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Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2021 Jan 18;2021:1587241. doi: 10.1155/2021/1587241. eCollection 2021.

Effect of Tetramethylpyrazine on Neuroplasticity after Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia Reperfusion in Rats.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Junbin Lin, Chizi Hao, Yu Gong, Ying Zhang, Ying Li, Zhihe Feng, Xiangdong Xu, Hailong Huang, Weijing Liao

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, 169 Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, Hubei, China.

PMID: 33531914 PMCID: PMC7834793 DOI: 10.1155/2021/1587241

Abstract

Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) has been widely used in ischemic stroke in China. The regulation of neuroplasticity may underlie the recovery of some neurological functions in ischemic stroke. Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model was established in this study. Rats were divided into three groups: sham group, model group, and TMP group. The neurological function was evaluated using modified neurological severity score (mNSS). Following the neurological function test, expression of synaptophysin (SYP) and growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43) were analyzed through immunohistochemistry at 3 d, 7 d, 14 d, and 28 d after MCAO. Finally, the synaptic structural plasticity was investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The TMP group showed better neurological function comparing to the model group. SYP levels increased gradually in ischemic penumbra (IP) in the model group and could be enhanced by TMP treatment at 7 d, 14 d, and 28 d, whereas GAP-43 levels increased from 3 d to 7 d and thereafter decreased gradually from 14 d to 28 d in the model group, which showed no significant improvement in the TMP group. The results of TEM showed a flatter synaptic interface, a thinner postsynaptic density (PSD), and a wider synaptic cleft in the model group, and the first two alterations could be ameliorated by TMP. Then, a Pearson's correlation test revealed mNSS markedly correlated with SYP and synaptic ultrastructures. Taken together, TMP is capable of promoting functional outcome after ischemic stroke, and the mechanisms may be partially associated with regulation of neuroplasticity.

Copyright © 2021 Junbin Lin et al.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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