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Taskiran AS, Ergul M. The effect of salmon calcitonin against glutamate-induced cytotoxicity in the C6 cell line and the roles the inflammatory and nitric oxide pathways play. Metab Brain Dis 2021; 36:1985-1993. [PMID: 34370176 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-021-00793-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Recent evidence has shown that salmon calcitonin (sCT) has positive effects on the nervous system. However, its effect and mechanisms on glutamate-induced cytotoxicity are still unclear. The current experiment was designed to examine the effect of sCT on glutamate-induced cytotoxicity in C6 cells, involving the inflammatory and nitric oxide stress pathways. The study used the C6 glioma cell line. Four cell groups were prepared to evaluate the effect of sCT on glutamate-induced cytotoxicity. The control group was without any treatment. Cells in the glutamate group were treated with 10 mM glutamate for 24 h. Cells in the sCT group were treated with various concentrations (3, 6, 12, 25, and 50 µg/mL) of sCT for 24 h. Cells in the sCT + glutamate group were pre-treated with various concentrations of sCT for 1 h and then exposed to glutamate for 24 h. The cell viability was evaluated with an XTT assay. Nuclear factor kappa b (NF-kB), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), nitric oxide (NO), cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), caspase-3, and caspase-9 levels in the cells were measured by ELISA kits. Apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry method. sCT at all concentrations significantly improved the cell viability in C6 cells after glutamate-induced cytotoxicity (p < 0.001). Moreover, sCT significantly reduced the levels of NF-kB (p < 0.001), TNF-α, and IL-6 levels (p < 0.001). sCT also decreased nNOS, NO, and cGMP levels (P < 0.001). Furthermore, it decreased the apoptosis rate and increased the live-cell rate in the flow cytometry (P < 0.001). In conclusion, sCT has protective effects on glutamate-induced cytotoxicity in C6 glial cells by inhibiting inflammatory and nitric oxide pathways. sCT could be a useful supportive agent for people with neurodegenerative symptoms.
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- Ahmet Sevki Taskiran
- Department of Physiology, Sivas Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, 58140, Sivas, Turkey.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Sivas Cumhuriyet University School of Pharmacy, Sivas, Turkey
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Research Progress of the Application of Hypothermia in the Eye. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2020; 2020:3897168. [PMID: 33381263 PMCID: PMC7758138 DOI: 10.1155/2020/3897168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Hypothermia is widely used in the medical field to protect organs or tissues from damage. Different research fields have different explanations of the protection mechanism of hypothermia. Hypothermia is also widely used in the field of ophthalmology, for example, in the eye bank, the preservation of corneal tissue and the preservation of the eyeball. Low temperature can also be applied to some ophthalmic diseases, such as allergic conjunctivitis, retinal ischemia, and retinal hypoxia. It is used to relieve eye symptoms or reduce tissue damage. Hypothermic techniques have important applications in ophthalmic surgery, such as corneal refractive surgery, vitrectomy surgery, and ciliary body cryotherapy for end-stage glaucoma. Hypothermia can reduce the inflammation of the cornea and protect the retinal tissue. The eyeball is a complex organ, including collagen tissue of the eyeball wall and retinal nerve tissue and retinal blood vessels. The mechanism of low temperature protecting eye tissue is complicated. It is important to understand the mechanism of hypothermia and its applications in ophthalmology. This review introduces the mechanism of hypothermia and its application in the eye banks, eye diseases (allergic conjunctivitis, retinal ischemia, and hypoxia), and eye surgeries (corneal transplant surgery, corneal refractive surgery, and vitrectomy).
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Luo Z, Yu G, Chen X, Liu Y, Zhou Y, Wang G, Shi Y. Integrated phytochemical analysis based on UHPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap and network pharmacology approaches to explore the potential mechanism of Lycium ruthenicum Murr. for ameliorating Alzheimer's disease. Food Funct 2020; 11:1362-1372. [PMID: 31967149 DOI: 10.1039/c9fo02840d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Based on compelling experimental and clinical evidence, the fruit of Lycium ruthenicum Murr. (LRM), a unique traditional Tibetan medicine, exerts beneficial effects on ameliorating learning and memory deficits of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. However, the potential active constituents and biological mechanism of LRM are still unknown. In this study, the major chemical constituents of LRM were first analyzed by ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography coupled with linear ion trap-Orbitrap tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap). A total of 35 constituents were confirmed or tentatively identified. Furthermore, the network-based pharmacological strategy was applied to clarify the molecular mechanism of LRM on AD based on the identified components. Totally, 143 major targets were screened and supposed to be effective players in alleviating AD. Then, the LRM chemicals-major LRM putative targets-major pathways network was constructed, implying potential biological function of LRM on AD. More importantly, 12 core genes which can be modulated by LRM were identified, and they may play a pivotal role in alleviating some major symptoms of AD. This study provided a scientific basis for further investigation and application of LRM, which demonstrated that the network pharmacology approach could be a powerful way for the mechanistic studies of folk medicines.
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- Zhiqiang Luo
- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China. and School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China.
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China.
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China.
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- Zhongcai Health (Beijing) Biological Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing 101500, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China.
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Paliienko K, Pastukhov A, Babič M, Horák D, Vasylchenko O, Borisova T. Transient coating of γ-Fe 2O 3 nanoparticles with glutamate for its delivery to and removal from brain nerve terminals. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 11:1381-1393. [PMID: 32974116 PMCID: PMC7492693 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.11.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system and excessive extracellular glutamate concentration is a characteristic feature of stroke, brain trauma, and epilepsy. Also, glutamate is a potential tumor growth factor. Using radiolabeled ʟ-[14C]glutamate and magnetic fields, we developed an approach for monitoring the biomolecular coating (biocoating) with glutamate of the surface of maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) nanoparticles. The nanoparticles decreased the initial rate of ʟ-[14C]glutamate uptake, and increased the ambient level of ʟ-[14C]glutamate in isolated cortex nerve terminals (synaptosomes). The nanoparticles exhibit a high capability to adsorb glutamate/ʟ-[14C]glutamate in water. Some components of the incubation medium of nerve terminals, that is, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) and NaH2PO4, decreased the ability of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles to form a glutamate biocoating by about 50% and 90%, respectively. Only 15% of the amount of glutamate biocoating obtained in water was obtained in blood plasma. Albumin did not prevent the formation of a glutamate biocoating. It was shown that the glutamate biocoating is a temporal dynamic structure at the surface of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. Also, components of the nerve terminal incubation medium and physiological fluids responsible for the desorption of glutamate were identified. Glutamate-coated γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles can be used for glutamate delivery to the nervous system or for glutamate adsorption (but with lower effectiveness) in stroke, brain trauma, epilepsy, and cancer treatment following by its subsequent removal using a magnetic field. γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with transient glutamate biocoating can be useful for multifunctional theranostics.
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- Konstantin Paliienko
- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Leontovicha Str. 9, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Leontovicha Str. 9, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry AS CR, Heyrovského nám. 2, 162 06 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry AS CR, Heyrovského nám. 2, 162 06 Prague, Czech Republic
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- National Aviation University, Liubomyra Huzara ave. 1, Kyiv, 03058, Ukraine
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Leontovicha Str. 9, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine
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Borysov A, Tarasenko A, Krisanova N, Pozdnyakova N, Pastukhov A, Dudarenko M, Paliienko K, Borisova T. Plastic smoke aerosol: Nano-sized particle distribution, absorption/fluorescent properties, dysregulation of oxidative processes and synaptic transmission in rat brain nerve terminals. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 263:114502. [PMID: 33618457 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Smoke from plastic waste incineration in an open air travels worldwide and is a major source of air pollution particulate matter (PM) that is very withstand to degradation and hazard to human health. Suspension of smoke aerosol components in water occurs during rains and fire extinguishing. Here, water-suspended plastic smoke aerosol (WPS) preparations suitable for biotesting were synthesized. It has been revealed using dynamic light scattering that WPS contained major nano-sized (∼30 nm) PM fraction, and this result was confirmed by electron microscopy. Optical absorption of WPS was in the UV region and an increase in λex led to a red-shift in fluorescence emission with a corresponding decrease in fluorescence intensity. WPS was analyzed in neurotoxicity studies in vitro using presynaptic rat cortex nerve terminals (synaptosomes). Generation of spontaneous reactive oxygen species (ROS) detected using fluorescent dye 2',7-dichlorofluorescein in nerve terminals was decreased by WPS (10-50 μg/ml) in a dose-dependent manner. WPS also reduced the H2O2-evoked ROS production in synaptosomes, thereby influencing cellular oxidative processes and this effect was similar to that for carbon nanodots. WPS (0.1 mg/ml) decreased the synaptosomal membrane potential and synaptic vesicle acidification in fluorimetric experiments. WPS (1.0 mg/ml) attenuated the synaptosomal transporter-mediated uptake of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters, L-[14C]glutamate and [3H]GABA, respectively. This can lead to an excessive increase in the glutamate concentration in the synaptic cleft and neurotoxicity via over activation of ionotropic glutamate receptors. Therefore, WPS was neurotoxic and provoked presynaptic malfunction through changes of oxidative activity, reduction of the membrane potential, synaptic vesicle acidification, and transporter-mediated uptake of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters in nerve terminals. In summary, synthesis and emission to the environment of ultrafine PM occur during combustion of plastics, thereby polluting air and water resources, and possibly triggering development of neuropathologies.
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- Arsenii Borysov
- The Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha str, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
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- The Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha str, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
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- The Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha str, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
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- The Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha str, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
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- The Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha str, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
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- The Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha str, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
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- The Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha str, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
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- The Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha str, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine.
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Xing H, Xu S, Xie X, Wang Y, Lu C, Han X. Levetiracetam induction of theta frequency oscillations in rodent hippocampus in vitro. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2020; 98:725-732. [PMID: 32516556 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2019-0727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Levetiracetam (LEV) has been demonstrated to improve cognitive function. Hippocampal theta rhythm (4-12 Hz) is associated with a variety of cognitively related behaviors, such as exploration in both humans and animal models. We investigated the effects of LEV on the theta rhythm in the rat hippocampal CA3 in hippocampal slices in vitro. We found that LEV increased the theta power in a dose-dependent manner. The increase in theta power can be blocked by GABAA receptor (GABAAR) or NMDA receptor (NMDAR) antagonists but not by AMPA receptor antagonist, indicating the involvement of GABAAR and NMDAR in the induction of theta activity. Interestingly, LEV enhancement of theta power can be also blocked by taurine or GABA-A agonist THIP, indicating that LEV induction of theta may be related to the indirect boosting of GABA action via reduction of extrasynaptic GABAAR activation. Furthermore, the increased theta power can be partially reduced by the mACh receptor (mAChR) antagonist atropine but not by nACh receptor antagonists, suggesting that mAChR activation provides excitatory input into local network responsible for LEV-induced theta. Our study demonstrated that LEV induced a novel theta oscillation in vitro, which may have implications in the treatment of the neuronal disorders with impaired theta oscillation and cognitive function.
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- Hang Xing
- Key Lab of Brain Research of Henan Province, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, 453000, P.R. China.,Department of Neurology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, P.R. China
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- Key Lab of Brain Research of Henan Province, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, 453000, P.R. China
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- Key Lab of Brain Research of Henan Province, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, 453000, P.R. China
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- Key Lab of Brain Research of Henan Province, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, 453000, P.R. China
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- Key Lab of Brain Research of Henan Province, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, 453000, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, P.R. China
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Age-Dependency of Levetiracetam Effects on Exocytotic GABA Release from Nerve Terminals in the Hippocampus and Cortex in Norm and After Perinatal Hypoxia. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2019; 39:701-714. [PMID: 31006090 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-019-00676-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Perinatal hypoxia can lead to multiple chronic neurological deficits, e.g., mental retardation, behavioral abnormalities, and epilepsy. Levetiracetam (LEV), 2S-(2-oxo-1-pyrrolidiny1) butanamide, is an anticonvulsant drug with proven efficiency in treating patients with focal and generalized seizures. Rats were underwent hypoxia and seizures at the age of 10-12 postnatal days (pd). The ambient level and depolarization-induced exocytotic release of [3H]GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) were analyzed in nerve terminals in the hippocampus and cortex during development at the age of pd 17-19 and pd 24-26 (infantile stage), pd 38-40 (puberty) and pd 66-73 (young adults) in norm and after perinatal hypoxia. LEV had no effects on the ambient [3H]GABA level. The latter increased during development and was further elevated after perinatal hypoxia in nerve terminals in the hippocampus during the whole period and in the cortex in young adults. Exocytotic [3H]GABA release from nerve terminals increased after perinatal hypoxia during development in the hippocampus and cortex, however this effect was preserved at all ages during blockage of GABA transporters by NO-711 in the hippocampus only. LEV realized its anticonvulsant effects at the presynaptic site through an increase in exocytotic release of GABA. LEV exerted more significant effect after perinatal hypoxia than in norm. Action of LEV was strongly age-dependent and can be registered in puberty and young adults, but the drug was inert at the infantile stage.
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