Our previous study showed that H3 receptor antagonists reduced neuronal apoptosis and cerebral infarction in the acute stage after cerebral ischemia,but through an action independent of activation of histaminergic neurons.Because enhanced angiogenesis facilitates neurogenesis and neurological recovery after ischemic stroke,we herein investigated whether antagonism of H3R promoted angiogenesis after brain ischemia.Photothrombotic stroke was induced in mice.We showed that administration of H3R antagonist thioperamide(THIO,10 mg·kg-1-d-1,i.p.,from D1 after cerebral ischemia)significantly improved angiogenesis assessed on D14,and attenuated neurological defects on D28 after cerebral ischemia.Compared with wild-type mice,Hrh3-/-mice displayed more blood vessels in the ischemic boundary zone on D14,and THIO administration did not promote angiogenesis in these knockout mice.THIO-promoted angiogenesis in mice was reversed by i.c.v.injection of H3R agonist immepip,but not by H,and H2 receptor antagonists,histidine decarboxylase inhibitor a-fluoromethylhistidine,or histidine decarboxylase gene knockout(HDC-/-),suggesting that THIO-promoted angiogenesis was independent of activation of histaminergic neurons.In vascular endothelial cells(bEnd.3),THIO(10-9-10-7 M)dose-dependently facilitated cell migration and tube formation after oxygen glucose deprivation(OGD),and H3R knockdown caused similar effects.We further revealed that H3R antagonism reduced the interaction between H3R and Annexin A2,while knockdown of Annexin A2 abrogated THIO-promoted angiogenesis in bEnd.3 cells after OGD.Annexin A2-overexpressing mice displayed more blood vessels in the ischemic boundary zone,which was reversed by i.c.v.injection of immepip.In conclusion,this study demonstrates that H3R antagonism promotes angiogenesis after cerebral ischemia,which is independent of activation of histaminergic neurons,but related to the H3R on vascular endothelial cells and its interaction with Annexin A2.Thus,H3R antagonists might be promising drug candidates to improve angiogenesis and neurological recovery after ischemic stroke.

Li-shi Fan;You-chao Chen;Ru-jia Liao;Yan-yan Zhao;Xiang-nan Zhang;Zhong Chen;Lei Jiang;Wei-wei Hu

Department of Pharmacology and Department of Pharmacy of the Second Affiliated Hospital,Department of Anatomy,NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology,College of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310000,China;Key Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Translational Medicine of Zhejiang Province,College of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Zhejiang Chinese Medical University,Hangzhou 310000,China

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[1]Li-shi Fan;You-chao Chen;Ru-jia Liao;Yan-yan Zhao;Xiang-nan Zhang;Zhong Chen;Lei Jiang;Wei-wei Hu-.Antagonism of histamine H3 receptor promotes angiogenesis following focal cerebral ischemia)[J].中国药理学报（英文版）,2022(11):2807-2816

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