Adenoviruses-mediated RNA interference targeting cytosolic phospholipase A2 α attenuates focal ischemic brain damage in mice.

Adenoviruses-mediated RNA interference targeting cytosolic phospholipase A2α attenuates focal ischemic brain damage in mice. Mol Med Rep. 2018 Feb 15;: Authors: Wu H, Liu H, Zuo F, Zhang L Abstract Cerebral ischemia injury is a clinical, frequently occurring disease, which causes a heavy burden on society and families. It has been demonstrated that cytosolic phospholipase A2α (cPLA2α) is significant in neurological injury caused by ischemic brain injury, and inhibition of cPLA2α may reduce stroke injury. In the present study, the role of cPLA2α was investigated in a mouse model of middle cerebral artery occlusion and/or reperfusion (MCAO/R) using an effective cPLA2α inhibitor and adenoviruses‑mediated RNA interference. The most effective recombinant adenovirus encoding cPLA2α small interfering RNA (pAd‑siRNA‑cPLA2α) was constructed and selected. MCAO/R surgery is used to construct the model of focal ischemic brain damage in mice. Adenoviruses‑mediated RNA interference targeting cPLA2α was administered by stereotactic surgery 2 h before the MCAO/R. The expression/activity of cPLA2α and cPLA2α‑derived injurious lipid mediators was assessed. pAd‑siRNA‑cPLA2α‑treated animals (RNA interference; RNAi group) were compared with pAd-siRNA-control-treated animals (negative group) with regard to neurological deficit, motor function, pathological changes, apoptosis, and infarct volume. The RNAi group animals reduced...
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