Effects of Mild Hypothermia on Superoxide Anion Production, Superoxide Dismutase Expression, and Activity Following Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Carolina M. Maier; Guo Hua Sun; Danye Cheng; Midori A. Yenari; Pak H. Chan; Gary K. Steinberg

Neurobiology of Disease (Oct 2002)

Effects of Mild Hypothermia on Superoxide Anion Production, Superoxide Dismutase Expression, and Activity Following Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Carolina M. Maier,
Guo Hua Sun,
Danye Cheng,
Midori A. Yenari,
Pak H. Chan,
Gary K. Steinberg

Affiliations

Carolina M. Maier: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487
Guo Hua Sun: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487
Danye Cheng: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487
Midori A. Yenari: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487
Pak H. Chan: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487
Gary K. Steinberg: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487; Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5487

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 28 – 42

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Following a transient ischemic insult there is a marked increase in free radical (FR) production within the first 10–15 min of reperfusion and again at the peak of the inflammatory process. Hypothermia decreases lipid peroxidation following global ischemia, raising the possibility that it may act by reducing FR production early on and by maintaining or increasing endogenous antioxidant systems. By means of FR fluorescence, Western blot, immunohistochemistry, and enzymatic assay, we studied the effects of mild hypothermia on superoxide (O−•2) anion production, superoxide dismutase SOD expression, and activity following focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Mild hypothermia significantly reduced O−•2 generation in the ischemic penumbra and corresponding contralateral region, but did not alter the bilateral SOD expression. SOD enzymatic activity in the ischemic core was slightly reduced in hypothermia-treated animals compared with normothermic controls. Our results suggest that the neuroprotective effect of mild hypothermia may be due, in part, to a reduction in neuronal and endothelial O−•2 production during early reperfusion.

Published in Neurobiology of Disease

ISSN: 0969-9961 (Print); 1095-953X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/neurobiology-of-disease

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