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Ichikawa Y, Sato B, Hirano SI, Takefuji Y, Satoh F. Realizing brain therapy with "smart medicine": mechanism and case report of molecular hydrogen inhalation for Parkinson's disease. Med Gas Res 2024; 14:89-95. [PMID: 39073335 DOI: 10.4103/2045-9912.385949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation has been funding research on Parkinson's disease for 35 years, but has yet to find a cure. This is due to a problem with the philosophy behind the development of modern medical treatments. In this paper, we will introduce "smart medicine" with a substance that can solve all the problems of central nervous system drugs. The substance is the smallest diatomic molecule, the hydrogen molecule. Due to their size, hydrogen molecules can easily penetrate the cell membrane and enter the brain. In the midbrain of Parkinson's disease patients, hydroxyl radicals generated by the Fenton reaction cause a chain reaction of oxidation of dopamine, but hydrogen entering the midbrain can convert the hydroxyl radicals into water molecules and inhibit the oxidation of dopamine. In this paper, we focus on the etiology of neurological diseases, especially Parkinson's disease, and present a case in which hydrogen inhalation improves the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, such as body bending and hand tremor. And we confidently state that if Michael J. Fox encountered "smart medicine" that could be realized with molecular hydrogen, he would not be a "lucky man" but a "super-lucky man."
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- Yusuke Ichikawa
- Research and Development Department, MiZ Company Limited, Kanagawa, Japan
- MiZ Inc., Newark, CA, USA
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- Research and Development Department, MiZ Company Limited, Kanagawa, Japan
- MiZ Inc., Newark, CA, USA
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- Research and Development Department, MiZ Company Limited, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Faculty of Data Science, Musashino University, Tokyo, Japan
- Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research and Development Department, MiZ Company Limited, Kanagawa, Japan
- MiZ Inc., Newark, CA, USA
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Comitato R, Ambra R, Virgili F. Tocotrienols: A Family of Molecules with Specific Biological Activities. Antioxidants (Basel) 2017; 6:antiox6040093. [PMID: 29156559 PMCID: PMC5745503 DOI: 10.3390/antiox6040093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Revised: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Vitamin E is a generic term frequently used to group together eight different molecules, namely: α-, β-, γ- and δ-tocopherol and the corresponding tocotrienols. The term tocopherol and eventually Vitamin E and its related activity was originally based on the capacity of countering foetal re-absorption in deficient rodents or the development of encephalomalacia in chickens. In humans, Vitamin E activity is generally considered to be solely related to the antioxidant properties of the tocolic chemical structure. In recent years, several reports have shown that specific activities exist for each different tocotrienol form. In this short review, tocotrienol ability to inhibit cancer cell growth and induce apoptosis thanks to specific mechanisms, not shared by tocopherols, such as the binding to Estrogen Receptor-β (ERβ) and the triggering of endoplasmic reticulum (EndoR) stress will be described. The neuroprotective activity will also be presented and discussed. We propose that available studies strongly indicate that specific forms of tocotrienols have a distinct mechanism and biological activity, significantly different from tocopherol and more specifically from α-tocopherol. We therefore suggest not pooling them together within the broad term “Vitamin E” on solely the basis of their putative antioxidant properties. This option implies obvious consequences in the assessment of dietary Vitamin E adequacy and, probably more importantly, on the possibility of evaluating a separate biological variable, determinant in the relationship between diet and health.
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- Raffaella Comitato
- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Food and Nutrition (CREA-AN) via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Food and Nutrition (CREA-AN) via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Food and Nutrition (CREA-AN) via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy.
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Nakamura S, Nakanishi A, Takazawa M, Okihiro S, Urano S, Fukui K. Ionomycin-induced calcium influx induces neurite degeneration in mouse neuroblastoma cells: analysis of a time-lapse live cell imaging system. Free Radic Res 2016; 50:1214-1225. [PMID: 27573976 DOI: 10.1080/10715762.2016.1227074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species induce neuronal cell death. However, the detailed mechanisms of cell death have not yet been elucidated. Previously, we reported neurite degeneration before the induction of cell death. Here, we attempted to elucidate the mechanisms of neurite degeneration before the induction of cell death using the neuroblastoma N1E-115 cell line and a time-lapse live cell imaging system. Treatment with the calcium ionophore ionomycin induced cell death and neurite degeneration in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Treatment with a low concentration of ionomycin immediately produced a significant calcium influx into the intracellular region in N1E-115 cells. After 1-h incubation with ionomycin, the fluorescence emission of MitoSOXTM increased significantly compared to the control. Finally, analysis using a new mitochondrial specific fluorescence dye, MitoPeDPP, indicated that treatment with ionomycin significantly increased the mitochondrial lipid hydroperoxide production in N1E-115 cells. The fluorescence emissions of Fluo-4 AM and MitoPeDPP were detected in the cell soma and neurite regions in ionomycin-treated N1E-115 cells. However, the emissions of neurites were much lower than those of the cell soma. TBARS values of ionomycin-treated cells significantly increased compared to the control. These results indicate that ionomycin induces calcium influx into the intracellular region and reactive oxygen species production in N1E-115 cells. Lipid hydroperoxide production was induced in ionomycin-treated N1E-115 cells. Calcium influx into the intracellular region is a possible activator of neurite degeneration.
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- Saki Nakamura
- a Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Systems Engineering and Science , Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology , Saitama , Japan
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- b Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Bioscience and Engineering , College of Systems Engineering and Sciences, Shibaura Institute of Technology , Saitama , Japan
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- b Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Bioscience and Engineering , College of Systems Engineering and Sciences, Shibaura Institute of Technology , Saitama , Japan
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- a Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Systems Engineering and Science , Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology , Saitama , Japan
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- b Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Bioscience and Engineering , College of Systems Engineering and Sciences, Shibaura Institute of Technology , Saitama , Japan
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- a Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Systems Engineering and Science , Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology , Saitama , Japan.,b Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Bioscience and Engineering , College of Systems Engineering and Sciences, Shibaura Institute of Technology , Saitama , Japan
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Fukui K. Reactive oxygen species induce neurite degeneration before induction of cell death. J Clin Biochem Nutr 2016; 59:155-159. [PMID: 27895381 PMCID: PMC5110939 DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.16-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) induce neuronal cell death in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Treatment of cultured cells with a low concentration of hydrogen peroxide induces neurite degeneration, but not cell death. Neurites (axons and dendrites) are vulnerable to ROS. Neurite degeneration (shrinkage, accumulation, and fragmentation) has been found in neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease. However, the mechanism of ROS-related neurite degeneration is not fully understood. Many studies have demonstrated the relationship between mitochondrial dysfunction and microtubule destabilization. These dysfunctions are deeply related to changes in calcium homeostasis and ROS production in neurites. Treatment with antioxidant substances, such as vitamin E, prevents neurite degeneration in cultured cells. This review describes the possibility that ROS induces neurite degeneration before the induction of cell death.
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- Koji Fukui
- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Bioscience and Engineering, College of Systems Engineering and Sciences, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama 337-8570, Japan
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Nakaso K, Horikoshi Y, Takahashi T, Hanaki T, Nakasone M, Kitagawa Y, Koike T, Matsura T. Estrogen receptor-mediated effect of δ-tocotrienol prevents neurotoxicity and motor deficit in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Neurosci Lett 2016; 610:117-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.10.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Revised: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/24/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Xia W, Mo H. Potential of tocotrienols in the prevention and therapy of Alzheimer's disease. J Nutr Biochem 2015; 31:1-9. [PMID: 27133418 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Currently there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease (AD); clinical trials are underway to reduce amyloid generation and deposition, a neuropathological hallmark in brains of AD patients. While genetic factors and neuroinflammation contribute significantly to AD pathogenesis, whether increased cholesterol level is a causative factor or a result of AD is equivocal. Prenylation of proteins regulating neuronal functions requires mevalonate-derived farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP). The observation that the levels of FPP and GGPP, but not that of cholesterol, are elevated in AD patients is consistent with the finding that statins, competitive inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase, reduce FPP and GGPP levels and amyloid β protein production in preclinical studies. Retrospective studies show inverse correlations between incidence of AD and the intake and serum levels of the HMG CoA reductase-suppressive tocotrienols; tocopherols show mixed results. Tocotrienols, but not tocopherols, block the processing and nuclear localization of sterol regulatory element binding protein-2, the transcriptional factor for HMG CoA reductase and FPP synthase, and enhance the degradation of HMG CoA reductase. Consequently, tocotrienols deplete the pool of FPP and GGPP and potentially blunt prenylation-dependent AD pathogenesis. The antiinflammatory activity of tocotrienols further contributes to their protection against AD. The mevalonate- and inflammation-suppressive activities of tocotrienols may represent those of an estimated 23,000 mevalonate-derived plant secondary metabolites called isoprenoids, many of which are neuroprotective. Tocotrienol-containing plant foods and tocotrienol derivatives and formulations with enhanced bioavailability may offer a novel approach in AD prevention and treatment.
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- Weiming Xia
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, ENR Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA.
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- Department of Nutrition, Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA; Center for Obesity Reversal, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
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The estrogen receptor β-PI3K/Akt pathway mediates the cytoprotective effects of tocotrienol in a cellular Parkinson's disease model. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1842:1303-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 03/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Fukui K, Masuda A, Hosono A, Suwabe R, Yamashita K, Shinkai T, Urano S. Changes in microtubule-related proteins and autophagy in long-term vitamin E-deficient mice. Free Radic Res 2014; 48:649-58. [PMID: 24568262 DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2014.898295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Vitamin E deficiency induces neuronal dysfunction and while oxidative stress is likely to be involved in mediating this process, the detailed mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Previously, we found axonal degeneration in the hippocampal CA1 region in vitamin E-deficient mice of 6 months of age (long-term). However, 3 month-old (short-term) vitamin E-deficient mice did not exhibit axonal degeneration in same region. In order to characterize the mechanisms involved in axonal degeneration in long-term vitamin E-deficient mice, we examined changes in microtubule-related proteins. Long-term vitamin E-deficiency led to significantly increased expression of the phosphorylated form of collapsin response mediator protein (CRMP)-2 compared to short-term deficiency. It is well known that CRMP-2 plays a crucial role in the maintenance of neurite function. Similarly, long-term vitamin E-deficiency significantly decreased the expression of silent mating type information regulation (SIRT)-2 mRNA compared to short-term deficiency. SIRT-2 belongs to a family of class III histone deacetylases (HDACs) and functions in the deacetylation of tubulins. Furthermore, the expression of microtubule-associated protein light chain (MAP-LC)3-2, which is a key autophagy protein was significantly higher in the short-term vitamin E-deficiency than the long-term deficiency. These results indicate that the mechanisms of axonal injury in long-term vitamin E-deficient mice are related to dysfunction in microtubules assembly via alterations in microtubule-related proteins and autophagy.
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- K Fukui
- Physiological Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Bioscience and Engineering, College of Systems Engineering and Sciences, Shibaura Institute of Technology , Saitama , Japan
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