| Literature DB >> 21371450 |
Niloufar Ansari1, Fariba Khodagholi, Mohsen Amini.
Abstract
Apoptosis or programmed cell death has been suggested as an important mode of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. The present study explored the neuroprotective effect of 2-ethoxy-4,5-diphenyl-1,3-oxazine-6-one (EDPOO) against H(2)O(2)-induced cell death in rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells. We found that H(2)O(2) triggered a range of cellular cascades which leads to cell death, whereas pretreatment of the cells with this oxazine derivative attenuated the extent of apoptosis, as assessed by MTT assay, acridine orange/ethidium bromide staining and caspase-3 expression assay. We further showed that EDPOO exerts its neuroprotective effect by enhancing Hsp-70 level, stabilizing Nrf2 and upregulation of HO-1 and γ-GCS. Moreover, this oxazine derivative regulated cellular redox status via antioxidant enzyme upregulation. The neuroprotective effect of this compound may provide a new potential application for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21371450 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.02.028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pharmacol ISSN: 0014-2999 Impact factor: 4.432