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Attenuation of edema and infarct volume following focal cerebral ischemia by early but not delayed administration of a novel small molecule KDR kinase inhibitor.

Authors: Foster, KA  Regan, HK  Danziger, AP  Detwiler, T  Kwon, N  Rickert, K  Lynch, JJ  Regan, CP 
Citation: Foster KA, etal., Neurosci Res. 2009 Jan;63(1):10-6. Epub 2008 Oct 4.
RGD ID: 5684407
Pubmed: PMID:18951929   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.neures.2008.09.007   (Journal Full-text)

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) may mediate increases in vascular permeability and hence plasma extravasation and edema following cerebral ischemia. To better define the role of VEGF in edema, we examined the effectiveness of a novel small molecule KDR kinase inhibitor Compound-1 in reducing edema and infarct volume following focal cerebral ischemia in studies utilizing treatment regimens initiated both pre- and post-ischemia, and with study durations of 24-72 h. Rats were subjected to 90 min of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) followed by reperfusion. Pretreatment with Compound-1 (40 mg/kg p.o.) starting 0.5h before occlusion significantly reduced infarct volume at 72 h post-MCAO (vehicle, 194.1+/-22.9 mm(3) vs. Compound-1, 127.6+/-22.8mm(3) and positive control MK-801, 104.4+/-22.6mm(3), both p<0.05 compared to vehicle control), whereas Compound-1 treatment initiated at 2h after occlusion did not affect infarct volume. Compound-1 pretreatment also significantly reduced brain water content at 24h (vehicle, 80.3+/-0.2% vs. Compound-1, 79.7+/-0.2%, p<0.05) but not at 72 h after MCAO. These results demonstrate that early pretreatment administration of a KDR kinase inhibitor elicited an early, transient decrease in edema and subsequent reduction in infarct volume, implicating VEGF as a mediator of stroke-related vascular permeability and ischemic injury.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
brain ischemia  ISOKdr (Rattus norvegicus)5684407; 5684407 RGD 
brain ischemia  IMP 5684407 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Kdr  (kinase insert domain receptor)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Kdr  (kinase insert domain protein receptor)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
KDR  (kinase insert domain receptor)


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