Abstract
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition. The pathogenesis of PD is still unknown, and drugs available for PD treatment either have side effects or have suboptimal efficacy. Flavonoids are potent antioxidants having little toxicity with extended use, suggesting they might hold promising therapeutic potential against PD. Vanillin (Van) is a phenolic compound that has exhibited neuroprotective properties in various neurological disorders, including PD. However, the neuroprotective role of Van in PD and its underlying mechanisms are scarce and therefore need more exploration. Here, we evaluated the neuroprotective potential of Van and its associated mechanisms against MPP+/MPTP-induced neuronal loss in differentiated human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells and the mouse model of PD. In the present study, Van treatment significantly enhanced the cell viability and alleviated oxidative stress, mitochondrial membrane potential, and apoptosis in MPP+-intoxicated SH-SY5Y cells. Moreover, Van significantly ameliorated the MPP+-induced dysregulations in protein expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and mRNA expressions of GSK-3β, PARP1, p53, Bcl-2, Bax, and Caspase-3 genes in SH-SY5Y cells. Similar to our in vitro results, Van significantly alleviated MPTP-induced neurobehavioral dysregulations, oxidative stress, aberrant TH protein expressions, and immunoreactivity in SNpc of mice brains. Treatment of Van also prevented MPTP-mediated loss of TH-positive intrinsic dopaminergic neurons to SNpc and TH-fibers projecting to the striatum of mice. Thus, Van exhibited promising neuroprotective properties in the current study against MPP+/MPTP-intoxicated SH-SY5Y cells and mice, indicating its potential therapeutic properties against PD pathology.
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Abbreviations
- AO:
-
Acridine orange
- AD:
-
Alzheimer’s disease
- ANOVA:
-
One-way analysis of variance
- BSA:
-
Bovine serum albumin
- BHT:
-
Butylated hydroxytoluene
- CAT:
-
Catalase
- DCFH-DA:
-
2-7-Diacetyl dichlorofluorescein
- DCFH:
-
2′, 7′-Dichloro-dihydrofluorescin
- DCF:
-
2′,7′-Dichlorofluorescein
- DAB:
-
Diaminobenzidine
- DAT:
-
Dopamine transporters
- DMEM:
-
Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium
- Ellman’s reagent:
-
5,5′-Dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid)
- FBS:
-
Fetal bovine serum
- GSH:
-
Glutathione
- H&E:
-
Hematoxylin-Eosin
- SH-SY5Y:
-
Human neuroblastoma cells
- H2O2 :
-
Hydrogen peroxide
- LPO:
-
Lipid peroxidation
- Δψm:
-
Mitochondrial membrane potential
- MPTP:
-
1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
- MPP+ :
-
1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
- MTT:
-
3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
- NGS:
-
Normal goat serum
- NO:
-
Nitric oxide
- 6-OHDA:
-
6-Hydroxydopamine
- OPA:
-
Orthophosphoric acid
- PFA:
-
Paraformaldehyde
- PD:
-
Parkinson’s disease
- PBS:
-
Phosphate buffer saline
- PI:
-
Propidium iodide
- PARP:
-
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
- PMS:
-
Post mitochondrial supernatant
- Pyrogallol:
-
1,2,3-Trihydroxy benzene
- RA:
-
Retinoic acid
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- SNpc:
-
Substantia nigra paras compacta
- SOD:
-
Superoxide dismutase
- TBA:
-
Thiobarbituric acid
- TBARS:
-
Thiobarbituric acid reactive substance
- TH:
-
Tyrosine hydroxylase
- Van:
-
Vanillin
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The authors would like to acknowledge the Central instrumentation facility, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. We are grateful to Prof. Ashis K. Nandi, School of Life Sciences, JNU, for his assistance in measuring the striatal MPP+ levels using HPLC.
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This study was partially supported by a grant from DBT (BT/PR32907/MED/122/227/2019), DBT-SAHAJ/BUILDER (BT/INF/22/SP45382/2022) National Facility/Laboratory and DST-FIST-II [(SR/FST/LSII-046/2016(C)] to the School of Life Sciences, JNU. LR and MHA received financial grants from CSIR No. [09/263(1163)/2018-EMR-I] and ICMR (45/7/ 2019/MP/BMS), respectively.
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Rani, L., Ghosh, B., Ahmad, M.H. et al. Evaluation of Potential Neuroprotective Effects of Vanillin Against MPP+/MPTP-Induced Dysregulation of Dopaminergic Regulatory Mechanisms in SH-SY5Y Cells and a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Mol Neurobiol 60, 4693–4715 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-023-03358-z
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