Article
Soluble guanylate cyclase alpha1beta1 limits stroke size and attenuates neurological injury.
Stroke - 1 Aug 2010
Atochin Dmitriy N, Yuzawa Izumi, Li Qian, Rauwerdink Kristen M, Malhotra Rajeev, Chang Junlei, Brouckaert Peter, Ayata Cenk, Moskowitz Michael A, Bloch Kenneth D, Huang Paul L, Buys Emmanuel S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Nitric oxide mediates endothelium-dependent vasodilation, modulates cerebral blood flow, and determines stroke outcome. Nitric oxide signals in part by stimulating soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) to synthesize cGMP. To study the role of sGC in stroke injury, we compared the outcome of cerebral ischemia and reperfusion in mice deficient in the alpha(1) subunit of sGC (sGCalpha(1)(-/-)) with...
Topics
- Animals
- Blood Pressure
- Cerebrovascular Circulation
- Genotype
- Guanylate Cyclase
- Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Nitric Oxide
- Reperfusion
