Division of Life Science and Applied Life Science (BK21 FOUR), College of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea.
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jun 9;24(12):9942. doi: 10.3390/ijms24129942.
Trolox is a potent antioxidant and a water-soluble analog of vitamin E. It has been used in scientific studies to examine oxidative stress and its impact on biological systems. Trolox has been shown to have a neuroprotective effect against ischemia and IL-1β-mediated neurodegeneration. In this study, we investigated the potential protective mechanisms of Trolox against a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced Parkinson's disease mouse model. Western blotting, immunofluorescence staining, and ROS/LPO assays were performed to investigate the role of trolox against neuroinflammation, the oxidative stress mediated by MPTP in the Parkinson's disease (PD) mouse model (wild-type mice (C57BL/6N), eight weeks old, average body weight 25-30 g). Our study showed that MPTP increased the expression of α-synuclein, decreased tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine transporter (DAT) levels in the striatum and substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), and impaired motor function. However, Trolox treatment significantly reversed these PD-like pathologies. Furthermore, Trolox treatment reduced oxidative stress by increasing the expression of nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). Lastly, Trolox treatment inhibited the activated astrocytes (GFAP) and microglia (Iba-1), also reducing phosphorylated nuclear factor-κB, (p-NF-κB) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in the PD mouse brain. Overall, our study demonstrated that Trolox may exert neuroprotection on dopaminergic neurons against MPTP-induced oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, motor dysfunction, and neurodegeneration.
Trolox 是一种有效的抗氧化剂,也是维生素 E 的水溶性类似物。它已被用于科学研究中,以研究氧化应激及其对生物系统的影响。Trolox 已被证明对缺血和 IL-1β介导的神经退行性变具有神经保护作用。在这项研究中,我们研究了 Trolox 对 1-甲基-4-苯基-1,2,3,6-四氢吡啶(MPTP)诱导的帕金森病小鼠模型的潜在保护机制。进行了 Western blot、免疫荧光染色和 ROS/LPO 测定,以研究 Trolox 对抗神经炎症的作用,以及 MPTP 在帕金森病(PD)小鼠模型(野生型小鼠(C57BL/6N),八周龄,平均体重 25-30 g)中引起的氧化应激。我们的研究表明,MPTP 增加了 α-突触核蛋白的表达,降低了纹状体和黑质致密部(SNpc)中的酪氨酸羟化酶(TH)和多巴胺转运体(DAT)水平,并损害了运动功能。然而,Trolox 治疗显著逆转了这些类似 PD 的病理变化。此外,Trolox 治疗通过增加核因子红细胞 2 相关因子 2(Nrf2)和血红素加氧酶 1(HO-1)的表达来减轻氧化应激。最后,Trolox 治疗抑制了激活的星形胶质细胞(GFAP)和小胶质细胞(Iba-1),还降低了 PD 小鼠大脑中的磷酸化核因子-κB(p-NF-κB)和肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)。总的来说,我们的研究表明,Trolox 可能通过抑制 MPTP 诱导的氧化应激、神经炎症、运动功能障碍和神经退行性变来发挥对多巴胺能神经元的神经保护作用。
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