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Plasma Kallikrein Contributes to Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Hypertension in Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
This report investigates the role of PKa on hemorrhage and hypertension in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP). SHRSP were fed with a high salt –containing stroke-prone diet to increase blood pressure and induce intracerebral hemorrhage. The roles of PKa on blood pressure, hemorrhage, and survival in SHRSP were examined in rats receiving a PKa inhibitor or plasma prekallikrein antisense oligonucleotide (PK ASO) compared with rats receivin g control ASO. Effects on PKa on the proteolytic cleavage of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) were analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry. We show that SHRSP on high-salt...
Source: Translational Stroke Research - July 9, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Four Decades of Ischemic Penumbra and Its Implication for Ischemic Stroke
AbstractThe ischemic penumbra defined four decades ago has been the main battleground of ischemic stroke. The evolving ischemic penumbra concept has been providing insight for the development of vascular and cellular approaches as well as diagnostic tools for the treatment of ischemic stroke. rt-PA thrombolytic therapy to prevent the transition of ischemic penumbra to core has been approved for acute ischemic stroke within 3  h and was later recommended to extend to 4.5 h after symptom onset. Mechanical thrombectomy was introduced for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke with a therapeutic window of up to 24 h after s...
Source: Translational Stroke Research - July 5, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Stroke Center Care and Outcome: Results from the CSPPC Stroke Program
AbstractThe aim of this study was to assess the association between admission to stroke centers for acute ischemic stroke and complications and mortality during hospitalization in a Chinese population by means of an observational study using data from the China Stroke Center Data-Sharing Platform. We compared in-hospital complications and mortality for patients admitted with acute ischemic stroke (N = 13,236) between November 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018 at stroke center (SH) and non-stroke center (CH) hospitals using distance to hospitals as an instrumental variable to adjust for potential prehospital selection bias....
Source: Translational Stroke Research - September 7, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Dynamic Detection of Thrombolysis in Embolic Stroke Rats by Synchrotron Radiation Angiography
AbstractA rodent model of embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion is used to mimic cerebral embolism in clinical patients. Thrombolytic therapy is the effective treatment for this ischemic injury. However, it is difficult to detect thrombolysis dynamically in living animals. Synchrotron radiation angiography may provide a novel approach to directly monitor the thrombolytic process and assess collateral circulation after embolic stroke. Thirty-six adult Sprague-Dawley rats underwent the embolic stroke model procedure and were then treated with tissue plasminogen activator. The angiographic images were obtained in vivo by s...
Source: Translational Stroke Research - January 24, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Enhancing Base Excision Repair of Mitochondrial DNA to Reduce Ischemic Injury Following Reperfusion
AbstractWe hypothesize that enhancing mitochondrial base excision repair (BER) capability in brain will reduce reperfusion-associated ischemic brain injury. Post-stroke reperfusion was modeled in mice via transient filament occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (60  min) (transient MCAO). Administration of a TAT-modified form of a DNA glycosylase (EndoIII) following reperfusion of the brain reduced resultant brain infarct volume. Protection was dose-dependent, BER enzyme specific, and regionally specific (more effective via the jugular vein). EndoIII is compa tible with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). The time windo...
Source: Translational Stroke Research - December 8, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Cytoprotective Drug-Tissue Plasminogen Activator Protease Interaction Assays: Screening of Two Novel Cytoprotective Chromones
In conclusion, the results suggest that high concentrations of both cytoprotectives reduced 4-nitroaniline production in vitro, but the inhibition only occurs with concentrations 104 –1025-fold that of EC50 values in an efficacy assay. Thus, CSMC-19 and CSMC-140 should be further developed and evaluated in embolic stroke models in the absence or presence of a thrombolytic. If necessary, they could be administered once effective tPA thrombolysis has been confirmed to avoid the possibility that the chromone will reduce the efficacy of tPA in patients. Stroke investigator developing new cytoprotective small molecules should...
Source: Translational Stroke Research - April 12, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Neurogenesis in Stroke Recovery
Abstract Stroke, resulting from limited blood flow to the brain, is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Stroke is classified as ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, or hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Because 87 % of strokes are classified as ischemic, this type will be the predominant focus of this review. Except for thrombolytic therapy, there is no established treatment to reduce the neurological deficits caused by ischemic stroke. Therefore, it is necessary to develop new therapeutic strategies designed to improve neurological functions after ischemic stroke. Recently, therapie...
Source: Translational Stroke Research - March 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research