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Cooperative effect of angiotensin AT(1) and endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonism limits the brain damage after ischemic stroke in rat.

Abstract：

:Cerebral ischemia results in enhanced expression of smooth muscle cell endothelin and angiotensin receptors in cerebral arteries. We hypothesise that this phenomenon may be detrimental and that acute treatment with a combined non-hypotensive dose of the angiotensin AT(1) receptor inhibitor candesartan and the endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonist ZD1611 reduces the infarct in experimental ischemic stroke. Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion was induced in male Wistar rats by the intraluminal filament technique for 2 h followed by recirculation. The animals received systemic candesartan (0.05 mg/kg/day), ZD1611 (0.15 mg/kg/day), both combined or vehicle with start immediately after the occlusion. After 48 h the rats were sacrificed, the brains sliced and stained with 1% 2, 3, 5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) and the volume of ischemic damage determined. The middle cerebral arteries were harvested for immunocytochemical studies of angiotensin AT(1) and endothelin ET(A) receptor expression. Candesartan or ZD1611 did alone not significantly decrease the brain damage or improve neurological scores as compared to vehicle controls. The combined inhibition of angiotensin AT(1) and endothelin ET(A) receptors however decreased the brain damage and improved the neurological scores (both P<0.05). The treatment did not change resting mean arterial blood pressure. In addition, there was an upregulation of angiotensin AT(1) receptors in the ischemic middle cerebral artery smooth muscle cells, which was normalised by the combined treatment. In conclusion, the present study shows that combined inhibition of angiotensin AT(1) and endothelin ET(A) receptors reduces the brain damage and improves the neurological outcome after ischemic stroke in rat.

journal_name

Eur J Pharmacol

journal_title

European journal of pharmacology

authors

Stenman E,Jamali R,Henriksson M,Maddahi A,Edvinsson L

doi

10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.05.049

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-09-10 00:00:00

pages

142-8

issue

1-3

eissn

0014-2999

issn

1879-0712

pii

S0014-2999(07)00637-1

journal_volume

570

pub_type

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Cooperative effect of angiotensin AT(1) and endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonism limits the brain damage after ischemic stroke in rat.