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Nanoliposomes Reduce Stroke Injury Following Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Mice

Saif Ahmad
* ,
Seth Truran
,
Nina Karamanova
,
Adam Kindelin
,
Maria Lozoya
,
Volkmar Weissig
,
Daniel Griffiths
,
Tyler Vail
,
Jonathan Lifshitz
,
Andrew F. Ducruet
,
Raymond Q. Migrino
*
Version 1 : Received: 12 August 2021 / Approved: 13 August 2021 / Online: 13 August 2021 (15:37:59 CEST)

How to cite: Ahmad, S.; Truran, S.; Karamanova, N.; Kindelin, A.; Lozoya, M.; Weissig, V.; Griffiths, D.; Vail, T.; Lifshitz, J.; Ducruet, A. F.; Migrino, R. Q. Nanoliposomes Reduce Stroke Injury Following Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Mice. Preprints 2021, 2021080302. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202108.0302.v1 Ahmad, S.; Truran, S.; Karamanova, N.; Kindelin, A.; Lozoya, M.; Weissig, V.; Griffiths, D.; Vail, T.; Lifshitz, J.; Ducruet, A. F.; Migrino, R. Q. Nanoliposomes Reduce Stroke Injury Following Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Mice. Preprints 2021, 2021080302. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202108.0302.v1

Abstract

Neuroprotective strategies for stroke remain inadequate. Nanoliposomes comprised of phos-phatidylcholine, cholesterol and monosialogangliosides (NL) induced an antioxidant protective response in endothelial cells exposed to amyloid insults. We tested the hypotheses that NL will preserve SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell viability following hypoxic injury and will reduce injury in mice following middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Neuroblastoma were exposed to 20-hour physoxic (5% oxygen) or hypoxic (1% oxygen) condition without or with NL (100 or 300 µg/mL). Viability was measured using calcein-AM fluorescence and SH-SY5Y gene expression of antioxidant proteins heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1) and superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) were measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. C57BL/6J mice were treated with saline (N=8) or NL (10000 ug/mL, N=7) while undergoing 60-minute MCAO followed by reperfusion. Day 2 post-injury neurologic impairment score and infarction size were compared. Neuroblastoma showed reduced viability following hypoxia that was reversed by NL. NL increased gene expression of HO-1, NQO1 and SOD1 versus controls. NL-treated mice showed reduced neurologic impairment and brain infarct size (18.8±2% versus 27.3±2.3%, p=0.017) versus controls. NL reduced stroke injury in mice subjected to MCAO likely through induction of an antioxidant stress response. NL is a candidate novel agent for stroke.

Keywords

stroke; liposome; cerebrovascular disease; oxidative stress; dementia

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Neurology

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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