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BIOLOGY-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biology10080800
Keywords
Glochidion zeylanicum; glutamate; amyloid-beta; H2O2; neurite outgrowth; Nrf2/SIRT1; antioxidant; Caenorhabditis elegans; HT22; Neuro-2a
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- 90th Anniversary Chulalongkorn University Fund (Ratchadaphiseksomphot Endowment Fund) [GCUGR 1125603032D, 29]
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The GZM extract demonstrated neuroprotective effects by suppressing ROS generation and enhancing antioxidant enzyme expression in cultured neuronal cells. It also triggered the expression of SIRT1/Nrf2 proteins and antioxidant genes, showing promising potential for treating oxidative stress-induced neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
Oxidative stress plays a crucial role in the development of age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Previously, Glochidion zeylanicum methanol (GZM) extract has been reported to have antioxidant and anti-aging properties. However, the effect of GZM on neuroprotection has not been reported yet; furthermore, the mechanism involved in its antioxidant properties remains unresolved. The study is aimed to demonstrate the neuroprotective properties of GZM extract and their underlying mechanisms in cultured neuronal (HT-22 and Neuro-2a) cells and Caenorhabditis elegans models. GZM extract exhibited protective effects against glutamate/H2O2-induced toxicity in cultured neuronal cells by suppressing the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and enhancing the expression of endogenous antioxidant enzymes (SODs, GPx, and GSTs). GZM extract also triggered the expression of SIRT1 /Nrf2 proteins and mRNA transcription of antioxidant genes (NQO1, GCLM, and EAAT3) which are the master regulators of cellular defense against oxidative stress. Additionally, GZM extract exhibited protective effects to counteract beta-amyloid (A beta)-induced toxicity in C. elegans and promoted neuritogenesis properties in Neuro-2a cells. Our observations suggest that GZM leaf extract has interesting neuritogenesis and neuroprotective potential and can possibly act as potential contender for the treatment of oxidative stress-induced Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative conditions; however, this needs to be studied further in other in vivo systems.
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