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JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
卷 186, 期 1, 页码 475-483出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.08.005
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Cerebral ischemia; Neuroprotection; Tadalafil; Nitric oxide; L-NAME; Memory
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- University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India [39-160/2010]
Background: The present study investigates the neuroprotective effect of tadalafil, a selective phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor, in a mouse model of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Materials and methods: Bilateral carotid artery occlusion for 12 min followed by reperfusion for 24 h was employed to produce ischemia-reperfusion-induced cerebral injury in male Swiss mice. Cerebral infarct size was measured using triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining. Memory was assessed using Morris water maze test. Degree of motor incoordination was evaluated using inclined beam walk test, rota-rod test, and lateral push test. Brain nitrite/nitrate, brain acetylcholinesterase activity, brain thiobarbituric acid reactive species, and glutathione levels were also estimated. Results: Bilateral carotid artery occlusion, followed by reperfusion, produced a significant rise in cerebral infarct size, brain nitrite/nitrate levels, acetylcholinesterase activity, and thiobarbituric acid reactive species level along with a fall in glutathione. A significant impairment of memory and motor coordination was also noted. Pretreatment of tadalafil significantly attenuated the above effects of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Tadalafil-induced neuroprotective effects were significantly attenuated by administration of L-NAME, a nonselective nitric oxide synthase inhibitor. Conclusions: Results indicate that tadalafil exerts neuroprotective effects, probably through nitric oxide-dependent pathways. Therefore, phosphodiesterase-5 can be explored as an important target to contain ischemia-reperfusion injury. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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