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. 2020 Nov-Dec;10(6):557–573.

Table 1.

Effects of resveratrol on glial cell in experimental models of stroke

Resveratrol treatment Model Glial cell type Results Ref.
100 mg/kg i.p. once per day for 14 days Intracerebral hemorrhage Microglia ↓Secondary brain injury
↑Motor abilities
↓Neural damage
↓Activation of microglia
(Cai et al., 2018)
50 nmol/μL at L4–6 segments of the spinal cord Spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion Astrocytes
Microglial
↓Inflammation (Li et al., 2014)
30 mg/kg i.p. at 24 h after ischemia Global cerebral ischemic injury Astrocytes
Microglial
↓Cerebral ischemic injury (Wang et al.,2002)
25 μmol/L (culture medium) Rodent astrocyte cultures and an in vivo stroke model Astrocytes ↑Mitochondrial function (Narayanan et al., 2015)
20 mg/Kg i. p. Hypoxic–ischemic model Astrocytes ↓Infarct volume
↑Mitochondrial function
↓ROS
↓Neuronal loss
(Arteaga et al., 2015)
20 mg/kg i. p; 10 min before hypoxia Hypoxic–ischemic model Astrocytes
Microglial
↓TNF-α, COX2, caspase 3
No differences were observed in SOD2 expression
(Revuelta et al., 2017)
1, 10mg/kg i.p for 21 days Forebrain global ischemia Astrocytes
Microglial
↓GLT-1 expression
↑CA1 neuronal protection
(Girbovan and Plamondon, 2015)
20 mg/kg, 10 min before hypoxia Hypoxic ischemic Astrocytes
Oligodendrocytes
↑Body and brain weight
↓ROS
(Revuelta et al. 2016)
30, 60, 90 mg/kg i.p. at 2 and 12 h post-injury
1, 10, 20 µM (culture medium)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage and in vitro experiment in primary cultured cortical neurons Microglial ↓Inflammation
↓Brain edema
↓Neurobehavioral impairment
↓Apoptosis
↓Neuronal degeneration
(Zhang et al., 2017b)
60 mg/kg i.p., 1 h after SAH Subarachnoid hemorrhage Astrocytes
Microglial
↓Inflammation
↓Apoptosis
(Zhao et al., 2017)
1, 2.5, or 5 mg/kg, i.v, 3 or 6 h after MCAO Middle cerebral artery occlusion model Microglia ↓IL-1β
↓TNF-α
↓Microglial activation
↓ROS
(Shin et al., 2010)
60 mg/kg at 2 and 12 h post-injury Subarachnoid hemorrhage Microglia ↓Microglia activation
↓Inflammatory cytokines
↓Apoptosis
↓Brain edema
↓Neurological deficit score
↓NF-κB
(Zhang et al., 2016a)
20, 50 mg/kg i.p, daily pre-ischemic injections starting on day 7 Focal cerebral ischemia Astrocytes
Microglia
↓Infarct volume
↑Blood-brain-barrier integrity
↓Bax, caspase-3
↑Angiogenesis and
neurogenesis
↑GDNF and VEGF
(Hermann et al., 2015)
100 mg/kg, i.p., injected three times at 0 h, 8 h and 18 h after hypoxic-ischemic Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic Microglia ↓Inflammation
↓Microglia activation
↓Apoptosis
↓Bax
↓Bcl-2
↓Caspase3
(Pan et al., 2016)
30 mg/kg, i.p., every day for 7 days before ischemia Global ischemia Astrocytes
Microglia
↓Astroglial and microglial activation
↓COX2 and iNOS production
↓Inflammation
(Simão et al., 2012)
100 mg/kg i.p., injected at 0, 8 and 18 h after cerebral ischemia Middle cerebral artery occlusion Microglia ↓MiR-155 expression
↑M2 polarization of microglia
↓Neuroinflammation
(Ma et al., 2019)
5, 10, 20, 40 mg/ kg, i.p., administered from day 1 after surgery till 27 days Intracerebral hemorrhage Microglia ↑Neurological scoring tests
↑Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant factors
(Singh et al., 2017)
10 mg/kg i.p for 20 days Ischemia/reperfusion Microglia ↓Inflammation
↓Ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1
↓Neuronal apoptosis
(Zhao et al., 2019)

Bax: Bcl-2-associated x protein; Bcl-2: B-cell lymphoma 2; COX2: Cyclooxygenase 2; SOD2: Superoxide dismutase 2; DMSO: Dimethyl sulfoxide; GDNF: Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor; GLT-1: Glutamate transporter 1; HI: hypoxic-ischemic; i.p: Intraperitoneal; ICH: Intracerebral hemorrhage; IL-1β: Interleukin 1 beta; iNOS: Inducible nitric oxide synthase; MCAO: Middle cerebral artery occlusion; NF-κB: Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells; ROS: Reactive oxygen species; SAH: Subarachnoid hemorrhage; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor alpha; VEGF: Vascular endothelial growth factor.