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ArticleNeuroscience letters2020

Effects of low-dose unfractionated heparin on early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage in mice.

Orhan Altay, Hidenori Suzuki, Yu Hasegawa, Bilge Nur Altay, Jiping Tang, John H Zhang

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Article in Neuroscience letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Orhan AltayDepartments of Physiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, USA.
Hidenori SuzukiDepartments of Physiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, USA.
Yu HasegawaDepartments of Physiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, USA.
Bilge Nur AltayDepartments of Physiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, USA; Lokman Hekim University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Jiping TangDepartments of Physiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, USA.
John H ZhangDepartments of Physiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, USA; Departments of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, USA. Electronic address: johnzhang3910@yahoo.com.
Loma Linda University · US

Funding

Vascular Biology Core FacilityP01NS082184 · NINDS · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI PEARCE, WILLIAM J. · 2014 to 2018
$6.1M
Neurovascular Protection for Early Brain Injury after SAHR01NS081740 · NINDS · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, JOHN H · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS082184NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS081740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSphingosine kinase (SphK) 1 has been reported as an important signaling node in anti-apoptotic signaling. Heparin is a pleiotropic drug that antagonizes many pathophysiological mechanisms. In this study, we evaluated if heparin prevents early brain injury (EBI) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) by anti-apoptotic mechanisms including SphK1.

methodsSAH was induced by endovascular perforation in mice, which were randomly assigned to sham-operated (n = 23), SAH + vehicle (n = 36), SAH + 10U heparin pretreatment (n = 13), SAH + 30U heparin pretreatment (n = 15), SAH + 10U heparin posttreatment (n = 31), and SAH + 30U heparin posttreatment (n = 23). At 24 hours post-SAH, neurological scores, brain water content and Evans blue extravasation were evaluated. Also, the expression of SphK, phosphorylated Akt, and cleaved caspase-3 was determined by Western blotting, and cell death was examined by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated uridine 5'-triphosphate-biotin nick end-labeling staining.

resultsLow-dose heparin posttreatment improved neurobehavioral function, brain edema, blood-brain barrier disruption and cell death in the cortex, associated with an increase in SphK1 and phosphorylated Akt, and a decrease in cleaved caspase-3. High-dose heparin had a tendency for increased SAH severity, which obscured the neuroprotective effects by heparin.

conclusionsLow-dose heparin posttreatment may decrease the development of post-SAH EBI through anti-apoptotic mechanisms including sphingosine-related pathway activation.

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AnimalsApoptosisBrainBrain EdemaBrain InjuriesHeparinMaleMiceNeuroprotective AgentsSignal TransductionSphingosineSubarachnoid HemorrhageHeparinNeuroprotective AgentsSphingosineapoptosisearly brain injuryheparinsphingosine kinasesubarachnoid hemorrhage

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