Neuroprotective effects of N-acetylcysteine amide on experimental focal penetrating brain injury in rats
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015

We examined the effects of N-acetylcysteine amide (NACA) in the secondary inflammatory response following a novel method of focal penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rats. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has limited but well-documented neuroprotective effects after experimental central nervous system ischemia and TBI, but its bioavailability is very low. We tested NACA, a modified form of NAC with higher membrane and blood-brain barrier permeability. Focal penetrating TBI was produced in male Sprague-Dawley rats randomly selected for NACA treatment (n = 5) and no treatment (n = 5). In addition, four animals were submitted to sham surgery. After 2 hours or 24 hours the brains were removed, fresh frozen, cut in 14 mu m coronal sections and subjected to immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, Fluoro-Jade and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) analyses. All treated animals were given 300 mg/kg NACA intraperitoneally (IP) 2 minutes post trauma. The 24 hour survival group was given an additional bolus of 300 mg/kg IF after 4 hours. NACA treatment decreased neuronal degeneration by Fluoro-Jade at 24 hours with a mean change of 35.0% (p < 0.05) and decreased TUNEL staining indicative of apoptosis at 2 hours with a mean change of 38.7% (p < 0.05). Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) increased in the NACA treatment group at 24 hours with a mean change of 35.9% (p < 0.05). Levels of migrating macrophages and activated microglia (Ox-42/CD11b), nitric oxide-producing inflammatory enzyme iNOS, peroxynitrite marker 3-nitrotyrosine, NF kappa B translocated to the nuclei, cytochrome C and Bcl-2 were not affected. NACA treatment decreased neuronal degeneration and apoptosis and increased levels of antioxidative enzyme MnSOD. The antiapoptotic effect was likely regulated by pathways other than cytochrome C. Therefore, NACA prevents brain tissue damage after focal penetrating TBI, warranting further studies towards a clinical application. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Neurosciences & Neurology

oxidative stress

thiol antioxidant

protects

contusion

bioenergetics

activation

N-acetylcysteine amide

Neuroprotection

glutathione

Traumatic brain injury

traumatic brain

superoxide

Inflammation

Sprague-Dawley

neurodegeneration

Författare

M. Gunther

Karolinska Institutet

Johan Davidsson

Chalmers, Tillämpad mekanik, Fordonssäkerhet

S Plantman

Karolinska Institutet

S. Norgren

Karolinska Institutet

T. Mathiesen

Karolinska Institutet

M Risling

Karolinska Institutet

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

0967-5868 (ISSN) 15322653 (eISSN)

Vol. 22 9 1477-1483

Ämneskategorier

Neurologi

DOI

10.1016/j.jocn.2015.03.025

PubMed

26100161

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