scholarly journals β‐Methylphenylalanine exerts neuroprotective effects in a Parkinson's disease model by protecting against tyrosine hydroxylase depletion

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (17) ◽  
pp. 9871-9880
Author(s):  
Yan Feng ◽  
Jianjun Ma ◽  
Lipin Yuan
2010 ◽  
Vol 1310 ◽  
pp. 200-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Tajiri ◽  
Takao Yasuhara ◽  
Tetsuro Shingo ◽  
Akihiko Kondo ◽  
Wenji Yuan ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1069-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-Q. Wang ◽  
M.-Y. Wang ◽  
X.-R. Fu ◽  
Peng-Yu ◽  
G.-F. Gao ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Eduardo Mateus Brandão ◽  
Diana Aline Morais Ferreira Nôga ◽  
Aline Lima Dierschnabel ◽  
Clarissa Loureiro das Chagas Campêlo ◽  
Ywlliane da Silva Rodrigues Meurer ◽  
...  

Passiflora cincinnata Masters is a Brazilian native species of passionflower. This genus is known in the American continent folk medicine for its diuretic and analgesic properties. Nevertheless, few studies investigated possible biological effects of P. cincinnata extracts. Further, evidence of antioxidant actions encourages the investigation of possible neuroprotective effects in animal models of neurodegenerative diseases. This study investigates the effect of the P. cincinnata ethanolic extract (PAS) on mice submitted to a progressive model of Parkinson’s disease (PD) induced by reserpine. Male (6-month-old) mice received reserpine (0.1 mg/kg, s.c.), every other day, for 40 days, with or without a concomitant treatment with daily injections of PAS (25 mg/kg, i.p.). Catalepsy, open field, oral movements, and plus-maze discriminative avoidance evaluations were performed across treatment, and immunohistochemistry for tyrosine hydroxylase was conducted at the end. The results showed that PAS treatment delayed the onset of motor impairments and prevented the occurrence of increased catalepsy behavior in the premotor phase. However, PAS administration did not modify reserpine-induced cognitive impairments. Moreover, PAS prevented the decrease in tyrosine hydroxylase immunostaining in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) induced by reserpine. Taken together, our results suggested that PAS exerted a neuroprotective effect in a progressive model of PD.


2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1245-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Liu ◽  
Jun Xia Xie ◽  
Dewi Kenneth Rowlands ◽  
Yu Lin Gou ◽  
Ching Cheong Leung ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemant Kumar ◽  
In-Su Kim ◽  
Sandeep Vasant More ◽  
Byung-Wook Kim ◽  
Young-Yil Bahk ◽  
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Gastrodia elata(GE) Blume is one of the most important traditional plants in Oriental countries and has been used for centuries to improve various conditions. The phenolic glucoside gastrodin is an active constituent of GE. The aim of this study was to investigate the neuroprotective role of gastrodin in 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+)/1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine- (MPTP) induced human dopaminergic SH-SY5Y cells and mouse model of Parkinson’s disease (PD), respectively. Gastrodin significantly and dose dependently protected dopaminergic neurons against neurotoxicity through regulating free radicals, Bax/Bcl-2 mRNA, caspase-3, and cleaved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in SH-SY5Y cells stressed with MPP+. Gastrodin also showed neuroprotective effects in the subchronic MPTP mouse PD model by ameliorating bradykinesia and motor impairment in the pole and rotarod tests, respectively. Consistent with this finding, gastrodin prevented dopamine depletion and reduced reactive astrogliosis caused by MPTP as assessed by immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting in the substantiae nigrae and striatata of mice. Moreover, gastrodin was also effective in preventing neuronal apoptosis by attenuating antioxidant and antiapoptotic activities in these brain areas. These results strongly suggest that gastrodin has protective effects in experimental PD models and that it may be developed as a clinical candidate to ameliorate PD symptoms.


Life Sciences ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 116747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haining Li ◽  
Juan Yang ◽  
Yanbai Wang ◽  
Qiang Liu ◽  
Jiang Cheng ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 1704 ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujeong Lee ◽  
Jung-Hyun Cho ◽  
Seulah Lee ◽  
Wonjong Lee ◽  
Seung-Cheol Chang ◽  
...  

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