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ArticleInflammation2019

Electroacupuncture Pretreatment Elicits Neuroprotection Against Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats Associated with Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1-Mediated Anti-Oxidant Stress and Anti-Inflammation.

Man Long, Zhigang Wang, Dan Zheng, Jiaojiao Chen, Wenting Tao, Lei Wang, Nina Yin, Zebin Chen

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Article in Inflammation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Man LongSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Zhigang WangDepartment of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Dan ZhengDepartment of Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, No. 1 Huangjiahu West Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430065, China.
Jiaojiao ChenSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Wenting TaoSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Lei WangSchool of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
Nina YinDepartment of Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, No. 1 Huangjiahu West Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430065, China. yinnina-hbtcm@hotmail.com.
Zebin ChenHubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of Preventive Treatment by Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, No. 1 Huangjiahu West Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430065, China. chenzebin-hbtcm@outlook.com.
Hubei University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81574055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electroacupuncture (EA) pretreatment, electrical stimulation using metal needle at specific acupoints in advance, possesses the potential to prevent cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI). Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV-1) has been indicated to take part in cerebral protection of EA; however, the detailed mechanisms remain unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate whether neuroprotection of EA pretreatment against CIRI is associated with TRPV-1 and explore the underlying mechanisms. Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) was performed to induce CIRI after EA pretreatment at Baihui (GV20), bilateral Shenshu (BL23), and Sanyinjiao (SP6) acupoints in rats. Neurological deficit scores, infarct volumes, oxidative stress damage, inflammatory cytokine production, MAPK signaling activation, and the expression of TRPV-1 were assessed. EA pretreatment lowered neurological deficit scores, reduced infarct volumes, impeded oxidative stress injury, inhibited inflammatory cytokine production, curbed P38 phosphorylation, and suppressed TRPV-1 expression in MCAO rats. Attributing to inhibition of TRPV-1 expression, AMG-517 (TRPV-1 antagonist) showed the synergistic effect with EA pretreatment on the neuroprotection against ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, TRPV-1 agonists capsaicin significantly abrogated the neuroprotective effects of EA pretreatment in MCAO rats accompanying enhancement of TRPV-1 expression. These findings indicated EA pretreatment exerted neuroprotection in rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury, which at least partially were associated with TRPV1-mediated anti-oxidant stress and anti-inflammation via inhibiting P38 MAPK activation.

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AnimalsBrain IschemiaCombined Modality TherapyElectroacupunctureInflammationNeuroprotectionOxidative Stressp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesRatsReperfusion InjuryTRPV Cation Channelsp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesTRPV1 receptorTRPV Cation Channelsacupunctureinflammationoxidative stressstroke

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