• Stroke · Jul 2013

    Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway mediates cerebrolysin-improved neurological function after stroke.

    • Li Zhang, Michael Chopp, Dieter H Meier, Stefan Winter, Lei Wang, Alexandra Szalad, Mei Lu, Min Wei, Yisheng Cui, and Zheng Gang Zhang.
    • Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.
    • Stroke. 2013 Jul 1; 44 (7): 1965-72.

    Background And PurposeCerebrolysin, a mixture of neurotrophic peptides, enhances neurogenesis and improves neurological outcome in experimental neurodegenerative diseases and stroke. The Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway stimulates neurogenesis after stroke. The present study tests whether the Shh pathway mediates cerebrolysin-induced neurogenesis and improves neurological outcome after stroke.MethodsRats subjected to embolic stroke were treated with cerebrolysin with or without cyclopamine.ResultsUsing neural progenitor cells derived from the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricle of adult rats, we found that cerebrolysin significantly increased neural progenitor cells proliferation and their differentiation into neurons and myelinating oligodendrocytes, which were associated with upregulation of Shh and its receptors patched and smoothened. Blockage of the Shh signaling pathway with a pharmacological smoothened inhibitor, cyclopamine, abolished cerebrolysin-induced in vitro neurogenesis and oligodendrogenesis. In the ischemic rats, treatment with cerebrolysin starting 24 hours after stroke significantly increased neural progenitor cell proliferation in the subventricular zone and enhanced neurogenesis, oligodendrogenesis, and axonal remodeling in the peri-infarct area. Moreover, profound neurological function improvements were observed in rats treated with cerebrolysin from week 3 to week 5 after stroke onset compared with vehicle-treated rats. However, in vivo inhibition of the Shh pathway with cyclopamine completely reversed the effects of cerebrolysin on neurorestoration and functional recovery.ConclusionsThese results demonstrate that the Shh pathway mediates cerebrolysin-enhanced neurogenesis and white matter remodeling and improves functional recovery in rats after stroke.

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