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Anti-Inflammatory and Neuroprotective Effects of DIPOPA (N,N-Diisopropyl-2-Oxopropanamide), an Ethyl Pyruvate Bioisoster, in the Postischemic Brain.

Ethyl pyruvate (EP) is a simple aliphatic ester of pyruvic acid and has been shown to have protective properties, which have been attributed to its anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, and anti-apoptotic functions. In an effort to develop better derivatives of EP, we previously synthesized DEOPA (N,N-diethyl-2-oxopropanamide, a novel isoster of EP) which has greater neuroprotective effects than EP, probably due to its anti-inflammatory and anti-excitotoxic effects. In the present study, we synthesized 3 DEOPA derivatives, in which its diethylamino group was substituted with diisopropylamino, dipropylamino, or diisobutylamino groups. Among them, DIPOPA (N,N-diisopropyl-2-oxopropanamide) containing diisopropylamino group had a greater neuroprotective effect than DEOPA or EP when administered intravenously to a rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model at 9 h after MCAO. Furthermore, DIPOPA had a wider therapeutic window than DEOPA and a marked reduction of infarct volume was accompanied by greater neurological and behavioral improvements. In particular, DIPOPA exerted robust anti-inflammatory effects, as evidenced by marked suppressions of microglia activation and neutrophil infiltration in the MCAO model, in microglial cells, and in neutrophil-endothelial cocultures at lower concentration, and did so more effectively than DEOPA. In particular, DIPOPA remarkably suppressed neutrophil infiltration into brain parenchyma, and this effect was attributed to the expressional inhibitions of cell adhesion molecules in neutrophils of brain parenchyma and in circulating neutrophils via NF-κB inhibition. Together, these results indicate the robust neuroprotective effects of DIPOPA are attributable to its anti-inflammatory effects and suggest that DIPOPA offers a potential therapeutic means of ameliorating cerebral ischemic injury and other inflammation-related pathologies.

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