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ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2017

Tetramethylpyrazine Protects Neurons from Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation-Induced Death.

Zhengkai Shao, Lijun Wang, Shuang Liu, Xuefeng Wang

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Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhengkai ShaoDepartment of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland).
Lijun WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hongqi Hospital, Mudanjiang Medical University, Aimin District, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China (mainland).
Shuang LiuDepartment of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland).
Xuefeng WangDepartment of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland).
Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University · CNHarbin Medical University · CNMudanjiang Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND To explore the theoretical basis for protecting the brain from ischemic stroke with tetramethylpyrazine, we studied whether and how tetramethylpyrazine could protect neurons against the oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced death and whether transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 6 (TRPC6) was involved. MATERIAL AND METHODS Primary rat cortical neurons were cultured and an OGD model was established in the presence or absence of tetramethylpyrazine. Neuronal death was assessed by measuring the uptake of membrane-impermeable PI. Western blot analysis was used to determine the protein expressions of TRPC6 and caspase-3. The involvement of TRPC6 was tested via RNAi against TRPC6. RESULTS OGD-induced neuronal death was decreased by tetramethylpyrazine in a concentration-dependent manner. The expression of TRPC6 protein was decreased by OGD. Furthermore, downregulating TRPC6 by RNA interfering mimicked the effect of OGD in neuronal death. Tetramethylpyrazine attenuated OGD-induced TRPC6 downregulation in a tetramethylpyrazine concentration-dependent manner. However, these effects of tetramethylpyrazine on attenuating OGD-induced neuronal death were abolished by TRPC6 RNAi. CONCLUSIONS Tetramethylpyrazine can protect neurons from oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced death, possibly via TRPC6.

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AnimalsApoptosisDown-RegulationGlucoseNeuroprotective AgentsOxygenPyrazinesRats, Sprague-DawleyRNA InterferenceTRPC Cation ChannelsGlucoseNeuroprotective AgentsOxygenPyrazinestetramethylpyrazineTrpc6 protein, ratTRPC Cation Channels

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PMID29104282
PMCPMC5685034
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