期刊
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
卷 55, 期 7, 页码 5425-5438出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0776-z
关键词
Ischemic stroke; Gene regulation; Medicinal plant; Apoptosis
资金
- Minister of Science and Technology and Academia Sinica of Taiwan
Clinacanthus nutans Lindau (C. nutans) is a traditional herbal medicine widely used in Asian countries for treating a number of remedies including snake and insect bites, skin rashes, viral infections, and cancer. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms for its action and whether C. nutans can offer protection on stroke damage in brain remain largely unknown. In the present study, we demonstrated protective effects of C. nutans extract to ameliorate neuronal apoptotic death in the oxygen-glucose deprivation model and to reduce infarction and mitigate functional deficits in the middle cerebral artery occlusion model, either administered before or after hypoxic/ischemic insult. Using pharmacological antagonist and siRNA knockdown approaches, we demonstrated ability for C. nutans extract to protect neurons and ameliorate ischemic injury through promoting the anti-apoptotic activity of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma), a stress-induced transcription factor. Reporter and chromatin immunoprecipitation promoter analysis further revealed C. nutans extract to selectively increase CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP)beta binding to specific C/EBP binding site (-332 similar to-325) on the PPAR-gamma promoter to augment its transcription. In summary, we report a novel transcriptional activation involving C/EBP beta upregulation of PPAR-gamma expression to suppress ischemic neuronal apoptosis and brain infarct. Recognition of C. nutans to enhance the C/EBP beta -> PPAR-gamma neuroprotective signaling pathway paves a new way for future drug development for prevention and treatment of ischemic stroke and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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