Journal
NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 779-786Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1751-6
Keywords
Tanshinone I; Nrf2; Parkinson's disease; 6-OHDA
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81274124, 81200982]
- Shandong Province Science and Technology Program [2014GSF118038]
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In this study, we investigated whether tanshinone I (T-I) has therapeutic effects in cellular and animal model of Parkinson's disease (PD), and explore its possible mechanism. For this purpose, human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells were cultured and exposed to 100 mu M 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in the absence or presence of T-I (1, 2.5 and 5 mu M). The results revealed that 6-OHDA-induced cell death was reduced by T-I pretreatment as measured by MTT assay, lactate dehydrogenase release and flow cytomety analysis of cell apoptosis. The increase in the reactive oxygen species caused by 6-OHDA treatment was also attenuated by T-I in SH-SY5Y cells. T-I pretreatment was also shown to result in an increase in nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) protein levels and its transcriptional activity as well as the upregulation of Nrf2-dependent genes encoding the antioxidant enzymes heme oxygenase-1, glutathione cysteine ligase regulatory subunit and glutathione cysteine ligase modulatory subunit in SH-SY5Y cells. Moreover, in the in vivo experiment, T-I treatment significantly attenuated 6-OHDA-induced striatal oxidative stress and ameliorated dopaminergic neurotoxicity in 6-OHDA-lesioned mice, as evidenced by western blot analysis of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and TH immunostaining of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the striatum. Taken together, the results suggest that T-I may be beneficial for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases like PD.
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