Abstract
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a cerebrovascular disease with high mortality and morbidity for which effective treatments are currently lacking. Wogonin is a major flavonoid compound isolated from Scutellaria radix. Accumulating evidence suggests that wogonin plays a crucial role in anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative stress. Treatment of microglia with nuclear receptor agonists augments the expression of phagocytosis-related genes. However, the neuroprotective effects of wogonin in ICH remain obscure. In this study, we elucidated an innovative mechanism by which wogonin acts to enhance phagocytosis in a murine model of ICH. Wogonin promoted hematoma clearance and improved neurological recovery after ICH by upregulating the expression of Axl, MerTK, CD36, and LAMP2 in perihematomal microglia and BV2 cells. Treatment of a murine model of ICH with wogonin stimulated microglial phagocytosis in vitro. Further, we demonstrated that wogonin dramatically attenuated inflammatory and oxidative stress responses in a murine model of ICH by reducing the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and pro-oxidant enzymes such as TNF-α, IL-1β, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) after ICH. The effects of wogonin were abolished by administration of the PPAR-γ inhibitor GW9662. In conclusion, our data suggest that wogonin facilitates hematoma clearance and neurobehavioral recovery by targeting PPAR-γ.
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Abbreviations
- iNOS:
-
Inducible nitric oxide synthase
- ICH:
-
Intracerebral hemorrhage
- CNS:
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Central nervous system
- PPAR-γ:
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ
- TAM:
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Tyro3, Axl and MerTK
- LAMP2:
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Lysosomal associated membrane protein 2
- ROS:
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Reactive oxygen species
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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81571106, 81771246, 81971099, 81870908, 81801144, 81870910), National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC1312600, 2018YFC1312603), Key Research and Development Project of Zhejiang Province (No.2018C03011), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LQ20H090015), Innovative Talents Plan of Zhejiang Province (2020380752), Scientific Research Fund of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department (No. Y201941838), and Medical and Health Scientific Research Project of Zhejiang Province (2018KY408).
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JFZ and YCP performed the ICH model and immunofluorescence staining. CG performed drug administration. HZ performed flow cytometry. JRL performed behavioral tests. XW and PYH performed the MRI. CRX and SLC performed western blots. HHZ and HHC performed immunohistochemistry staining. XJF and CW performed qRT-PCR. YC performed cell culture. XBY and ZL performed data analysis. GC and FY conceived and designed experiments. JFZ and YCP wrote and edited the manuscript. All authors corrected and approved the final manuscript version.
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Experimental design and grouping. A-E: The experimental design and animal grouping in vivo; F-H: The experimental design and cell grouping in vitro. (PNG 39593 kb)
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The expression of PPAR-γ over time after ICH. (A) Western blot for PPAR-γ proteins expression at different time points after ICH. (B) Statistical analysis of PPAR-γ protein. Values are expressed as mean ± SD. n = 6 for each group, *P < 0.05, vs Sham. (PNG 1206 kb)
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Distribution of Axl and MerTK after ICH. A-C: Immunofluorescence double label images showed that Axl (red) were mainly located in microglia (green) rather than neuron (green) and astrocyte (green) at day 3 after ICH; D-F: Immunofluorescence double label images showed that MerTK (red) were mainly located in microglia (green) rather than neuron (green) and astrocyte (green) at day 3 after ICH (scale bars: 50 μm). (PNG 5219 kb)
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Zhuang, J., Peng, Y., Gu, C. et al. Wogonin Accelerates Hematoma Clearance and Improves Neurological Outcome via the PPAR-γ Pathway After Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Transl. Stroke Res. 12, 660–675 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-020-00842-9
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