Electroconvulsive seizure-induced VEGF is correlated with neuroprotective effects against cerebral infarction: Involvement of the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/Akt pathway

Experimental Neurology
Minoru FujikiHidenori Kobayashi

Abstract

The present study demonstrates the cytoprotective effect of electrical convulsive stimulation (ECS) as a potential neuroprotective vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inducer against ischemic insult. Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/Akt (PI3K/Akt) is thought to be an important factor that mediates neuroprotection. However, the signaling pathways in the brain in vivo after ECS remain unclear. We measured and compared infarction volumes to investigate the effect of ECS on cerebral infarction induced by permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats. We evaluated the effects of pretreatment with Wortmannin (Wort), a specific PI3K inhibitor of ECS-induced neuroprotection against infarction volumes. To clarify the relationship between PI3K/Akt activation and neuroprotection, we used immunoblot analysis to determine the amounts of p-Akt and VEGF proteins present after ECS with or without Wort treatment. Neuroprotective effects of ECS (pretreatment with a single ECS 6h before ischemia) were prevented by Wort pretreatment, which indicates that the PI3K/Akt pathway may mediate ECS-dependent protection. ECS induced p-Akt and VEGF and ECS pretreatment enhanced ischemia-induced VEGF, both of which were prevented by Wort pretreatment...Continue Reading

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