Human recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator (alteplase): why not use the 'human' dose for stroke studies in rats?
Human recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator (alteplase): why not use the 'human' dose for stroke studies in rats?
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DOI:
10.1038/jcbfm.2010.33
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发表时间:
2010-05-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Abraini, Jacques H.
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作者:
Haelewyn, Benoit;Risso, Jean-Jacques;Abraini, Jacques H.
Since a pioneer work that has shown in vitro that the rat's fibrinolytic system is 10-fold less sensitive to recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator (rtPA) than the human system, most preclinical studies are performed with 10 instead of 0.9 mg/kg rtPA (the clinical dose in stroke patients). In this study, we compared the effects of these doses on mean time to reperfusion, reperfusion slope, brain infarct volume and edema in a rat model of thrombo-embolic stroke. Our data provide evidence that the dose of 0.9 mg/kg rtPA is as appropriate as that of 10 mg/kg for preclinical stroke studies in rodents. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (2010) 30, 900-903; doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.33; published online 10 March 2010