Docosahexaenoic Acid Alleviates Oxidative Stress-Based Apoptosis Via Improving Mitochondrial Dynamics in Early Brain Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
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Authors: | Tongyu Zhang Pei Wu John H. Zhang Yuchen Li Shancai Xu Chunlei Wang Ligang Wang Guang Zhang Jiaxing Dai Shiyi Zhu Yao Liu Binbing Liu Cesar Reis Huaizhang Shi |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Neurosurgery,The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin,China;2.Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology,Loma Linda University,Loma Linda,USA |
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Abstract: | Mitochondrial dysfunction is considered a crucial therapeutic target for early brain injury following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Emerging evidence indicates that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an essential omega-3 fatty acid, protects mitochondria in various chronic diseases. This study aimed to investigate the neuroprotective effects of DHA on mitochondrial dynamic dysfunction after EBI using in vivo and in vitro approaches. For in vivo experiments, the rat endovascular perforation SAH model was performed, whereby DHA was administered intravenously 1 h after induction of SAH. Primary cultured neurons treated with oxyhemoglobin (OxyHb) for 24 h were used to mimic SAH in vitro. Our results demonstrated that DHA improved neurological deficits and reduced brain edema in rats with SAH, and attenuated OxyHb-induced neuronal death in primary cultured cells. DHA reduced the amount of reactive oxygen species-positive cells and improved cell viability when compared to the SAH?+?vehicle group in vitro. DHA attenuated malondialdehyde levels and superoxide dismutase stress, increased Bcl2 and Bcl-xl, and decreased Bax and cleaved caspase-3 in vivo. Additionally, DHA ameliorated mitochondrial dysfunction, upregulated the mitochondrial fusion-related protein Optic Atrophy 1, and downregulated the mitochondrial fission-related protein Dynamin-Related-Protein 1 (Drp1) and Serine 616 phosphorylated Drp1 after SAH both in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, our current study demonstrates that DHA might prevent oxidative stress-based apoptosis after SAH. The characterization of the underlying molecular mechanisms may further improve mitochondrial dynamics-related signaling pathways. |
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