Panax notoginsenoside Rb1 restores the neurotrophic imbalance following photothrombotic stroke in rats

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2019

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Yang, C.Y.
Yang, J.Y.
Xiong, Y.X.
Zhuang, X.F.
Su, H.
Hu, S.
Ma, J.Q.
Zhou, X.F.
Luo, H.Y.
Sun, J.

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Neurotoxicity Research, 2019; 36(3):441-451

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Mature brain-derived neurotrophic factor (mBDNF) has neuroprotection in cerebral ischemia. Conversely, the precursor of brain derived neurotrophic factor (proBDNF) has the opposite function to its mature form, inducing apoptosis. However, whether the neuroprotection of Panax notoginsenoside Rb1 (PNS-Rb1) on ischemic stroke is due to, at least partially, its modulation of suppressing proBDNF/P75NTR/sortilin or upregulation of mBDNF is not clear. To test this hypothesis, rats induced by photothrombotic stroke were treated with PNS-Rb1 100 mg/kg or nimodipine 1 mg/kg twice a day until 3, 7, and 14 days.Our data indicate that PNS-Rb1 significantly reduced cerebral infarction rate, proBDNF/P75NTR/sortilin, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) protein levels, and improved sensorimotor dysfunctions induced by ischemic stroke, upregulation of BDNF/TrkB levels, and its processing enzymes (tissue plasminogen activator, tPA) in a time-dependent manner. Taken together, our findings indicate that the improvement of sensorimotor dysfunctions by PNS-Rb1 following ischemic stroke is made, at least partially, by activating the BDNF/TrkB and inhibiting proBDNF/sortilin/P75NTR.

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