Early inhibition of HIF-1α with small interfering RNA reduces ischemic–reperfused brain injury in rats

Abstract Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) plays an essential role in cerebral ischemia as a proapoptotic factor. We hypothesized that HIF-1α siRNA can protect the brain from ischemic damage by inhibiting HIF-1α induced apoptotic pathway at the RNA level in a rat focal ischemic model. Results showe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neurobiology of disease 2009-03, Vol.33 (3), p.509-517
Hauptverfasser: Chen, Chunhua, Hu, Qin, Yan, Junhao, Yang, Xiaomei, Shi, Xianzhong, Lei, Jiliang, Chen, Lin, Huang, Hongyun, Han, Jingyan, Zhang, John H, Zhou, Changman
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) plays an essential role in cerebral ischemia as a proapoptotic factor. We hypothesized that HIF-1α siRNA can protect the brain from ischemic damage by inhibiting HIF-1α induced apoptotic pathway at the RNA level in a rat focal ischemic model. Results showed that treatment with HIF-1α siRNA reduced the infarct volume, decreased mortality, improved neurological deficits and reduced Evans blue extravasation. The expression of HIF-1α mRNA (Real-Time PCR) and protein were significantly silenced and the immunohistochemistry and Western blot revealed the suppression of HIF-1α, VEGF, p53 and Caspase-3. Double fluorescence labeling showed HIF-1α positive immunoreactive materials were partly colocalized with NeuN, p53 and Caspase-3 in the injured cerebral cortex. This study showed that HIF-1α siRNA may protect the ischemic–reperfused neurons in vivo via inhibition of HIF-1α, its downstream VEGF and other apoptotic-related proteins such as p53 and Caspase-3 and may have potentials for the early treatment of ischemic cerebral stroke.
ISSN:0969-9961
1095-953X
DOI:10.1016/j.nbd.2008.12.010