Propentofylline after focal cortical lesion in the rat: impact on functional recovery and basic fibroblast growth factor expression |
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Authors: | Buytaert-Hoefen Kimberley A Kreber Lisa A Millar Courtney J Walsh Uriah T Brannigan Chris Hernandez Theresa D |
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Affiliation: | UCHSC, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Campus Box C237, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA. |
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Abstract: | The effects of propentofylline, a xanthine derivative and adenosine transport inhibitor, were evaluated following anteromedial cortex lesion in the rat. Propentofylline (2x/10 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) was administered for 7 days post-insult and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) immunoreactivity measured at designated time points in the peri-lesional cortex and ipsilateral dorsal striatum. The spatiotemporal pattern of bFGF expression was then compared to functional recovery patterns. Propentofylline-treated animals displayed increased bFGF expression in the peri-lesional cortex which may have contributed to the observed early facilitation of functional recovery. Drug administration did not, however, produce a change in bFGF expression in the ipsilateral dorsal striatum compared to saline-treated animals. These findings taken together with other positive findings regarding propentofylline, support the drug's therapeutic potential. |
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