scholarly journals Neuroprotective Effect of Convolvulus pluricaulis Methanol Extract on Hydrogen Peroxide Induced Oxidative Stress in Human IMR32 Neuroblastoma Cell Line

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 192-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kshitija Dhuna
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramona Meanti ◽  
Laura Rizzi ◽  
Elena Bresciani ◽  
Laura Molteni ◽  
Vittorio Locatelli ◽  
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AbstractHexarelin, a synthetic hexapeptide, protects cardiac and skeletal muscles by inhibiting apoptosis, both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, evidence suggests that hexarelin could have important neuroprotective bioactivity.Oxidative stress and the generation of free radicals has been implicated in the etiologies of several neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease and multiple sclerosis. In addition to direct oxidative stress, exogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) can penetrate biological membranes and enhance the formation of other reactive oxygen species.The aim of this study was to examine the inhibitory influence of hexarelin on H2O2-induced apoptosis in Neuro-2A cells, a mouse neuroblastoma cell line. Our results indicate that H2O2 reduced the viability of Neuro-2A cells in a dose-related fashion. Furthermore, H2O2 induced significant changes in the morphology of Neuro-2A cells, reflected in the formation of apoptotic cell bodies, and an increase of nitric oxide (NO) production. Hexarelin effectively antagonized H2O2 oxidative damage to Neuro-2A cells as indicated by improved cell viability, normal morphology and reduced nitrite (NO2−) release. Hexarelin treatment of Neuro-2A cells also reduced mRNA levels of caspases−3 and −7 and those of the pro-apoptotic molecule Bax; by contrast, hexarelin treatment increased anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 mRNA levels. Hexarelin also reduced MAPKs phosphorylation induced by H2O2 and concurrently increased p-Akt protein expression.In conclusion, our results identify several neuroprotective and anti-apoptotic effects of hexarelin. These properties suggest that further investigation of hexarelin as a neuroprotective agent in an investigational and therapeutic context are merited.


2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 1463-1470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Maura Tricarico ◽  
Rafael Freitas de Oliveira Franca ◽  
Sabrina Pacor ◽  
Valentina Ceglia ◽  
Sergio Crovella ◽  
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Background: Prophylactic treatment regimens to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission include protease inhibitors Lopinavir and Ritonavir. Lopinavir and Ritonavir have been reported to be able to induce intracellular oxidative stress in diverse cellular models, however scarce informations are available about protease inhibitor effects of in the central nervous system (CNS). In our study we evaluated the impact of protease inhibitors on a cell neuronal model. Methods: We treated a neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y) with increasing doses of Lopinavir and Ritonavir (0.1-1-10-25-50 µM), used alone or in combination, evaluating the impact of these drugs in terms of mitochondrial activity, with MTT cell proliferation assay; mRNA expression of heme oxygenase (HemeOH) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels with 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin diacetate (H2DCFDA) in order to assess oxidative stress; apoptotic cell death with flow cytometry. Results: We observed that Lopinavir and Ritonavir treatment, at 25 and/or 50 µM concentrations, induced mitochondrial damage, increase of heme oxygenase RNA expression levels and ROS generation, followed by apoptosis in SH-SY5Y. Conclusions: Our in vitro model demonstrates a damaging effect of HIV protease inhibitors on the neuroblastoma cell line, thus partially mimicking the impact of these drugs on the CNS of children born to HIV positive mothers undergone to antiretroviral treatment.


2009 ◽  
Vol 111 (5) ◽  
pp. 1161-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Tarozzi ◽  
Fabiana Morroni ◽  
Adriana Merlicco ◽  
Silvana Hrelia ◽  
Cristina Angeloni ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-167
Author(s):  
Buse Kayhan ◽  
Şeyma Taşdemir ◽  
Pelin Çoruk İlhan ◽  
Cansu Görgün ◽  
Aylin Şendemir Ürkmez ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 750
Author(s):  
Zahira Tber ◽  
Mohammed Loubidi ◽  
Jabrane Jouha ◽  
Ismail Hdoufane ◽  
Mümin Alper Erdogan ◽  
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We report herein the evaluation of various pyrido[2′,1′:2,3]imidazo[4,5-c]isoquinolin-5-amines as potential cytotoxic agents. These molecules were obtained by developing the multicomponent Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction to yield various pyrido[2′,1′:2,3]imidazo[4,5-c]quinolines which are isosteres of ellipticine whose biological activities are well established. To evaluate the anticancer potential of these pyrido[2′,1′:2,3]imidazo[4,5-c]isoquinolin-5-amine derivatives in the human neuroblastoma cell line, the cytotoxicity was examined using the WST-1 assay after 72 h drug exposure. A clonogenic assay was used to assess the ability of treated cells to proliferate and form colonies. Protein expressions (Bax, bcl-2, cleaved caspase-3, cleaved PARP-1) were analyzed using Western blotting. The colony number decrease in cells was 50.54%, 37.88% and 27.12% following exposure to compounds 2d, 2g and 4b respectively at 10 μM. We also show that treating the neuroblastoma cell line with these compounds resulted in a significant alteration in caspase-3 and PARP-1 cleavage.


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