Recommended Citation
Zaidi SK, Ahmed F, Alkhatabi H, Hoda MN, and Al-Qahtani M. Nebulization of low-dose s-nitrosoglutathione in diabetic stroke enhances benefits of reperfusion and prevents post-thrombolysis hemorrhage. Biomolecules 2021; 11(11).
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-27-2021
Publication Title
Biomolecules
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated the occurrence of hypoxia including thrombotic stroke worldwide, for which nitric oxide (NO) therapy seems very promising and translatable. Therefore, various modes/routes of NO-delivery are now being tested in different clinical trials for safer, faster, and more effective interventions against ischemic insults. Intravenous (IV) infusion of S-Nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), the major endogenous molecular pool of NO, has been reported to protect against mechanical cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (IR); however, it has been never tested in any kind of "clinically" relevant thromboembolic stroke models with or without comorbidities and in combination with the thrombolytic reperfusion therapy. Moreover, "IV-effects" of higher dose of GSNO following IR-injury have been contradicted to augment stroke injury. Herein, we tested the hypothesis that nebulization of low-dose GSNO will not alter blood pressure (BP) and will mitigate stroke injury in diabetic mice via enhanced cerebral blood flow (CBF) and brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2). GSNO-nebulization (200 μg/kgbwt) did not alter BP, but augmented the restoration of CBF, improved behavioral outcomes and reduced stroke injury. Moreover, GSNO-nebulization increased early reoxygenation of brain tissue/PbtO2 as measured at 6.5 h post-stroke following thrombolytic reperfusion, and enervated unwanted effects of late thrombolysis in diabetic stroke. We conclude that the GSNO-nebulization is safe and effective for enhancing collateral microvascular perfusion in the early hours following stroke. Hence, nebulized-GSNO therapy has the potential to be developed and translated into an affordable field therapy against ischemic events including strokes, particularly in developing countries with limited healthcare infrastructure.
Medical Subject Headings
Animals; Behavior, Animal; Blood Pressure; Blood-Brain Barrier; COVID-19; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Hemorrhage; Hypoxia; Infusions, Intravenous; Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Microcirculation; Nebulizers and Vaporizers; Neuroprotective Agents; Perfusion; Reperfusion Injury; Risk; S-Nitrosoglutathione; Stress, Mechanical; Stroke; Thrombolytic Therapy
PubMed ID
34827584
Volume
11
Issue
11
