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Journal of the Korean Society of Neonatology 2001;8(2):265-271.
Published online November 1, 2001.
Effect of 21-aminosteroid U74389G on the Extent of Brain Damage and Edema in the Newborn Rats with Hypoxic-ischemic Injury.
Mi Seon Lee, Moon Sung Park, Kook In Park, Chul Lee, Dong Gwan Han
1Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine.
2Department of Pediatrics, Aju University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
저산소성 허혈성 뇌손상 신생백서에서 21-aminosteroid U74389G 투여가 뇌손상 및 뇌부종에 미치는 영향
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Abstract
PURPOSE
To investigate the effect of 21-aminosteroid U74389G (U) on the extent of brain damage and edema formation in the newborn rats with hypoxic ischemic (HI) brain injury.
METHODS
This is a randomized, placebo-controlled, experimental study. The subjects were 113 seven-days-old rats with HI injury. Pups were treated with 3, 10, or 20 mg/ kg of U intraperitoneally 30 minutes before hypoxia (Group 1, 2, 3: n=10, 13, 11), 10 mg/kg of U immediately after hypoxia (n=11) (Group 4), 10 mg/kg of U 30 minutes before and after hypoxia (n=n=13) (Group 5), or vehicle (n=12) (Group C). We expressed the degree of brain infarction and brain edema in % atrophy (Left hemisphere-Right hemisphere/Left hemispherex100) and water content % (wet weight-dry weight/wet weightx100) RESULTS: There were significant reductions in the diameters of right hemisphere compared with those of left hemisphere in vehicle and U treated animals (P<0.05). As to the cortical thickness, group 2, 3 and 5 pups showed no significant reductions in the right side compared with the left side implicating that U treatment in these groups was of benefit in attenuating HI cortical injury, while there was significant difference between the right and left side in group 1, 4 and C animals (P<0.001). There was a significant difference (P< 0.01) in % atrophy of group 2, 3, 5 versus group C, but the mean % atrophy was similar in groups 1, 4 and C. There was a significant (P<0.05) increase of water content in right hemisphere compared with left hemisphere both in U and vehicle treated groups.
CONCLUSION
Pre-treatment and prepost-treatment at moderate doses (10 or more mg/kg) of 21-aminosteroid U74389G reduced the extent of perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damages, especially in the cortex, but do not affect the extent of brain edema.
Key Words: 21-aminosteroid U74389G; Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury; Perinatal brain damage; Newborn rat; Lipid peroxidation; Oxygen-free radical; Brain edema


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