High-Mobility Group Box-1-Induced Angiogenesis After Indirect Bypass Surgery in a Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion Model

Shingo Nishihiro, Tomohito Hishikawa, Masafumi Hiramatsu, Naoya Kidani, Yu Takahashi, Satoshi Murai, Kenji Sugiu, Yusuke Higaki, Takao Yasuhara, Cesario V. Borlongan, Isao Date

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Abstract

High-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) is a nuclear protein that promotes inflammation during the acute phase post-stroke, and enhances angiogenesis during the delayed phase. Here, we evaluated whether indirect revascularization surgery with HMGB1 accelerates brain angiogenesis in a chronic cerebral hypoperfusion model. Seven days after hypoperfusion induction, encephalo-myo-synangiosis (EMS) was performed with or without HMGB1 treatment into the temporal muscle. We detected significant increments in cortical vasculature (p < 0.01), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in the temporal muscle (p < 0.05), and ratio of radiation intensity on the operated side compared with the non-operated side after EMS in the HMGB1-treated group than in the control group (p < 0.01). Altogether, HMGB1 with EMS in a chronic hypoperfusion model promoted brain angiogenesis in a VEGF-dependent manner, resulting in cerebral blood flow improvement. This treatment may be an effective therapy for patients with moyamoya disease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)391-400
Number of pages10
JournalNeuroMolecular Medicine
Volume21
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1 2019

Keywords

  • Cerebral hypoperfusion
  • Encephalo-myo-synangiosis
  • High-mobility group box-1
  • Moyamoya disease
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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