Recombinant human superoxide dismutase can attenuate ischemic neuronal damage in gerbils

  • Masafumi Tagaya
  • , Masayasu Matsumoto
  • , Kazuo Kitagawa
  • , Michio Niinobe
  • , Toshiho Ohtsuki
  • , Ryuji Hata
  • , Satoshi Ogawa
  • , Nobuo Handa
  • , Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
  • , Takenobu Kamada

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Abstract

The effects of recombinant human superoxide dismutase (r-hSOD) on ischemic neuronal injury were examined. Cerebral ischemia was produced in Mongolian gerbils by occluding bilateral common carotid arteries for 5 min. Preischemic treatment with r-hSOD clearly reduced hippocampal neuronal damages while postischemic treatment did not. This result suggests that oxygen free radicals play an important role in selective vulnerability to ischemia and r-hSOD has a potential clinical usefulness against cerebral ischemia.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)253-259
Number of pages7
JournalLife Sciences
Volume51
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1992
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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