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Moghe M, Kim SS, Guan M, Rait A, Pirollo KF, Harford JB, Chang EH. scL-2PAM: A Novel Countermeasure That Ameliorates Neuroinflammation and Neuronal Losses in Mice Exposed to an Anticholinesterase Organophosphate. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:7539. [PMID: 39062781 PMCID: PMC11276659 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25147539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2024] [Revised: 07/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Due to their inhibition of acetylcholinesterase, organophosphates are among the most toxic of chemicals. Pralidoxime (a.k.a 2-PAM) is the only acetylcholinesterase reactivator approved in the U.S., but 2-PAM only poorly traverses the blood-brain barrier. Previously, we have demonstrated that scL-2PAM, a nanoformulation designed to enter the brain via receptor-mediated transcytosis, is superior to unencapsulated 2-PAM for reactivating brain acetylcholinesterase, ameliorating cholinergic crisis, and improving survival rates for paraoxon-exposed mice. Here, we employ histology and transcriptome analyses to assess the ability of scL-2PAM to prevent neurological sequelae including microglial activation, expression of inflammatory cytokines, and ultimately loss of neurons in mice surviving paraoxon exposures. Levels of the mRNA encoding chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) were significantly upregulated after paraoxon exposures, with CCL2 mRNA levels in the brain correlating well with the intensity and duration of cholinergic symptoms. Our nanoformulation of 2-PAM was found to be superior to unencapsulated 2-PAM in reducing the levels of the CCL2 transcript. Moreover, brain histology revealed that scL-2PAM was more effective than unencapsulated 2-PAM in preventing microglial activation and the subsequent loss of neurons. Thus, scL-2PAM appears to be a new and improved countermeasure for reducing neuroinflammation and mitigating brain damage in survivors of organophosphate exposures.
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- Manish Moghe
- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (M.M.); (A.R.); (K.F.P.)
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (M.M.); (A.R.); (K.F.P.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
- SynerGene Therapeutics, Inc., Potomac, MD 20854, USA;
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (M.M.); (A.R.); (K.F.P.)
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (M.M.); (A.R.); (K.F.P.)
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (M.M.); (A.R.); (K.F.P.)
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA; (M.M.); (A.R.); (K.F.P.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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Gao H, Liu Y, Shen H, Guan W, Sun S, Zheng T, Wu L, Yang J, Li G. Biomimetic-inspired piezoelectric ovalbumin/BaTiO 3 scaffolds synergizing with anisotropic topology for modulating Schwann cell and DRG behavior. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 271:132394. [PMID: 38761905 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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The treatment of peripheral nerve injury is a clinical challenge that tremendously affected the patients' health and life. Anisotropic topographies and electric cues can simulate the regenerative microenvironment of nerve from physical and biological aspects, which show promising application in nerve regeneration. However, most studies just unilaterally emphasize the effect of sole topological- or electric- cue on nerve regeneration, while rarely considering the synergistic function of both cues simultaneously. In this study, a biomimetic-inspired piezoelectric topological ovalbumin/BaTiO3 scaffold that can provide non-invasive electrical stimulation in situ was constructed by combining piezoelectric BaTiO3 nanoparticles and surface microtopography. The results showed that the incorporation of piezoelectric nanoparticles could improve the mechanical properties of the scaffolds, and the piezoelectric output of the scaffolds after polarization was significantly increased. Biological evaluation revealed that the piezoelectric topological scaffolds could regulate the orientation growth of SCs, promote axon elongation of DRG, and upregulate the genes expression referring to myelination and axon growth, thus rapidly integrated chemical-mechanical signals and transmitted them for effectively promoting neuronal myelination, which was closely related to peripheral neurogenesis. The study suggests that the anisotropic surface topology combined with non-invasive electronic stimulation of the ovalbumin/BaTiO3 scaffolds possess a promising application prospect in the repair and regeneration of peripheral nerve injury.
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- Hongxia Gao
- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China; The People's Hospital of Rugao, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 226599 Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, 610065 Chengdu, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Reichert F, Zohar K, Lezmi E, Eliyahu T, Rotshenker S, Linial M, Weinstock M. Ladostigil Reduces the Adenoside Triphosphate/Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Secretion of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines from Microglia and Modulate-Immune Regulators, TNFAIP3, and EGR1. Biomolecules 2024; 14:112. [PMID: 38254713 PMCID: PMC10813603 DOI: 10.3390/biom14010112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Treatment of aging rats for 6 months with ladostigil (1 mg/kg/day) prevented a decline in recognition and spatial memory and suppressed the overexpression of gene-encoding pro-inflammatory cytokines, TNFα, IL1β, and IL6 in the brain and microglial cultures. Primary cultures of mouse microglia stimulated by lipopolysaccharides (LPS, 0.75 µg/mL) and benzoyl ATPs (BzATP) were used to determine the concentration of ladostigil that reduces the secretion of these cytokine proteins. Ladostigil (1 × 10-11 M), a concentration compatible with the blood of aging rats in, prevented memory decline and reduced secretion of IL1β and IL6 by ≈50%. RNA sequencing analysis showed that BzATP/LPS upregulated 25 genes, including early-growth response protein 1, (Egr1) which increased in the brain of subjects with neurodegenerative diseases. Ladostigil significantly decreased Egr1 gene expression and levels of the protein in the nucleus and increased TNF alpha-induced protein 3 (TNFaIP3), which suppresses cytokine release, in the microglial cytoplasm. Restoration of the aberrant signaling of these proteins in ATP/LPS-activated microglia in vivo might explain the prevention by ladostigil of the morphological and inflammatory changes in the brain of aging rats.
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- Fanny Reichert
- Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC), Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel; (F.R.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; (K.Z.); (T.E.); (M.L.)
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel;
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; (K.Z.); (T.E.); (M.L.)
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC), Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel; (F.R.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; (K.Z.); (T.E.); (M.L.)
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- Institute of Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Wang Y, Liu Y, Fang J, Xing X, Wang H, Shi X, Liu X, Niu T, Liu K. Small-molecule agonist AdipoRon alleviates diabetic retinopathy through the AdipoR1/AMPK/EGR4 pathway. J Transl Med 2024; 22:2. [PMID: 38166990 PMCID: PMC10759471 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04783-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a progressive disease that involves multiple organs due to increased blood glucose, and diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the main complication of DM in the eyes and causes irreversible vision loss. In the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular disease, oxidative stress caused by hyperglycemia plays an important role in Müller cell impairment. In recent years, AdipoRon, an adiponectin analog that demonstrated important physiological functions in obesity, diabetes, inflammation, and cardiovascular diseases, demonstrated cellular protection from apoptosis and reduced inflammatory damage through a receptor-dependent mechanism. Here, we investigated how AdipoRon reduced oxidative stress and apoptosis in Müller glia in a high glucose environment. RESULTS By binding to adiponectin receptor 1 on Müller glia, AdipoRon activated 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/acetyl-CoA carboxylase phosphorylation downstream, thereby alleviating oxidative stress and eventual apoptosis of cells and tissues. Transcriptome sequencing revealed that AdipoRon promoted the synthesis and expression of early growth response factor 4 (EGR4) and inhibited the cellular protective effects of AdipoRon in a high-glucose environment by reducing the expression of EGR4. This indicated that AdipoRon played a protective role through the EGR4 and classical AMPK pathways. CONCLUSIONS This provides a new target for the early treatment of DR.
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- Yihan Wang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai, 200127, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai, 200127, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, Shanghai, 200080, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai, 200127, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, Shanghai, 200080, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai, 200127, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, Shanghai, 200080, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai, 200127, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, Shanghai, 200080, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai, 200127, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, Shanghai, 200080, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai, 200127, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, 200080, China
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, Shanghai, 200080, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Shanghai, 200080, China.
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai, 200127, China.
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, 200080, China.
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, Shanghai, 200080, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Eye Diseases, Shanghai, 200080, China.
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Shanghai, 200127, China.
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai, 200080, China.
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, Shanghai, 200080, China.
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Kulbe JR, Nguyen L, Le AA, Laird AE, Taffe MA, Nguyen JD, Fields JA. Nicotine, THC, and Dolutegravir Modulate E-Cigarette-Induced Changes in Addiction- and Inflammation-Associated Genes in Rat Brains and Astrocytes. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1556. [PMID: 38002516 PMCID: PMC10670019 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13111556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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E-cigarette use has been marketed as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, as a means of smoking cessation, and are used at a higher rate than the general population in people with HIV (PWH). Early growth receptor 2 (EGR2) and Activity-Regulated Cytoskeleton-Associated Protein (ARC) have a role in addiction, synaptic plasticity, inflammation, and neurodegeneration. This study showed that 10 days of exposure to e-cigarette vapor altered gene expression in the brains of 6-month-old, male, Sprague Dawley rats. Specifically, the e-cigarette solvent vapor propylene glycol (PG) downregulated EGR2 and ARC mRNA expression in frontal cortex, an effect which was reversed by nicotine (NIC) and THC, suggesting that PG could have a protective role against NIC and cannabis dependence. However, in vitro, PG upregulated EGR2 and ARC mRNA expression at 18 h in cultured C6 rat astrocytes suggesting that PG may have neuroinflammatory effects. PG-induced upregulation of EGR2 and ARC mRNA was reversed by NIC but not THC. The HIV antiretroviral DTG reversed the effect NIC had on decreasing PG-induced upregulation of EGR2, which is concerning because EGR2 has been implicated in HIV latency reversal, T-cell apoptosis, and neuroinflammation, a process that underlies the development of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.
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- Jacqueline Renee Kulbe
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; (J.R.K.); (L.N.); (A.A.L.); (A.E.L.); (M.A.T.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; (J.R.K.); (L.N.); (A.A.L.); (A.E.L.); (M.A.T.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; (J.R.K.); (L.N.); (A.A.L.); (A.E.L.); (M.A.T.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; (J.R.K.); (L.N.); (A.A.L.); (A.E.L.); (M.A.T.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; (J.R.K.); (L.N.); (A.A.L.); (A.E.L.); (M.A.T.)
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USA;
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; (J.R.K.); (L.N.); (A.A.L.); (A.E.L.); (M.A.T.)
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Anxiolytic-like Effect of Inhaled Cinnamon Essential Oil and Its Main Component Cinnamaldehyde in Animal Models. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27227997. [PMID: 36432096 PMCID: PMC9693619 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27227997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Aromatherapy is one of the most common safer alternative treatments for psychiatric disorders with fewer side effects than conventional drugs. Here, we investigated the effects of cinnamon essential oil (CIEO) inhalation on mouse behaviors by performing different behavioral tests. CIEO inhalation showed anxiolytic effects in the elevated plus maze test, as inferred from increased time spent in open arms and decreased time spent in closed arms. Moreover, the CIEO treatment enhanced social behavior by increasing the total contact number, time spent in the center, distance traveled in the center, and total distance in the social interaction test. However, CIEO inhalation did not have any effect on performance in the open field test, tail suspension test, forced swimming test, and Y maze tests. The microarray analysis indicated that the CIEO treatment downregulated 17 genes and upregulated 15 genes in the hippocampus. Among them, Dcc, Egr2, and Fos are the most crucial genes that are involved in anxiety-related biological processes and pathways, including the regulation of neuronal death and neuroinflammation. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis revealed that cinnamaldehyde is the main component of CIEO. Cinnamaldehyde recovered MK-801-induced anxiety-related changes in the electroencephalogram power spectrum in zebrafish. Taken together, our findings suggest that CIEO and its main component cinnamaldehyde have an anxiolytic effect through the regulation of the expression of genes related to neuroinflammatory response and neuronal death.
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Suppression of Alzheimer's Disease-Like Pathology Progression by Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidant SkQ1: A Transcriptome Profiling Study. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2019; 2019:3984906. [PMID: 31396299 PMCID: PMC6664545 DOI: 10.1155/2019/3984906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, with increasing prevalence and no disease-modifying treatment available yet. There is increasing evidence—from interventions targeting mitochondria—that may shed some light on new strategies for the treatment of AD. Previously, using senescence-accelerated OXYS rats that simulate key characteristics of sporadic AD, we have shown that treatment with mitochondria-targeted antioxidant SkQ1 (plastoquinonyl-decyltriphenylphosphonium) from age 12 to 18 months (that is, during active progression of AD-like pathology)—via improvement of mitochondrial function—prevented the neuronal loss and synaptic damage, enhanced neurotrophic supply, and decreased amyloid-β1–42 protein levels and tau hyperphosphorylation in the hippocampus. In the present study, we continued to explore the mechanisms of the anti-AD effects of SkQ1 in an OXYS rat model through deep RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and focused upon the cell-specific gene expression alterations in the hippocampus. According to RNA-seq results, OXYS rats had 1,159 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) relative to Wistar rats (control), and 6-month treatment with SkQ1 decreased their number twofold. We found that 10.5% of all DEGs in untreated (control) OXYS rats were associated with mitochondrial function, whereas SkQ1 eliminated differences in the expression of 76% of DEGs (93 from 122 genes). Using transcriptome approaches, we found that the anti-AD effects of SkQ1 are associated with an improvement of the activity of many signaling pathways and intracellular processes. SkQ1 changed the expression of genes in neuronal, glial, and endothelial cells, and these genes are related to mitochondrial function, neurotrophic and synaptic activity, calcium processes, immune and cerebrovascular systems, catabolism, degradation, and apoptosis. Thus, RNA-seq analysis yields a detailed picture of transcriptional changes during the development of AD-like pathology and can point to the molecular and genetic mechanisms of action of the agents (including SkQ1) holding promise for the prevention and treatment of AD.
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Niu RN, Shang XP, Teng JF. Overexpression of Egr2 and Egr4 protects rat brains against ischemic stroke by downregulating JNK signaling pathway. Biochimie 2018; 149:62-70. [PMID: 29580816 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Egr2 and Egr4 upregulation on ischemic stroke recovery of rats. METHODS In this study, Sprague Dawley (SD) rats assigned at random into control, sham and MCAO (middle cerebral artery occlusion) group were treated accordingly to build MCAO models. The neurological severity scores (NSS) test was applied to assess rats' behavior. Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining reflected infarct areas while Nissl staining revealed the number of neurons. Levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin [IL]-1β, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-α) were judged by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in brain and serum tissues. We applied western blot to check the expression of Egr2, Egr4 and JNK/c-JUN (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) pathway. Further grouping of rats were based on various transfection, requiring control, sham, MCAO, MCAO + Egr2 cDNA (complementary DNA), MCAO + Egr4 cDNA, MCAO + Egr2 cDNA + Egr4 cDNA group to observe difference in MCAO recovery and JNK/c-JUN-pathway-related protein expression. RESULTS Under successful modeling of MCAO, western blot results suggested down-regulation of Egr2 and Egr4 and overexpression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The JNK/c-JUN pathway was activated. On upregulation of Egr2 and Egr4 in infarct areas, neurological function of SD rats recovered along with repressed JNK/c-JUN pathway activation and increased neuron number. CONCLUSION Upregulation of Egr2 and Egr4 could demote the activation of JNK/c-JUN pathway and the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in MCAO rats, so that Egr2 and Egr4 might be potential targets for ischemic stroke in future.
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- Rui-Na Niu
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Medical Records, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China.
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Zhang J, Zhou W, Liu Y, Li N. Integrated analysis of DNA methylation and RNA‑sequencing data in Down syndrome. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:4309-4314. [PMID: 27667480 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Down syndrome (DS) is the most common birth defect in children. To investigate the mechanisms of DS, the present study analyzed the bisulfite‑sequencing (seq) data GSE42144, which was downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus. GSE42144 included DNA methylation data of three DS samples and three control samples, and RNA‑seq data of two DS samples and five control samples. The methylated sites in the bisulfite‑seq data were detected using Bismark and Bowtie2. The BiSeq tool was applied to determine differentially methylated regions and to identify adjacent genes. Using the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery, the functions of the abnormal demethylated genes were predicted by functional enrichment analyses. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were then screened using a paired t‑test. Furthermore, the interactions of the proteins encoded by selected genes were determined using the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes, and a protein‑protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed using Cytoscape. A total of 74 CpG regions showed significant differential DNA methylation between the DS and normal samples. There were five abnormal demethylated DNA regions in chromosome 21. In the DS samples, a total of 43 adjacent genes were identified with demethylation in their promoter regions and one adjacent gene was identified with upregulated methylation in its promoter regions. In addition, 584 upregulated genes were identified, including 24 genes with transcriptional regulatory function. In particular, upregulated Runt‑related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1) was located on chromosome 21. Functional enrichment analysis indicated that inhibitor of DNA binding 4 (ID4) was involved in neuronal differentiation and transcriptional suppression. In the PPI network, genes may be involved in DS by interacting with others, including nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 2 (NR4A2)‑early growth response (EGR)2 and NR4A2‑EGR3. Therefore, RUNX1, NR4A2, EGR2, EGR3 and ID4 may be key genes associated with the pathogenesis of DS.
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- Jiantao Zhang
- Department of Colorectal Anal Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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Up-regulation of PSMB4 is associated with neuronal apoptosis after neuroinflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide. J Mol Histol 2015; 46:457-66. [DOI: 10.1007/s10735-015-9637-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Vasilevsky NA, Brush MH, Paddock H, Ponting L, Tripathy SJ, Larocca GM, Haendel MA. On the reproducibility of science: unique identification of research resources in the biomedical literature. PeerJ 2013; 1:e148. [PMID: 24032093 PMCID: PMC3771067 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Scientific reproducibility has been at the forefront of many news stories and there exist numerous initiatives to help address this problem. We posit that a contributor is simply a lack of specificity that is required to enable adequate research reproducibility. In particular, the inability to uniquely identify research resources, such as antibodies and model organisms, makes it difficult or impossible to reproduce experiments even where the science is otherwise sound. In order to better understand the magnitude of this problem, we designed an experiment to ascertain the “identifiability” of research resources in the biomedical literature. We evaluated recent journal articles in the fields of Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Immunology, Cell and Molecular Biology and General Biology, selected randomly based on a diversity of impact factors for the journals, publishers, and experimental method reporting guidelines. We attempted to uniquely identify model organisms (mouse, rat, zebrafish, worm, fly and yeast), antibodies, knockdown reagents (morpholinos or RNAi), constructs, and cell lines. Specific criteria were developed to determine if a resource was uniquely identifiable, and included examining relevant repositories (such as model organism databases, and the Antibody Registry), as well as vendor sites. The results of this experiment show that 54% of resources are not uniquely identifiable in publications, regardless of domain, journal impact factor, or reporting requirements. For example, in many cases the organism strain in which the experiment was performed or antibody that was used could not be identified. Our results show that identifiability is a serious problem for reproducibility. Based on these results, we provide recommendations to authors, reviewers, journal editors, vendors, and publishers. Scientific efficiency and reproducibility depend upon a research-wide improvement of this substantial problem in science today.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicole A Vasilevsky
- Ontology Development Group, Library, Oregon Health & Science University , Portland, OR , USA
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Up-regulation of SGTB is associated with neuronal apoptosis after neuroinflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide. J Mol Histol 2013; 44:507-18. [DOI: 10.1007/s10735-013-9517-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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