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Effects of N-acetylcysteine on the neurotoxicity induced by acute exposure to acrylamide

ABSTRACT: In this study, we used the adult zebrafish model of ACR acute neurotoxicity for determining the suitability of NAC to protect the brain against ACR toxicity. First, the potential protective effects of NAC on the ACR neurotoxicity were evaluated at the behavioral and molecular (transcriptome and proteome) levels. Then, in order to understand the mild to negligible protective effect of NAC, the ability of this drug to cross BBB by passive diffusion was evaluated by different approaches. Whereas the BBB parallel artificial membrane permeability assay (BBB-PAMPA) was used to determine the ability of NAC to cross BBB-like phospholipid membranes by passive diffusion, the determination of the NAC content in the brain provides direct evidences of the BBB permeability in vivo. Finally, we evaluated the ability of drug to recover the depleted GSx stores and to scavenge ACR in the brain of ACR-exposed fish.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Danio Rerio (zebrafish) (brachydanio Rerio)

TISSUE(S): Brain

SUBMITTER: Tamar Ziv

LAB HEAD: Demetrio Raldua Perez

PROVIDER: PXD014228 | Pride | 2020-05-26

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Therapeutic potential of N-acetylcysteine in acrylamide acute neurotoxicity in adult zebrafish.

Faria Melissa M Prats Eva E Gómez-Canela Cristian C Hsu Chuan-Yu CY Arick Mark A MA Bedrossiantz Juliette J Orozco Manuel M Garcia-Reyero Natàlia N Ziv Tamar T Ben-Lulu Shani S Admon Arie A Gómez-Oliván Leobardo Manuel LM Raldúa Demetrio D

Scientific reports 20191111 1

Two essential key events in acrylamide (ACR) acute neurotoxicity are the formation of adducts with nucleophilic sulfhydryl groups on cysteine residues of selected proteins in the synaptic terminals and the depletion of the glutathione (GSx) stores in neural tissue. The use of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has been recently proposed as a potential antidote against ACR neurotoxicity, as this chemical is not only a well-known precursor of the reduced form of glutathione (GSH), but also is an scavenger of ...[more]

PMID: 31712630

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