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Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of early brain injury (EBI) following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The aim of this study was to assess whether cysteamine prevents post-SAH oxidative stress injury via its antioxidative and anti-apoptotic effects. It was observed that intraperitoneal administration of cysteamine (20 mg/kg/day) could significantly alleviate EBI (including neurobehavioral deficits, brain edema, blood–brain barrier permeability, and cortical neuron apoptosis) after SAH in rats. Meanwhile, cysteamine treatment reduced post-SAH elevated the reactive oxygen species level, the concentration of malondialdehyde, 3-nitrotyrosine, and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine and increased the glutathione peroxidase enzymatic activity, the concentration of glutathione and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in brain cortex at 48 h after SAH. These results indicated that administration of cysteamine may ameliorate EBI and provide neuroprotection after SAH in rat models.
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This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 81301018 for Z.Z. and No. 81471212 for B.S.).
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Zhang, Zy., Yang, Mf., Wang, T. et al. Cysteamine Alleviates Early Brain Injury Via Reducing Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in a Rat Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Model. Cell Mol Neurobiol 35, 543–553 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-014-0150-x
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