EFFECTS OF INHIBITOR OF PROTEIN KINASECON BRAIN EDEMA FORMATION EVOKED BY EXPERIMENTAL CEREBKAL ISCHEMIA IN GERBILS AND RATS

Recent studies have suggested that protein kinase C(PKC)may be involved in thefoimation of brain edema.In this paper,the effects of two kinds of PKC inhibitors,H-7 and matrine,were examined on the brain edema formation in experimental models.The resuIts showed thatpretreatment with H-7 6.25 and l2.5mg·kg^-1 prevented the accumulation of water and certainelectrolytes in the unilateral hemisphere of the brain evoked.by ligation of a single common carotidartery in Mongolian gerbil; pretreatment with matrine 25 and 50 mg·k-1 reduced the extent ofcerebral edema foimation evoked by ligation of a single common carotid artery in gerbil and by middlecerebral artery occlusion in Sprague-Dawley rats.These resuIts present new evidence for theinvolvement of PKC in the formation of brain edema.