Abstract:Objective To evaluate effect of Trichostatin A (TSA) on inflammatory factors and apoptosis in mouse model of cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury. Methods Mice were randomly divided into three groups (n?=?10): sham (S) group in which mouse received all surgical procedure except ligation of arteries, ischemia/reperfusion (IR) group in which mouse received ligation of middle cerebral artery for one hour following by blood reperfusion for 24 hours, TSA group in which mouse were pretreated with TSA (5?mg/kg) for 3 days before ischemia/reperfusion insult. Histopathology was detected by HE-staining; circulating concentration of TNF-α, IL-1β were measured by ELISA; expression of Bcl-2, Bax and Caspase-3 were detected by immunohistochemistry; and apoptosis rate was identified by TUNEL. Results Brain tissue in IR group exerted obvious histological deterioration and expression of TNF-α, IL-1β; Bax and Caspase-3 were increased significantly when compared with those in S group (P?