Journal
ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 919-949Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2009.2929
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- Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)
- Alzheimer's Association (Chicago, USA)
- Israeli ALS Research Association (Haifa, Israel)
- Rappaport Family Research Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)
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Accumulating evidence suggests that many cytotoxic signals occurring in the neurodegenerative brain can initiate neuronal death processes, including oxidative stress, inflammation, and accumulation of iron at the sites of the neuronal deterioration. Neuroprotection by iron chelators has been widely recognized with respect to their ability to prevent hydroxyl radical formation in the Fenton reaction by sequestering redox-active iron. An additional neuroprotective mechanism of iron chelators is associated with their ability to upregulate or stabilize the transcriptional activator, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha). HIF-1 alpha stability within the cells is under the control of a class of iron-dependent and oxygen-sensor enzymes, HIF prolyl-4-hydroxylases (PHDs) that target HIF-1 alpha for degradation. Thus, an emerging novel target for neuroprotection is associated with the HIF system to promote stabilization of HIF-1 alpha and increase transcription of HIF-1-related survival genes, which have been reported to be regulated in patient's brains afflicted with diverse neurodegenerative diseases. In accordance, a new potential therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative diseases is explored, by which iron chelators would inhibit PHDs, target the HIF-1-signaling pathway and ultimately activate HIF-1-dependent neuroprotective genes. This review discusses two interrelated approaches concerning therapy targets in neurodegeneration, sharing in common the implementation of iron chelation activity: antioxidation and HIF-1-pathway activation. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 13, 919-949.
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