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We previously reported compound 1 as a novel glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor with brain-protective properties. In this study, we validated whether PYGB could be used as the therapeutic target for hypoxic-ischemic diseases and investigated whether compound 1 exerts a protective effect against astrocyte hypoxia\/reoxygenation (H\/R) injury by targeting PYGB. A gene-silencing strategy was initially applied to downregulate PYGB proteins in mouse astrocytes, which was followed by a series of cellular experiments with compound 1. Next, we compared relevant indicators that could prove the protective effect of compound 1 on brain injury, finding that after PYGB knockdown, compound 1 could not obviously alleviate astrocytes H\/R injury, as evidenced by cell viability, which was not significantly improved, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage rate, intracellular glucose content, and post-ischemic reactive oxygen species (ROS) level, which were not remarkably reduced. At the same time, cellular energy metabolism did not improve, and the degree of extracellular acidification was not downregulated after administration of compound 1 after PYGB knockdown. In addition, it could neither significantly increase the level of mitochondrial aerobic energy metabolism nor inhibit the expression of apoptosis-associated proteins. The above results indicate that compound 1 could target PYGB to exert its protective effect against cellular H\/R injury in mouse astrocytes. Simultaneously, we further demonstrated that PYGB could be an efficient therapeutic target for ischemic-hypoxic diseases. 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