PMID- 23562504 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130906 LR - 20181202 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 543 DP - 2013 May 24 TI - Edaravone alleviates hypoxia-acidosis/reoxygenation-induced neuronal injury by activating ERK1/2. PG - 72-7 LID - S0304-3940(13)00261-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.02.067 [doi] AB - Edaravone, a free radical scavenger, is the first clinical drug of neuroprotection for ischemic stroke patients in the world, and has been shown to be an effective agent to alleviate cerebral ischemic injury. It has been established that acidosis is a common feature of cerebral ischemia and underlies the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke. In the present study, we investigated the role of edaravone in hypoxia-acidosis/reoxygenation (H-A/R)-induced neuronal injury that is partially mediated by the activation of acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs). Here, we observed that pretreatment of cultured neurons with edaravone largely reduced LDH release induced by acidosis or H-A/R. We also found that edaravone exhibited its neuroprotective roles by enhancing brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and Bcl-2 expression, suppressing caspase-3 activity and promoting extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2) activation. Furthermore, the addition of MEK (mitogen-activated protein kinase/ERK kinase) antagonists PD98059 and U0126 nearly abolished the beneficial effects of edaravone. Similarly, ASICs blockade produced the protective effects comparable to edaravone administration. These results indicate that edaravone is capable of attenuating H-A/R-mediated neurotoxicity at least partially through activating ERK1/2. CI - Crown Copyright (c) 2013. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, Guibin AU - Wang G AD - Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China. FAU - Su, Jingjing AU - Su J FAU - Li, Lingjuan AU - Li L FAU - Feng, Jie AU - Feng J FAU - Shi, Lei AU - Shi L FAU - He, Wei AU - He W FAU - Liu, Yunhai AU - Liu Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130402 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - EC 1.1.1.27 (L-Lactate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) RN - S798V6YJRP (Edaravone) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) RN - T3CHA1B51H (Antipyrine) SB - IM MH - Acidosis/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Antipyrine/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Brain Ischemia/metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cerebral Cortex/cytology MH - Edaravone MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/*metabolism MH - Neurons/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Neuroprotective Agents/*pharmacology MH - Oxygen/metabolism MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism MH - Rats EDAT- 2013/04/09 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/07 06:00 CRDT- 2013/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/02/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/02/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/07 06:00 [medline] AID - S0304-3940(13)00261-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.02.067 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2013 May 24;543:72-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.02.067. Epub 2013 Apr 2.