Department of Spine Surgery, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China.
Department of Emergency, Guangdong Provincial Corps Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510000, China.
Eur J Pharmacol. 2018 Apr 15;825:143-150. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.02.027. Epub 2018 Feb 17.
Melatonin is a neurohormone mainly extracted from the pineal gland with neuroprotective effects. It has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic functions. However, the mechanism of melatonin against reactive oxygen species is unclear. Here, we explore the potential proliferative and neuroprotective mechanism of melatonin on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)-derived neural stem cells (NSCs) exposed to hydrogen peroxide (HO). NSCs were induced from iPSCs, then pretreated with 500 μM HO, 1 μM melatonin, 1 μM melatonin receptor antagonist (Luzindole), or 10 μM Phosphatidylinositide 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor (LY294002). The results showed that melatonin stimulated proliferation of iPSC-derived NSCs on HO exposure. Melatonin also markedly improved stabilization of the mitochondrial membrane potential and reduced the rate of apoptosis. Treatment with Luzindole or LY294002 inhibited the increasing proliferative and neuroprotective effects of melatonin on iPSC-derived NSCs with HO treatment. Our results further demonstrated that these promotional effects of melatonin were related with the activity of phosphorylation of AKT. Therefore, these outcomes propose that melatonin protects iPSC-derived NSCs from HO-induced injury through the mediation of melatonin receptor and PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.
褪黑素是一种主要从松果体中提取的神经激素,具有神经保护作用。它具有抗氧化、抗炎和抗细胞凋亡的功能。然而,褪黑素对抗活性氧的机制尚不清楚。在这里,我们探讨了褪黑素对过氧化氢(HO)暴露诱导多能干细胞(iPSC)衍生的神经干细胞(NSC)的潜在增殖和神经保护机制。将 NSC 从 iPSC 中诱导出来,然后用 500µM HO、1µM 褪黑素、1µM 褪黑素受体拮抗剂(Luzindole)或 10µM 磷脂酰肌醇 3 激酶(PI3K)抑制剂(LY294002)预处理。结果表明,褪黑素刺激 HO 暴露下 iPSC 衍生的 NSC 的增殖。褪黑素还显著改善了线粒体膜电位的稳定性,降低了细胞凋亡率。用 Luzindole 或 LY294002 处理可抑制 HO 处理后褪黑素对 iPSC 衍生 NSC 的增殖和神经保护作用的增加。我们的结果进一步表明,褪黑素的这些促进作用与 AKT 磷酸化活性有关。因此,这些结果表明,褪黑素通过褪黑素受体和 PI3K/AKT 信号通路的介导来保护 iPSC 衍生的 NSC 免受 HO 诱导的损伤。