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ArticleBrain and behavior2024

Neuroprotective effects of salvianolic acids combined with Panax notoginseng saponins in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion rats concerning the neurovascular unit and trophic coupling.

Hongyang Chen, Zhen Liu, Lei Zhao, Zhuangzhuang Jia

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  1. Rediscovery of pericytes within the neurovascular unit for cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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Hongyang ChenSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5452-8116
Zhen LiuDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Baotou Central Hospital, Baotou, P. R. China.
Lei ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Zhuangzhuang JiaSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9376-6595

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Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 2020BS08012
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Abstract

backgroundThe neurovascular unit (NVU) and neurovascular trophic coupling (NVTC) play a key regulatory role in brain injury caused by ischemic stroke. Salvianolic acids (SAL) and Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) are widely used in China to manage ischemic stroke. Neuroprotective effects of SAL and PNS, either taken alone or in combination, were examined in this research.

methodsWistar rats were randomly divided into the following groups: Sham group (Sham), cerebral ischemia/reperfusion group (I/R), I/R with SAL group (SAL), I/R with PNS group (PNS), I/R with SAL combined with PNS (SAL + PNS), and I/R with edaravone group (EDA). Treatment was administered once daily for two days after modeling of middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (MCAO/R).

resultsCompared with the I/R group, SAL, PNS, or SAL + PNS treatment reduced infarct size, improved neurological deficit score, reduced Evans blue extravasation, increased expression of CD31 and tight junction proteins (TJs), including zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1), zonula occludens-2 (ZO-2), and junctional adhesion molecule-1 (JAM-1). Furthermore, SAL, PNS, or SAL + PNS suppressed the activations of microglia and astrocyte and led to the amelioration of neuron and pericyte injury. Treatment also inhibited NVU dissociation of GFAP/PDGFRβ and Collagen IV/GFAP while upregulated the expression level of BDNF/TrkB and BDNF/NeuN.

conclusionsSAL and PNS have significantly remedied structural and functional disorders of NVU and NVTC in I/R injury. These effects were more pronounced when SAL and PNS were combined than when used separately.

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Neuroprotective AgentsPanax notoginsengRats, WistarReperfusion InjurySaponinsAlkenesAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierBrain IschemiaDisease Models, AnimalDrug Therapy, CombinationInfarction, Middle Cerebral ArteryMalePolyphenolsRatsAlkenesNeuroprotective AgentsPolyphenolssalvianolic acidSaponinsischemic strokeneurovascular trophic couplingneurovascular unitPanax notoginseng saponinssalvianolic acids

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