Ischemia of brain areas is a global health problem, causing death or long-term disability. Current pharmacological options have limited impact on ischemic damages. Recently, a relationship between hypoxia and carbonic anhydrase (CA) over-expression has been highlighted suggesting CA inhibition as a possible target. This study aimed to evaluate the pharmacological profile of sulfonamide and coumarin CA inhibitors in rats underwent permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO). The neurological score of pMCAO rats was dramatically reduced 24 h after occlusion. Repeated subcutaneous injections of the CA inhibitors 4 and 7 (1 mg kg(-1)) were able to increase the neurological score by 40%. Compound 7 showed the tendency to reduce the volume of hemisphere infarction. The standard CA inhibitor acetazolamide was ineffective. The properties of novel CA inhibitors to improve neurological functionalities after cerebral ischemic insult are shown. The CA involvement in cerebral hypoxic phenomena deserves deeper investigations.

Carbonic anhydrase inhibition for the management of cerebral ischemia: in vivo evaluation of sulfonamide and coumarin inhibitors / Di Cesare Mannelli, Lorenzo; Micheli, Laura; Carta, Fabrizio; Cozzi, Andrea; Ghelardini, Carla; Supuran, Claudiu T. - In: JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1475-6366. - ELETTRONICO. - (2015), pp. 1-6. [10.3109/14756366.2015.1113407]

Carbonic anhydrase inhibition for the management of cerebral ischemia: in vivo evaluation of sulfonamide and coumarin inhibitors

DI CESARE MANNELLI, LORENZO;MICHELI, LAURA;CARTA, FABRIZIO;COZZI, ANDREA;GHELARDINI, CARLA;SUPURAN, CLAUDIU TRANDAFIR
2015

Abstract

Ischemia of brain areas is a global health problem, causing death or long-term disability. Current pharmacological options have limited impact on ischemic damages. Recently, a relationship between hypoxia and carbonic anhydrase (CA) over-expression has been highlighted suggesting CA inhibition as a possible target. This study aimed to evaluate the pharmacological profile of sulfonamide and coumarin CA inhibitors in rats underwent permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO). The neurological score of pMCAO rats was dramatically reduced 24 h after occlusion. Repeated subcutaneous injections of the CA inhibitors 4 and 7 (1 mg kg(-1)) were able to increase the neurological score by 40%. Compound 7 showed the tendency to reduce the volume of hemisphere infarction. The standard CA inhibitor acetazolamide was ineffective. The properties of novel CA inhibitors to improve neurological functionalities after cerebral ischemic insult are shown. The CA involvement in cerebral hypoxic phenomena deserves deeper investigations.
2015
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6
Di Cesare Mannelli, Lorenzo; Micheli, Laura; Carta, Fabrizio; Cozzi, Andrea; Ghelardini, Carla; Supuran, Claudiu T
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