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Velvet Antler Methanol Extracts Ameliorate Parkinson's Disease by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation: From C. elegans to Mice.


ABSTRACT: Velvet antler is the traditional tonic food or medicine used in East Asia for treating aging-related diseases. Herein, we try to dissect the pharmacology of methanol extracts (MEs) of velvet antler on Parkinson's disease (PD). Caenorhabditis elegans studies showed that MEs decreased the aggregation of ?-synuclein and protected oxidative stress-induced DAergic neuron degeneration. In vitro cellular data indicated that MEs suppressed the LPS-induced MAPKs and NF-?B activation, therefore inhibiting overproduction of reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, tumor necrosis factor-?, and interleukin-6; blocking microglia activation; and protecting DAergic neurons from the microglia-mediated neurotoxicity. In vivo MPTP-induced PD mouse investigations found that MEs prevented MPTP-induced neuron loss in the substantia nigra and improved the behavioral rotating rod performance in MPTP-treated mice by increasing the expression level of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and downregulating ?-synuclein protein expression. In all, these results demonstrate that MEs ameliorate PD by inhibiting oxidative stress and neuroinflammation.

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7811427 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Velvet Antler Methanol Extracts Ameliorate Parkinson's Disease by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation: From <i>C. elegans</i> to Mice.

Liu Ying Y   Li Hongyuan H   Li Yunfei Y   Yang Min M   Wang Xiaohui X   Peng Yinghua Y  

Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 20210108


Velvet antler is the traditional tonic food or medicine used in East Asia for treating aging-related diseases. Herein, we try to dissect the pharmacology of methanol extracts (MEs) of velvet antler on Parkinson's disease (PD). <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> studies showed that MEs decreased the aggregation of <i>α</i>-synuclein and protected oxidative stress-induced DAergic neuron degeneration. <i>In vitro</i> cellular data indicated that MEs suppressed the LPS-induced MAPKs and NF-<i>κ</i>B acti  ...[more]

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