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Minocycline reduces neuroinflammation but does not ameliorate neuron loss in a mouse model of neurodegeneration.


ABSTRACT: Minocycline is a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic. A number of preclinical studies have shown that minocycline exhibits neuroprotective effects in various animal models of neurological diseases. However, it remained unknown whether minocycline is effective to prevent neuron loss. To systematically evaluate its effects, minocycline was used to treat Dicer conditional knockout (cKO) mice which display age-related neuron loss. The drug was given to mutant mice prior to the occurrence of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, and the treatment had lasted 2 months. Levels of inflammation markers, including glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule1 (Iba1) and interleukin6 (IL6), were significantly reduced in minocycline-treated Dicer cKO mice. In contrast, levels of neuronal markers and the total number of apoptotic cells in Dicer cKO mice were not affected by the drug. In summary, inhibition of neuroinflammation by minocycline is insufficient to prevent neuron loss and apoptosis.

SUBMITTER: Cheng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4441131 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Minocycline reduces neuroinflammation but does not ameliorate neuron loss in a mouse model of neurodegeneration.

Cheng Shanshan S   Hou Jinxing J   Zhang Chen C   Xu Congyu C   Wang Long L   Zou Xiaoxia X   Yu Huahong H   Shi Yun Y   Yin Zhenyu Z   Chen Guiquan G  

Scientific reports 20150522


Minocycline is a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic. A number of preclinical studies have shown that minocycline exhibits neuroprotective effects in various animal models of neurological diseases. However, it remained unknown whether minocycline is effective to prevent neuron loss. To systematically evaluate its effects, minocycline was used to treat Dicer conditional knockout (cKO) mice which display age-related neuron loss. The drug was given to mutant mice prior to the occurrence of neuro  ...[more]

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