PMID- 12535773 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030401 LR - 20190614 IS - 0006-8993 (Print) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 961 IP - 1 DP - 2003 Jan 24 TI - Inhibition of Na(+)-K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter during focal cerebral ischemia decreases edema and neuronal damage. PG - 22-31 AB - Our previous study demonstrated that pharmacological inhibition of the Na(+)-K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter isoform 1 (NKCC1) during ischemia and reperfusion attenuated neuronal damage and edema. In this study, we further investigated whether NKCC1 activity contributes to ischemic damage during either ischemia or reperfusion. Immunoblotting revealed that expression of NKCC1 protein was increased following 2-h focal ischemia in cerebral cortex. A sustained up-regulation of NKCC1 in cortex was detected at 4, 8, 12, and 24 h of reperfusion. An increase in the phosphorylated NKCC1 (NKCC1-p) was found at 4 and 8 h of reperfusion. In striatum, a significant increase in NKCC1 expression occurred between 4 and 24 h of reperfusion and no elevation of NKCC1-p signal was observed. Artificial cerebral spinal fluid (aCSF) or 100 microM bumetanide in aCSF were continuously microdialyzed into left cortices either 1 h prior to ischemia plus 2-h ischemia, or only during 24-h reperfusion. Infarction volume was significantly decreased in the pre-ischemic bumetanide-treated group (P<0.05) but not in the post-ischemic treatment group (P>0.05). In addition, pre-ischemic bumetanide treatment reduced the ipsilateral water content increase by 70% (P<0.05). Inhibition of NKCC1 did not attenuate poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage or the number of TUNEL-labeled apoptotic cells in ischemic brains. These results suggest that inhibition of NKCC1 attenuates cytotoxic edema and necrotic neuronal death during focal ischemia. Activation of NKCC1 activity plays a role in the early stage of ischemic damage. FAU - Yan, Yiping AU - Yan Y AD - Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53792, USA. FAU - Dempsey, Robert J AU - Dempsey RJ FAU - Flemmer, Andreas AU - Flemmer A FAU - Forbush, Biff AU - Forbush B FAU - Sun, Dandan AU - Sun D LA - eng GR - R01DK47662/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01NS38118/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Slc12a2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters) RN - 0 (Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 2) RN - 0Y2S3XUQ5H (Bumetanide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain/drug effects/pathology MH - Brain Edema/*etiology/*pathology MH - Brain Ischemia/*complications/*metabolism MH - Bumetanide/administration & dosage/pharmacology MH - Cerebral Infarction/pathology MH - Drug Administration Schedule MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling MH - Male MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry MH - Neurons/*pathology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred SHR MH - Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors MH - Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters/*metabolism MH - Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 2 EDAT- 2003/01/22 04:00 MHDA- 2003/04/02 05:00 CRDT- 2003/01/22 04:00 PHST- 2003/01/22 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/04/02 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/01/22 04:00 [entrez] AID - S0006899302038325 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03832-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 2003 Jan 24;961(1):22-31. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03832-5.