Objective: To explore the preventive effect of electroacupuncture pretreatment on stroke in rats by inhibiting ferroptosis and oxidative stress.
Methods: Rats were randomly assigned to the sham, middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (MCAO/R), MCAO/R + EP, MCAO/R + EP + erastin, and MCAO/R + EP + ferrostatin 1 groups. Daily electroacupuncture was performed 2 weeks before establishing the MCAO/R model utilizing the modified Zea Longa suture method. Rats were sacrificed 1 day after reperfusion, and brain tissues were collected. They were prepared for hematoxylin and eosin staining, prussian blue staining, transmission electron microscope. Measurement of total iron levels using a commercial kit, detection of malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels by ELISA, and examination of 15-lox2, GPX4, SLC7A11, ACSL4, and TFR1 by western blotting.
Results: Compared with sham rats, cerebral infarction size was dramatically larger in MCAO/R rats. Moreover, the MCAO/R group displayed damaged mitochondria with a disarranged structure of cristae; free iron, total iron levels, and oxidative stress were significantly higher. Cerebral pathological lesions, oxidative stress, total iron levels, and protein levels of ACSL4, TFR1, and 15-lox2 were significantly reduced in the MCAO/R + EP and MCAO/R + EP + ferrostatin 1 groups, while the protective effect of electroacupuncture pretreatment on cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury was inhibited by treatment with the ferroptosis activator erastin.
Conclusion: Electroacupuncture pretreatment can protect rats from cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by reducing the area of cerebral infarction and inhibiting ferroptosis and oxidative stress.
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