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Title: | The protective effects of icariin against the homocysteine-induced neurotoxicity in the primary embryonic cultures of rat cortical neurons | Authors: | Li, XA Ho, YS Chen, L Hsiao, WLW |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Source: | Molecules, Nov. 2016, v. 21, no. 11, 1557, p. 1-15 | Abstract: | Icariin, an ingredient in the medicinal herb Epimedium brevicornum Maxim (EbM), has been considered as a potential therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Hyperhomocysteinaemia is a risk factor for AD and other associated neurological diseases. In this study we aim to investigate whether icariin can reverse homocysteine (Hcy)-induced neurotoxicity in primary embryonic cultures of rat cortical neurons. Our findings demonstrated that icariin might be able restore the cytoskeleton network damaged by Hcy through the modulation of acetyl-α-tubulin, tyrosinated-α-tubulin, and phosphorylation of the tubulin-binding protein Tau. In addition, icariin downregulated p-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) which is a kinase targeting tau protein. Furthermore, icariin effectively restored the neuroprotective protein p-Akt that was downregulated by Hcy. We also applied RT2 Profiler PCR Arrays focused on genes related to AD and neurotoxicity to examine genes differentially altered by Hcy or icariin. Among the altered genes from the arrays, ADAM9 was downregulated 15 folds in cells treated with Hcy, but markedly restored by icariin. ADAM family, encoded α-secreatase, plays a protective role in AD. Overall, our findings demonstrated that icariin exhibits a strong neuroprotective function and have potential for future development for drug treating neurological disorders, such as AD. | Keywords: | Homocysteine Icariin Neuroprotection RT2 Profiler PCR array |
Publisher: | Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) | Journal: | Molecules | ISSN: | 1420-3049 | DOI: | 10.3390/molecules21111557 | Rights: | © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Li, X. A., Ho, Y. S., Chen, L., & Hsiao, W. L. W. (2016). The protective effects of icariin against the homocysteine-induced neurotoxicity in the primary embryonic cultures of rat cortical neurons. Molecules, 21(11), (Suppl. ), 1557, - is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21111557 |
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