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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
A ROCK inhibitor Fasudil is widely administered to relieve vasospasm in patients after subarachnoid hemorrhage in Japan. We investigated the difference of Fasudil and Y-27632, a common ROCK inhibitor, on neurite regeneration in culture and axonal regeneration after injuring the optic nerve (OpN) in cats. The optimal dose of Y-27632, determined by counting the number and length of neurites in retinal explants, was found to be 100 microM: the only effect of Fasudil was to promote extension of glial processes. We next examined the effects of Fasudil (10 microM-100 microM) and Y-27632 (10 microM-300 microM) on axonal regeneration in the crushed OpN model in vivo. Immediately after crushing the left OpN, Fasudil or Y-27632 was injected into the vitreous and the crushed site. Injection of 10 microM and 100 microM Y-27632 induced extension of the optic axons beyond the crush site, with the latter dosage giving stronger regeneration. Very few axons passed beyond the crush site in the optic nerve with phosphate-buffered saline injection, and no axons elongated in the OpN with Fasudil injection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
1201
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-33
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18313036-1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Amides, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Cats, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Nerve Crush, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Nerve Regeneration, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Optic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Optic Nerve Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Protein Kinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-Wallerian Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:18313036-rho-Associated Kinases
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential effects of two ROCK inhibitors, Fasudil and Y-27632, on optic nerve regeneration in adult cats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't