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Recombinant osteopontin in cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Suzuki Hidenori,
Hasegawa Yu,
Chen Wanqiu,
Kanamaru Kenji,
Zhang John H.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.22102
Subject(s) - osteopontin , subarachnoid hemorrhage , cerebral vasospasm , vasospasm , medicine , mapk/erk pathway , pathology , pharmacology , kinase , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Abstract Objective: Osteopontin (OPN), a pleiotropic extracellular matrix glycoprotein, has been reported to be protective against ischemic lesions, but effects of OPN on vascular functions have not been investigated. The aim of this study was to assess whether recombinant OPN (r‐OPN) could prevent cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in rats. Methods: r‐OPN was administered intraventricularly to rats undergoing SAH by endovascular perforation, and its protective effects were evaluated by measuring the diameter of cerebral arteries and neurobehavioral testing. Western blotting and immunofluorescence were performed to explore the underlying mechanisms. An integrin receptor antagonist GRGDSP or mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase (MKP)‐1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) was also administered to r‐OPN‐treated SAH rats, and those effects were evaluated. Results: Pre‐SAH administration of r‐OPN prevented vasospasm and neurological impairments at 24–72 hours post‐SAH. r‐OPN enhanced an endogenous MAPK inhibitor, MKP‐1, and suppressed the phosphorylation of MAPKs, caldesmon, and heat shock protein 27 in the spastic cerebral arteries at 24 hours post‐SAH. Immunofluorescence revealed that MKP‐1 was induced in the arterial smooth muscle layer. GRGDSP prevented r‐OPN‐induced MKP‐1 upregulation, and MKP‐1 siRNA abolished both MAPK inactivation and anti‐vasospastic effects by r‐OPN. Post‐SAH r‐OPN treatment also prevented vasospasm. Interpretation: r‐OPN induced MKP‐1 in the spastic cerebral arteries via binding to L‐arginyl‐glycyl‐L‐aspartate‐dependent integrin receptors and prevented vasospasm after SAH. Therapeutic induction of MKP‐1 may be a novel approach for the prevention and treatment of cerebral vasospasm. ANN NEUROL 2010;68:650–660