Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomédecine & pharmacothérapie
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Biomed. Pharmacother. · Sep 2017
Effect of microRNA-129-5p targeting HMGB1-RAGE signaling pathway on revascularization in a collagenase-induced intracerebral hemorrhage rat model.
This study aimed at exploring the effect of microRNA-129-5p (miR-129-5p) targeting high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1)-receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) signaling pathway on the revascularization in a collagenase-induced intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) rat model. ⋯ Our study proved that up-regulation of miR-129-5p might suppress the HMGB1-RAGE signaling pathway to restrain the revascularization of rats with ICH.
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Biomed. Pharmacother. · Sep 2017
Activation of the PI3K-Akt pathway promotes neuroprotection of the δ-opioid receptor agonist against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat models.
The central objective was to identify the role of the PI3K-Akt activation pathway on the neuroprotection of δ-opioid receptor agonist (DADLE) against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in a rat model. Fifty-five male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were included to establish a middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model which were then divided into the sham, MCAO, LY294002 (MCAO+DADLE+LY294002 [inhibitor of PI3K-Akt pathway]), DADLE (MCAO+DADLE) and DMSO (MCAO+DADLE+DMSO [dimethyl sulphoxide]) groups. The cerebral infarction (CI) volume and nerve cell apoptosis was determined using TTC and TUNEL staining. ⋯ Compared with the MCAO group, the mRNA and protein expressions of PI3K and Bcl-2, and the protein expressions of p-Akt and p-Bad were elevated, while the mRNA and protein expressions of Bax were decreased in the DADLE and DMSO groups. Decreased mRNA and protein expressions of PI3K and Bcl-2, reduced protein expressions of p-Akt and p-Bad and elevated mRNA and protein expressions of Bax exhibited in the LY294002 group than the DADLE group. These results indicate that activation of PI3K-Akt pathway promotes the neuroprotection of DADLE against cerebral I/R injury in a rat model by decreasing nerve cells apoptosis.