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Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor attenuates delayed tPA-induced hemorrhagic transformation in ischemic stroke rats by enhancing angiogenesis and vasculogenesis.


ABSTRACT: Treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) beyond the therapeutic time window (>4.5 hours post stroke) may produce hemorrhagic transformation (HT). Strategies that could extend the narrow time window of tPA will benefit a significant number of stroke patients. Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) and given vehicle, tPA (10?mg/kg), or tPA and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF, 300??g/kg), at 6 hours after MCAo. Twenty-four hours post treatment, G-CSF+tPA-treated stroke rats displayed 25% improvement in neurological functions and 38.9% reduction of hemorrhage, with Western blots showing 1.9- and 1.2-fold increments in Ang-2 expression in the ischemic cortex and striatum, respectively, and 3-fold increase in phosphorylated endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in the ipsilateral cortex relative to tPA-treated rats. Immunohistochemistry also showed 2- and 2.8-fold increase in von-Willebrand expression, 3.2- and 2.2-fold increased CD34+ expression, and 4- and 13-fold upregulation of VEGFR-2 expression in the ischemic cortex and striatum, respectively, in G-CSF+tPA-treated stroke rats relative to tPA-treated subjects. Altogether, these findings indicate that G-CSF attenuated delayed tPA-induced HT likely via the enhancement of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis. The use of G-CSF to protect the vasculature may improve the clinical outcome of tPA even outside the currently indicated therapeutic window for ischemic stroke.

SUBMITTER: dela Pena IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4426753 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor attenuates delayed tPA-induced hemorrhagic transformation in ischemic stroke rats by enhancing angiogenesis and vasculogenesis.

dela Peña Ike C IC   Yoo Arum A   Tajiri Naoki N   Acosta Sandra A SA   Ji Xunming X   Kaneko Yuji Y   Borlongan Cesar V CV  

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 20141126 2


Treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) beyond the therapeutic time window (>4.5 hours post stroke) may produce hemorrhagic transformation (HT). Strategies that could extend the narrow time window of tPA will benefit a significant number of stroke patients. Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) and given vehicle, tPA (10 mg/kg), or tPA and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF, 300 μg/kg), at 6 hours after MCAo. Twenty-four hours post treatme  ...[more]

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