Abstract
Background and Purpose-Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 has potent neuroprotective properties. We investigated the effects of intravenous administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) on serum levels of IGF-1 and IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)-3 in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
Methods-Serum levels of total IGF-1, free IGF-1, and IGFBP-3 were measured by radioimmunoassay in 10 patients with ischemic stroke treated with intravenous tPA (0.9 mg/kg body weight) and 10 untreated controls.
Results-During tPA treatment, total IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 serum levels did not change, but there was an approximate to 70% increase in free IGF-1 serum levels from 0.98 +/- 0.25 at baseline to 1.69 +/- 0.18 nmol/L at the end of the I-hour infusion (P=0.01). Conclusions-Intravenous therapy with tPA enhances the bioavailability of IGF-1.
Conclusions-Intravenous therapy with tPA enhances the bioavailability of IGF-1.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2368-2371 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Stroke |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept-2006 |
Keywords
- acute stroke
- insulin-like growth factor 1
- neuroprotection
- thrombolysis
- tissue plasminogen activator
- FOCAL CEREBRAL-ISCHEMIA
- TPA-DEFICIENT MICE
- NEURONAL DAMAGE
- BRAIN-INJURY
- WILD-TYPE
- RATS
- PROTEIN-3
- MODELS
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