P/Q-type Ca2+ channel blocker omega-agatoxin IVA protects against brain injury after focal ischemia in rats

Brain Research
K AsakuraM Ninomiya

Abstract

Recently, P/Q-type Ca2+ channels have been shown to be involved in neurotransmission in the central nervous system in mammals. We evaluated the effects of the P/Q-type Ca2+ channel blocker omega-agatoxin IVA (omega-Aga-IVA) on brain edema formation and infarct size determined after 24 h of reperfusion following 1 h of middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion in rats. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) treatment with omega-Aga-IVA significantly attenuated the postischemic increase of brain water content. omega-Aga-IVA also significantly reduced the size of the infarct area determined by triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining after 24 h of reperfusion. omega-Aga-IVA (30 pmol, i.c.v.), which exhibited a neuroprotective effect, had no significant effect on the magnitude of intra- and postischemic brain temperature when compared with vehicle-treated rats. This indicates that the postischemic neuroprotective effect of omega-Aga-IVA is produced by a direct and not an indirect effect via hypothermia. These results suggest that P/Q-type Ca2+ channels may be involved in the development of focal ischemic brain injury and that blockers of these channels may be therapeutically useful against ischemic injury.

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