Campos, F,Qin, T,Castillo, J,Seo, JH,Arai, K,Lo, EH,Waeber, C

2013

January

Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation

Fingolimod Reduces Hemorrhagic Transformation Associated With Delayed Tissue Plasminogen Activator Treatment in a Mouse Thromboembolic Model

Validated

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fingolimod hemorrhage stroke tPA thromboembolic model EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR ACUTE ISCHEMIC-STROKE BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER CEREBRAL-ISCHEMIA MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS LASER SPECKLE FTY720 RECANALIZATION REPERFUSION

44

505

Background and Purpose-The sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor agonist fingolimod reduces infarct size in rodent models of stroke and enhances blood-brain barrier integrity. Based on these observations, we hypothesized that combination of fingolimod with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) would reduce the risk of hemorrhagic transformation associated with delayed administration of tPA.Methods-We evaluated the effects of fingolimod in a mouse model of thromboembolic stroke, in which both the beneficial effect of reperfusion associated with early tPA treatment and hemorrhagic transformation associated with delayed administration mimic clinical observations in humans.Results-Our results demonstrate that fingolimod treatment attenuates the neurological deficit and reduces infarct volume after in situ thromboembolic occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. Combination of fingolimod and tPA improves the neurological outcome of the thrombolytic therapy and reduces the risk of hemorrhagic transformation associated with delayed administration of tPA.Conclusion-This study confirms the protective efficacy of fingolimod as a treatment against ischemic stroke in another rodent model of stroke (thromboembolic occlusion), and suggests that fingolimod could potentially be used in combination with tPA to reduce the risk of brain hemorrhage. (Stroke. 2013;44:505-511.)

DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.679043