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Estrogens have been suggested for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, including stroke, because of their neuroprotective activities against various neurotoxic stimuli such as glutamate, glucose deprivation, iron, or β-amyloid. Here, the authors report that 17β-estradiol (0.3 to 30 mg/kg) and 2-OH-estradiol (0.003 to 30 mg/kg) reduced brain tissue damage after permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in male NMRI mice. In vitro, 17β-estradiol (1 to 10 μmol/L) and 2-OH-estradiol (0.01 to 1 μmol/L) reduced the percentage of damaged chick embryonic neurons treated with FeSO 4 . In these primary neurons exposed to FeSO 4 , the authors also found reactive oxygen species to be diminished after treatment with 17β-estradiol (1 to 10 μmol/L) or 2-OH-estradiol (0.01 to 10 μmol/L), suggesting a strong antioxidant activity of the estrogens that were used. Neither the neuroprotective effect nor the free radical scavenging properties of the estrogens were influenced by the estrogen receptor antagonist tamoxifen. The authors conclude that estrogens protect neurons against damage by radical scavenging rather than through estrogen receptor activation.

journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism

Neuroprotection by Estrogens in a Mouse Model of Focal Cerebral Ischemia and in Cultured Neurons: Evidence for a Receptor-Independent Antioxidative Mechanism