Melatonin reduces experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced oxidative brain damage and neurological symptoms

Ersahin M., Toklu H. Z., ÇETİNEL Ş., Yueksel M., YEGEN B., Sener G.

JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH, cilt.46, sa.3, ss.324-332, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.2009.00664.x
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.324-332
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: antioxidant, lipid peroxidation, melatonin, subarachnoid hemorrhage, CEREBRAL-ARTERY OCCLUSION, NITRIC-OXIDE, BARRIER PERMEABILITY, REACTIVE OXYGEN, RADICAL SCAVENGER, DOUBLE-BLIND, VASOSPASM, INJURY, RAT, MODEL
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Oxidative stress has detrimental effects in several models of neurodegenerative diseases, including subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). This study investigated the putative neuroprotective effect of melatonin, a powerful antioxidant, in a rat model of SAH. Male Wistar albino rats were divided as control, vehicle-treated SAH, and melatonin-treated (10 mg/kg, i.p.) SAH groups. To induce SAH, 0.3 mL blood was injected into cisterna magna of rats. Forty-eight hours after SAH induction, neurological examination scores were measured and the rats were decapitated. Brain tissue samples were taken for blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, brain water content, histological examination, or determination of malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH) levels, myeloperoxidase (MPO), and Na+-K+-ATPase activities. Formation of reactive oxygen species in brain tissue samples was monitored by using a chemiluminescence (CL) technique. The neurological examination scores were increased in SAH groups on the second day of SAH induction and SAH caused a significant decrease in brain GSH content and Na+-K+-ATPase activity, which was accompanied with significant increases in CL, MDA levels, and MPO activity. On the other hand, melatonin treatment reversed all these biochemical indices as well as SAH-induced histopathological alterations, while increased brain water content and impaired BBB were also reversed by melatonin treatment. This study suggests that melatonin, which can easily cross BBB, alleviates SAH-induced oxidative stress and exerts neuroprotection by preserving BBB permeability and by reducing brain edema.