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  • Title: Baicalin attenuates oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced injury via inhibiting NMDA receptor-mediated 5-lipoxygenase activation in rat cortical neurons.
    Author: Ge QF, Hu X, Ma ZQ, Liu JR, Zhang WP, Chen Z, Wei EQ.
    Journal: Pharmacol Res; 2007 Feb; 55(2):148-57. PubMed ID: 17187986.
    Abstract:
    The flavonoid baicalin exerts neuroprotective effects but the mechanism is not fully clarified. On the other hand, 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) activation is involved in ischemic neuronal injury. In this study, we determined whether baicalin protects rat cortical neurons against oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced ischemic-like injury, if so, whether this effect relates to 5-LOX activation. After the neurons were injured by 1.5-h OGD and 24-h recovery, their viability reduced and necrosis occurred; these injuries were attenuated by baicalin (1 and 5microM) as well as caffeic acid (a 5-LOX inhibitor, 5 and 25microM) and MK-801 (an NMDA receptor antagonist, 1-10microM). OGD-induced 5-LOX translocation to the nuclear envelope as detected by immunoblotting, immunocytochemistry and 5-LOX transfection; this translocation was inhibited by baicalin (5microM) and MK-801 (5microM) but not by caffeic acid (5microM). During 0.5- to 2-h recovery after 1.5-h OGD, the production of 5-LOX metabolites, cysteinyl leukotrienes, was increased; this increased production was inhibited by baicalin and MK-801, while both the increased and baseline production were inhibited by caffeic acid. In addition baicalin and MK-801, not caffeic acid, inhibited glutamate-induced elevation of intracellular calcium. These results indicate that baicalin attenuates ischemic-like injury in the neurons, and this effect partly relates to the inhibition of NMDA receptor-mediated 5-LOX activation.
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