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Neuroprotective effect of β-lapachone in MPTP-induced parkinson’s disease mouse model: Involvement of astroglial p-AMPK/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathways
- Title
- Neuroprotective effect of β-lapachone in MPTP-induced parkinson’s disease mouse model: Involvement of astroglial p-AMPK/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathways
- Authors
- Park J.-S.; Leem Y.-H.; Park J.-E.; Kim D.-Y.; Kim H.-S.
- Ewha Authors
- 김희선; 박진선; 임예현
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김희선; 박진선; 임예현
- Issue Date
- 2019
- Journal Title
- Biomolecules and Therapeutics
- ISSN
- 1976-9148
- Citation
- Biomolecules and Therapeutics vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 178 - 184
- Keywords
- Astrocyte; Neuroprotection; Nrf2/HO-1 signaling; Parkinson’s disease; β-Lapachone
- Publisher
- Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS; KCI
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons within the substantia nigra pars compacta. In the present study, we investigated whether β-Lapachone (β-LAP), a natural naphthoquinone compound isolated from the lapacho tree (Tabebuia avellanedae), elicits neuroprotective effects in a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6- tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced Parkinson’s disease mouse model. β-LAP reduced the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactive fiber loss induced by MPTP in the dorsolateral striatum, and alleviated motor dysfunction as determined by the rotarod test. In addition, β-LAP protected against MPTP-induced loss of TH positive neurons, and upregulated B-cell lymphoma 2 protein (Bcl-2) expression in the substantia nigra. Based on previous reports on the neuroprotective role of nuclear factor-E2-related factor- 2 (Nrf2) in neurodegenerative diseases, we investigated whether β-LAP induces upregulation of the Nrf2-hemeoxygenae-1 (HO-1) signaling pathway molecules in MPTP-injected mouse brains. Western blot and immunohistochemical analyses indicated that β-LAP increased HO-1 expression in glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive astrocytes. Moreover, β-LAP increased the nuclear translocation and DNA binding activity of Nrf2, and the phosphorylation of upstream adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK). β-LAP also increased the localization of p-AMPK and Nrf2 in astrocytes. Collectively, our data suggest that β-LAP exerts neuroprotective effect in MPTP-injected mice by upregulating the p-AMPK/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathways in astrocytes. © 2019 The Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology.
- DOI
- 10.4062/biomolther.2018.234
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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