Targeting succinate metabolism to decrease brain injury upon mechanical thrombectomy treatment of ischemic stroke

Mottahedin, AminGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Physiology (author)

Current treatments for acute ischemic stroke aim to reinstate a normal perfusion in the ischemic territory but can also cause significant ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Previous data in experimental models of stroke show that ischemia leads to the accumulation of succinate, and, upon reperfusion, the accumulated succinate is rapidly oxidized by succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) to drive superoxide production at mitochondrial complex I. Despite this process initiating IR injury and causing further tissue damage, the potential of targeting succinate metabolism to minimize IR injury remains unexplored. Using both quantitative and untargeted high -resolution metabolomics, we show a time-dependent accumulation of succinate in both human and mouse brain exposed to ischemia ex vivo. In a mouse model of ischemic stroke/mechanical thrombectomy mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) shows that succinate accumulation is confined to the ischemic region, and that the accumulated succinate is rapidly oxidized upon reperfusion. Targeting succinate oxidation by systemic infusion of the SDH inhibitor malonate upon reperfusion leads to a dose-dependent decrease in acute brain injury. Together these findings support targeting succinate metabolism upon reperfusion to decrease IR injury as a valuable adjunct to mechanical thrombectomy in ischemic stroke.

Prag, H. A. (author)
Dannhorn, A. (author)
Mair, R. (author)
Schmidt, C. (author)
Yang, M. (author)
Sorby-Adams, A. (author)
Lee, J. J. (author)
Burger, N. (author)
Kulaveerasingam, D. (author)
Huang, M. M. (author)
Pluchino, S. (author)
Peruzzotti-Jametti, L. (author)
Goodwin, R. (author)
Frezza, C. (author)
Murphy, M. P. (author)
Krieg, T. (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för fysiologi (creator_code:org_t)

By the author/editor: Mottahedin, Amin; Prag, H. A.; Dannhorn, A.; Mair, R.; Schmidt, C.; Yang, M.; show more...; Sorby-Adams, A.; Lee, J. J.; Burger, N.; Kulaveerasingam, ...; Huang, M. M.; Pluchino, S.; Peruzzotti-Jamet ...; Goodwin, R.; Frezza, C.; Murphy, M. P.; Krieg, T.; show less...

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Basic Medicine; and Neurosciences

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