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METABOLIC BRAIN DISEASE
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 315-326Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-020-00641-z
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Rutin; Apoptosis; Autophagy; Cell signaling; MPP
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The study demonstrates that rutin shows neuroprotective activity against MPP+-induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y cells, reducing changes in nuclear morphology, caspase activities, regulating cell signaling pathways, and affecting protein expression levels associated with autophagy.
Accumulating evidence suggest that apoptosis, autophagy and dysregulation of signaling pathways are common mechanisms involved in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis, and thus development of therapeutic agents targeting these mechanisms may be useful for the treatment of this disease. Although rutin (a bioflavonoid) is reported to have pharmacological benefits such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antitumor activities, there are very few reports on the activity of this compound in 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+)-induced PD models. Accordingly, we investigated the effects of rutin on apoptosis, autophagy and cell signaling markers (AKT/AMPK) in SH-SY5Y cells exposed to MPP+. Results show reduced changes in nuclear morphology and mitigation of caspase 3/7 and 9 activities in rutin pre-treated cells exposed to MPP+. Likewise, rutin regulated cell signaling pathways (AKT/AMPK) and significantly decreased protein expression levels of cleaved PARP, cytochrome c, LC3-II and p62. Also, rutin significantly increased protein expression levels of full-length caspase 3 in SH-SY5Y cells treated with MPP+. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images demonstrated a reduction in autophagosomes in rutin-pretreated SH-SY5Y cells exposed to MPP+. These results provide experimental support for rutin's neuroprotective activity against MPP+-induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y cells, which is as a promising therapeutic agent for clinical trials in humans.
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