guanylate cyclase-cGMP pathway.

    • Nils Schallner, Carlos C Romão, Julia Biermann, Wolf A Lagrèze, Leo E Otterbein, Hartmut Buerkle, Torsten Loop, and Ulrich Goebel.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Division for Experimental Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany. nils.schallner@uniklinik-freiburg.de
    • Plos One. 2013 Jan 1;8(4):e60672.

    PurposeCarbon monoxide (CO) is an accepted cytoprotective molecule. The extent and mechanisms of protection in neuronal systems have not been well studied. We hypothesized that delivery of CO via a novel releasing molecule (CORM) would impart neuroprotection in vivo against ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI)-induced apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) and in vitro of neuronal SH-SY5Y-cells via activation of soluble guanylate-cyclase (sGC).MethodsTo mimic ischemic respiratory arrest, SH-SY5Y-cells were incubated with rotenone (100 nmol/L, 4 h) ± CORM ALF186 (10-100 µmol/L) or inactivated ALF186 lacking the potential of releasing CO. Apoptosis and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production were analyzed using flow-cytometry (Annexin V, mitochondrial membrane potential, CM-H2DCFDA) and Western blot (Caspase-3). The impact of ALF186± respiratory arrest on cell signaling was assessed by measuring expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and soluble guanylate-cyclase (sGC) and by analyzing cellular cGMP levels. The effect of ALF186 (10 mg/kg iv) on retinal IRI in Sprague-Dawley rats was assessed by measuring densities of fluorogold-labeled RGC after IRI and by analysis of apoptosis-related genes in retinal tissue.ResultsALF186 but not inactivated ALF186 inhibited rotenone-induced apoptosis (Annexin V positive cells: 25 ± 2% rotenone vs. 14 ± 1% ALF186+rotenone, p<0.001; relative mitochondrial membrane potential: 17 ± 4% rotenone vs. 55 ± 3% ALF186+rotenone, p<0.05). ALF186 increased cellular cGMP levels (33±5 nmol/L vs. 23±3 nmol/L; p<0.05) and sGC expression. sGC-inhibition attenuated ALF186-mediated protection (relative mitochondrial membrane potential: 55±3% ALF186+rotenone vs. 20 ± 1% ODQ + ALF186+rotenone, p<0.05). ALF186 protected RGC in vivo (IRI 1255 ± 327 RGC/mm(2) vs. ALF186 + IRI 2036 ± 83; p<0.05) while sGC inhibition abolished the protective effects of ALF186 (ALF186 + IRI 2036 ± 83 RGC/mm(2) vs. NS-2028 + ALF186 + IRI 1263 ± 170, p<0.05).ConclusionsThe CORM ALF186 inhibits IRI-induced neuronal cell death via activation of sGC and may be a useful treatment option for acute ischemic insults to the retina and the brain.

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