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Suppression of the Rho/Rho-Kinase Pathway and Prevention of Cerebral Vasospasm by Combination Treatment with Statin and Fasudil After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rabbit
The Rho/Rho-kinase pathway is considered important in the pathogenesis of sustained smooth muscle cell contraction during cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The aims of this study were to investigate whether combination treatment, with pitavastatin as an inhibitor of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23658597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12975-012-0247-9 |
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author | Naraoka, Masato Munakata, Akira Matsuda, Naoya Shimamura, Norihito Ohkuma, Hiroki |
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description | The Rho/Rho-kinase pathway is considered important in the pathogenesis of sustained smooth muscle cell contraction during cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The aims of this study were to investigate whether combination treatment, with pitavastatin as an inhibitor of RhoA and fasudil as an inhibitor of Rho-kinase, prevents the cerebral vasospasm. SAH was simulated using the double-hemorrhage rabbit model, and pitavastatin, or fasudil, or both (combination treatment) were administrated. The basilar artery (BA) cross-sectional area only in the combination treatment group was statistically larger than in the SAH group (p < 0.05). BA Rho-kinase, as measured by ELISA, was statistically reduced only in the combination treatment group compared with the SAH group (p < 0.05). In the other two treatment groups, pitavastatin or fasudil treatment group showed larger BA cross-sectional areas and lower value for BA Rho-kinase, but there were no statistically significant differences compared with the SAH group. The expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), evaluated by immunohistochemistry in the pitavastatin group and the combination group, was higher than in the SAH group. Results indicate that combination treatment could extensively prevent cerebral vasospasm due to the synergic effect of combining pitavastatin and fasudil on the Rho/Rho-kinase pathway and on eNOS. |
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spelling | pubmed-36444062013-05-06 Suppression of the Rho/Rho-Kinase Pathway and Prevention of Cerebral Vasospasm by Combination Treatment with Statin and Fasudil After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rabbit Naraoka, Masato Munakata, Akira Matsuda, Naoya Shimamura, Norihito Ohkuma, Hiroki Transl Stroke Res Original Article The Rho/Rho-kinase pathway is considered important in the pathogenesis of sustained smooth muscle cell contraction during cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The aims of this study were to investigate whether combination treatment, with pitavastatin as an inhibitor of RhoA and fasudil as an inhibitor of Rho-kinase, prevents the cerebral vasospasm. SAH was simulated using the double-hemorrhage rabbit model, and pitavastatin, or fasudil, or both (combination treatment) were administrated. The basilar artery (BA) cross-sectional area only in the combination treatment group was statistically larger than in the SAH group (p < 0.05). BA Rho-kinase, as measured by ELISA, was statistically reduced only in the combination treatment group compared with the SAH group (p < 0.05). In the other two treatment groups, pitavastatin or fasudil treatment group showed larger BA cross-sectional areas and lower value for BA Rho-kinase, but there were no statistically significant differences compared with the SAH group. The expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), evaluated by immunohistochemistry in the pitavastatin group and the combination group, was higher than in the SAH group. Results indicate that combination treatment could extensively prevent cerebral vasospasm due to the synergic effect of combining pitavastatin and fasudil on the Rho/Rho-kinase pathway and on eNOS. Springer-Verlag 2013-01-29 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3644406/ /pubmed/23658597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12975-012-0247-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2013 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Naraoka, Masato Munakata, Akira Matsuda, Naoya Shimamura, Norihito Ohkuma, Hiroki Suppression of the Rho/Rho-Kinase Pathway and Prevention of Cerebral Vasospasm by Combination Treatment with Statin and Fasudil After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rabbit |
title | Suppression of the Rho/Rho-Kinase Pathway and Prevention of Cerebral Vasospasm by Combination Treatment with Statin and Fasudil After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rabbit |
title_full | Suppression of the Rho/Rho-Kinase Pathway and Prevention of Cerebral Vasospasm by Combination Treatment with Statin and Fasudil After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rabbit |
title_fullStr | Suppression of the Rho/Rho-Kinase Pathway and Prevention of Cerebral Vasospasm by Combination Treatment with Statin and Fasudil After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rabbit |
title_full_unstemmed | Suppression of the Rho/Rho-Kinase Pathway and Prevention of Cerebral Vasospasm by Combination Treatment with Statin and Fasudil After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rabbit |
title_short | Suppression of the Rho/Rho-Kinase Pathway and Prevention of Cerebral Vasospasm by Combination Treatment with Statin and Fasudil After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rabbit |
title_sort | suppression of the rho/rho-kinase pathway and prevention of cerebral vasospasm by combination treatment with statin and fasudil after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbit |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23658597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12975-012-0247-9 |
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