Journal article
Neuroprotection via AT(2) receptor agonists in ischemic stroke
Clinical science (1979), Vol.132(10), pp.1055-1067
05/31/2018
DOI: 10.1042/CS20171549
PMID: 29802210
Abstract
Stroke is a devastating disease that afflicts millions of people each year worldwide. Ischemic stroke, which accounts for similar to 88% of cases, occurs when blood supply to the brain is decreased, often because of thromboembolism or atherosclerotic occlusion. This deprives the brain of oxygen and nutrients, causing immediate, irreversible necrosis within the core of the ischemic area, but more delayed and potentially reversible neuronal damage in the surrounding brain tissue, the penumbra. The only currently approved therapies for ischemic stroke, the thrombolytic agent recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) and the endovascular clot retrieval/destruction processes, are aimed at restoring blood flow to the infarcted area, but are only available for a minority of patients and are not able in most cases to completely restore neurological deficits. Consequently, there remains a need for agents that will protect neurones against death following ischemic stroke. Here, we evaluate angiotensin II (Ang II) type 2 (AT(2)) receptor agonists as a possible therapeutic target for this disease. We first provide an overview of stroke epidemiology, pathophysiology, and currently approved therapies. We next review the large amount of preclinical evidence, accumulated over the past decade and a half, which indicates that AT(2) receptor agonists exert significant neuroprotective effects in various animal models, and discuss the potential mechanisms involved. Finally, after discussing the challenges of delivering blood-brain barrier (BBB) impermeable AT(2) receptor agonists to the infarcted areas of the brain, we summarize the evidence for and against the development of these agents as a promising therapeutic strategy for ischemic stroke.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neuroprotection via AT(2) receptor agonists in ischemic stroke
- Creators
- Douglas M. Bennion - University of FloridaU. Muscha Steckelings - University of Southern DenmarkColin Sumners - University of Florida
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical science (1979), Vol.132(10), pp.1055-1067
- DOI
- 10.1042/CS20171549
- PMID
- 29802210
- NLM abbreviation
- Clin Sci (Lond)
- ISSN
- 0143-5221
- eISSN
- 1470-8736
- Publisher
- Portland Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/31/2018
- Academic Unit
- Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984962629102771
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