We examined the influence of type 4 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu4) receptors on ischemic brain damage using the permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model in mice and the endothelin-1 (Et-1) model of transient focal ischemia in rats. Mice lacking mGlu4 receptors showed a 25% to 30% increase in infarct volume after MCAO as compared with wild-type littermates. In normal mice, systemic injection of the selective mGlu4 receptor enhancer, N-phenyl-7-(hydroxyimino) cyclopropa[b] chromen-1a-caboxamide (PHCCC; 10 mg/kg, subcutaneous, administered once 30 minutes before MCAO), reduced the extent of ischemic brain damage by 35% to 45%. The drug was inactive in mGlu4 receptor knockout mice. In the Et-1 model, PHCCC administered only once 20 minutes after ischemia reduced the infarct volume to a larger extent in the caudate/putamen than in the cerebral cortex. Ischemic rats treated with PHCCC showed a faster recovery of neuronal function, as shown by electrocorticographic recording and by a battery of specific tests, which assess sensorimotor deficits. These data indicate that activation of mGlu4 receptors limit the development of brain damage after permanent or transient focal ischemia. These findings are promising because selective mGlu4 receptor enhancers are under clinical development for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other central nervous system disorders. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (2011) 31, 1107-1118; doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.201; published online 15 December 2010

Protective role for type 4 metabotropic glutamate receptors against ischemic brain damage / Slavianka G., Moyanova; Federica, Mastroiacovo; Lidia V., Kortenska; Rumiana G., Mitreva; Erminia, Fardone; Ines, Santolini; Monica, Sobrado; Battaglia, Giuseppe; Bruno, Valeria Maria Gloria; Nicoletti, Ferdinando; Richard T., Ngomba. - In: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0271-678X. - STAMPA. - 31:4(2011), pp. 1107-1118. [10.1038/jcbfm.2010.201]

Protective role for type 4 metabotropic glutamate receptors against ischemic brain damage

BATTAGLIA, Giuseppe;BRUNO, Valeria Maria Gloria;NICOLETTI, Ferdinando;
2011

Abstract

We examined the influence of type 4 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu4) receptors on ischemic brain damage using the permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model in mice and the endothelin-1 (Et-1) model of transient focal ischemia in rats. Mice lacking mGlu4 receptors showed a 25% to 30% increase in infarct volume after MCAO as compared with wild-type littermates. In normal mice, systemic injection of the selective mGlu4 receptor enhancer, N-phenyl-7-(hydroxyimino) cyclopropa[b] chromen-1a-caboxamide (PHCCC; 10 mg/kg, subcutaneous, administered once 30 minutes before MCAO), reduced the extent of ischemic brain damage by 35% to 45%. The drug was inactive in mGlu4 receptor knockout mice. In the Et-1 model, PHCCC administered only once 20 minutes after ischemia reduced the infarct volume to a larger extent in the caudate/putamen than in the cerebral cortex. Ischemic rats treated with PHCCC showed a faster recovery of neuronal function, as shown by electrocorticographic recording and by a battery of specific tests, which assess sensorimotor deficits. These data indicate that activation of mGlu4 receptors limit the development of brain damage after permanent or transient focal ischemia. These findings are promising because selective mGlu4 receptor enhancers are under clinical development for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other central nervous system disorders. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (2011) 31, 1107-1118; doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.201; published online 15 December 2010
2011
functional recovery; ischemia; mglu4 receptor; neuroprotection; phccc
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Protective role for type 4 metabotropic glutamate receptors against ischemic brain damage / Slavianka G., Moyanova; Federica, Mastroiacovo; Lidia V., Kortenska; Rumiana G., Mitreva; Erminia, Fardone; Ines, Santolini; Monica, Sobrado; Battaglia, Giuseppe; Bruno, Valeria Maria Gloria; Nicoletti, Ferdinando; Richard T., Ngomba. - In: JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0271-678X. - STAMPA. - 31:4(2011), pp. 1107-1118. [10.1038/jcbfm.2010.201]
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