NQDI 1 inhibits the expression of ASK1 and downstream targets in the HI model. It also inhibits injury and apoptosis in the brain cortex. Intracerebroventricularly injection of NQDI 1 after neonatal rats brain HI significantly attenuates acute HI cerebral injury by inhibiting cell apoptosis. The treatment of NQDI-1 markedly inhibits the expression of ASK1 following HI in the perinatal rat, accompanied by a decrease of p-JNK, p-c-Jun, p53 and caspase 3, which were the downstream targets of ASK1.
