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Cytomembrane ATP-sensitive K+ channels in neurovascular unit targets of ischemic stroke in the recovery period

  • Authors:
    • Yang Zhang
    • Sipei Pan
    • Xiaolu Zheng
    • Qi Wan
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  • Published online on: May 20, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3373
  • Pages: 1055-1059
  • Copyright: © Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The present study was to analyze the mechanism of cytomembrane ATP-sensitive K+ channels (KATP) in the neurovascular unit treatment of ischemic stroke in the recovery period. A total of 24 healthy adult male Wistar rats of 5‑8 weeks age, weighing 160‑200 g were randomly divided into the control (sham‑operation group), model, KATP blocker and KATP opener groups (n=6 rats per group). Nylon cerebral artery occlusion was conducted using nylon monofilament coated with Poly-L‑lysine, which was used to produce a cerebral infarction model. After feeding normally for 3 days, 5-hydroxydecanoate (40 mg/Kg), and diazoxide (40 mg/Kg) were injected to the abdominal cavity in the blocker, and opener groups, respectively. The control received an equivalent normal saline that was injected into the sham‑operation and model groups. The animals were mutilated and samples were collected after 3 days. RT‑PCR was used to detect the expression levels of the three subunits of KATP, i.e., kir6.1, and sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) 1 and SUR2 mRNA, as well as to calculate infarct size in tetrazolium chloride staining. The expression level of mRNA in the opener group were significantly higher, followed by the model and blocker groups, with the control group being the lowest (P<0.05). Infarct size in the opener group was markedly smaller than the model and blocker groups, and infarct size in the blocker group was significantly larger (P<0.05). Thus, the target treatment on KATP may improve the prognosis of ischemic stroke during the recovery period.
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Zhang Y, Pan S, Zheng X and Wan Q: Cytomembrane ATP-sensitive K+ channels in neurovascular unit targets of ischemic stroke in the recovery period. Exp Ther Med 12: 1055-1059, 2016.
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Zhang, Y., Pan, S., Zheng, X., & Wan, Q. (2016). Cytomembrane ATP-sensitive K+ channels in neurovascular unit targets of ischemic stroke in the recovery period. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 1055-1059. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3373
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Zhang, Y., Pan, S., Zheng, X., Wan, Q."Cytomembrane ATP-sensitive K+ channels in neurovascular unit targets of ischemic stroke in the recovery period". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.2 (2016): 1055-1059.
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Zhang, Y., Pan, S., Zheng, X., Wan, Q."Cytomembrane ATP-sensitive K+ channels in neurovascular unit targets of ischemic stroke in the recovery period". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 2 (2016): 1055-1059. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3373