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Grape Seed Extract Given Three Hours After Injury Suppresses Lipid Peroxidation and Reduces Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury in Neonatal Rats
We have reported that pretreatment with grape seed extract (GSE), a potent antioxidant, is neuroprotective. This study examined whether treatment after injury with GSE is protective. Seven-day-old rat pups had the right carotid artery ligated, and then 2.5 h of 8% oxygen. GSE (50 mg/kg) or vehicle was administered by i.p. initial injection at 5 min to 5 h after reoxygenation, with an additional three doses within 26 h after injury. Brain damage was evaluated by weight deficit of the right hemisphere at 22 d after hypoxia. Treatment at 3 h after reoxygenation reduced brain weight loss from 21.0 ± 3.3% in vehicle-treated pups (n = 31) to 11.4 ± 2.8% in treated pups (n = 31, p 2α (8-isoPGF2α) and reduced an HI-induced increase in the proapoptotic protein c-jun in the brain cortex. GSE up to 3 h after reoxygenation reduces brain injury in rat pups, probably by suppressing lipid peroxidation and the proapoptotic protein c-jun.Abbreviations: GSE, grape seed extract; HI, hypoxia-ischemia, hypoxic-ischemic; 8-isoPGF2α, 8-isoprostaglandin F2α
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