CHEN Peipei,YUAN Xiaoxuan,ZHANG Xin,et al.Neuroprotective effect and mechanism of celastrol and its derivatives in vitro[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2024,35(05):536-541.
CHEN Peipei,YUAN Xiaoxuan,ZHANG Xin,et al.Neuroprotective effect and mechanism of celastrol and its derivatives in vitro[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2024,35(05):536-541. DOI: 10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2024.05.05.
Neuroprotective effect and mechanism of celastrol and its derivatives in vitro
To explore the neuroprotective effect and possible mechanism of celastrol (Cel) and its derivatives (Cel-1, Cel-2) in terms of neuroinflammation and oxidative damage.
METHODS
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Neuroinflammation model of microglial BV2 cells was induced by 1 μg/mL lipopolysaccharide (LPS); oxidative damage model of human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells was induced by 200 μmol/L hydrogen peroxide (H
2
O
2
). The toxicity of different concentrations of Cel, Cel-1 and Cel-2 (0.625-20 μmol/L) to the two types of cells was investigated. The levels of nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin 1β (IL-1β), and IL-6 in BV2 cells induced by LPS at safe concentrations (0.039-0.625 μmol/L) were all detected. The survival rate of SH-SY5Y cells induced by H
2
O
2
was also determined. The expression levels of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), p-PI3K, protein kinase B (Akt), p-Akt, cystatinase 3 (caspase-3), B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) and Bcl-2-related X protein (Bax) in SH-SY5Y cells induced by H
2
O
2
at 0.156, 0.313, 0.625 μmol/L of active compound 2 were all detected.
RESULTS
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In the concentration gradient range between 0.039 and 0.625 μmol/L, the results of neuroinflammation model experiments showed that Cel, Cel-1 and Cel-2 could reduce the contents of NO, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 in culture medium of BV2 cells (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01); their IC
50
values for neuroinflammation were (0.25±0.04), (0.61±0.14) and (0.11±0.02) μmol/L respectively. Meanwhile, all of them could reverse the phenomenon of decreased cell survival rate after H
2
O
2
treatment in the oxidative damage experiments at a certain concentration (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01), with neuroprotective EC
50
values of (0.43±0.08), (0.45±0.04) and (0.28±0.03) μmol/L, respectively. Induced by H
2
O
2
, the phosphorylation of PI3K and Akt protein, protein expressions of Bcl-2 and Bcl-2/Bax ratio were all increased significantly (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01), while the protein expressions of caspase-3 and Bax were decreased significantly (
P
<0.05 or
P
<0.01).
CONCLUSIONS
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Cel, Cel-1, and Cel-2 all have significant neuroprotective activities at certain concentrations, and Cel-2 shows the most significant protective effect. The mechanism of action of Cel-2 may be related to regulating the PI3K/Akt and caspase-3/Bcl-2/Bax signaling pathways, reducing the inflammatory response, oxidative stress damage and inhibiting neuronal apoptosis.
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