简介:Thismini-reviewpresentstheauthors'visiononthecurrentstatusandfuturetrendsinthedevelopmentofneuroprotectiveagentsworkingviaactivationofnuclearfactorerythroid2-relatedfactor2(Nrf2),andinparticular,viadisruptionofNrf2-Keaplinteraction.Therearetwoopposite'chemical'mechanismsunderlyingsuchactivation:thefirstoneisanon-specificcovalentmodificationofKeap1thiols,resultinginsideeffectsofvariedseverity,andthesecondoneistheshiftoftheNrf2-Kelch-likeECHassociatedprotein-1(Keap1)bindingequilibriuminthepresenceofacompetitiveandchemicallybenigndisplacementagent.Atthispoint,nodisplacementactivatorsexhibitsufficientbiologicalactivityincomparisonwithcommonNrf2activatorsworkingviaKeaplthiolmodification.Hence,thehopeintherapeuticsisnowlinkedtotheFDAapproveddimethylfumarate,whosederivative,monomethylfumarate,aswedemonstratedrecently,ismuchlesstoxicbutequallybiologicallypotentandanidealcandidateforclinicaltrialsrightnow.AnewlyemergingplayerisanuclearinhibitorofNrf2,BTBdomainandCNChomolog1(Bach1).ThecommerciallydevelopedBachlinhibitorsarecurrentlyunderinvestigationinourlaboratoryshowingpromisingresults.Inourviewpoint,theperfectfuturedrugwillpresentthecombinationofadisplacementactivatorandBachlinhibitortoinsuresafetyandefficiencyofNrf2activation.
简介:目的探讨下调或过表达FOXR2对脑胶质瘤细胞增殖能力的影响。方法以正常脑组织标本为模板,PCR法克隆FOXR2基因,并构建FOXR2过表达质粒;Westernblot法检测FOXR2在胶质瘤细胞系中的表达水平。用慢病毒系统构建稳定下调及过表达FOXR2的脑胶质瘤细胞株;CCK8实验检测下调或过表达FOXR2对胶质瘤细胞增殖速率的影响。结果成功克隆FOXR2基因;WB检测结果显示稳定下调FOXR2的U251细胞株及过表达FOXR2的U87细胞株构建成功。CCK8实验结果表明,与对照组相比,96h后下调FOXR2的胶质瘤细胞增殖速率减少45.13%;相反,过表达FOXR2后,胶质瘤细胞的增殖速率可增加43.98%。结论转录因子FOXR2可促进胶质瘤细胞的增殖。
简介:Heatshockprotein70(HSP70)maintainsCa~(2+)homeostasisinPC12cells,whichmayprotectagainstapoptosis;however,themechanismsofneuroprotectionareunclear.Therefore,inthisstudy,weexaminedCa~(2+)levelsinPC12cellstransfectedwithanexogenouslentiviralHSP70geneexpressionconstruct,andwesubsequentlysubjectedthecellstoischemia-hypoxia/reoxygenationinjury.HSP70overexpressionincreasedneuronalviabilityandATPaseactivity,anditdecreasedcellularreactiveoxygenspecieslevelsandintracellularCa~(2+)concentrationafterhypoxia/reoxygenation.HSP70overexpressionenhancedtheproteinandmRNAexpressionlevelsofsarcoplasmic/endoplasmicreticulumCa~(2+)-ATPase(SERCA),butitdecreasedtheproteinandmRNAlevelsofinositol1,4,5-trisphosphatereceptor(IP3R),therebyleadingtodecreasedintracellularCa~(2+)concentrationafterischemia-hypoxia/reoxygenation.TheseresultssuggestthatexogenousHSP70protectsagainstischemia-hypoxia/reoxygenationinjury,atleastinpart,bymaintainingcellularCa~(2+)homeostasis,byupregulatingSERCAexpressionandbydownregulatingIP_3Rexpression.
简介:Thestudyaimstoconfirmtheneuroregenerativeeffectsofbacterialmelanin(BM)oncentralnervoussysteminjuryusingaspecialstainingmethodbasedonthedetectionofCa~(2+)-dependentacidphosphataseactivity.Twenty-fourratswererandomlyassignedtoundergoeitherunilateraldestructionofsensorimotorcortex(groupI;n=12)orunilateralrubrospinaltracttransectionatthecervicallevel(C3–4)(groupⅡ;n=12).Ineachgroup,sixratswererandomlyselectedaftersurgerytoundergointramuscularinjectionofBMsolution(BMsubgroup)andtheremainingsixratswereintramuscularlyinjectedwithsaline(salinesubgroup).NeurologicaltestingconfirmedthatBMacceleratedtherecoveryofmotorfunctioninratsfrombothBMandsalinesubgroups.Twomonthsaftersurgery,Ca~(2+)-dependentacidphosphataseactivitydetectionincombinationwithChilingarian'scalciumadenosidetriphosphatemethodrevealedthatBMstimulatedthesproutingoffibersanddilatedthecapillariesinthebrainandspinalcord.TheseresultssuggestthatBMcanpromotetherecoveryofmotorfunctionofratswithcentralnervoussysteminjury;anddetectionofCa~(2+)-dependentacidphosphataseactivityisafastandeasymethodusedtostudytheregeneration-promotingeffectsofBMontheinjuredcentralnervoussystem.