Acetaminophen protects hippocampal neurons and PC12 cultures from amyloid β-peptides induced oxidative stress and reduces NF-κB activation
Acetaminophen protects hippocampal neurons and PC12 cultures from amyloid β-peptides induced oxidative stress and reduces NF-κB activation
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DOI:
10.1016/s0197-0186(01)00136-x
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发表时间:
2002-07-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Schettini, G
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作者:
Bisaglia, M;Venezia, V;Schettini, G
The present findings show that an atypical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, such as acetaminophen, retains the ability to recover amyloid beta-peptides driven neuronal apoptosis through the impairment of oxidative stress. Moreover, this compound reduces the increased NIF-kappaB binding activity, which occurs in these degenerative conditions.Therapeutic interventions aimed at reducing the inflammatory response in Alzheimer's disease (AD) recently suggested the application of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Although the anti-inflammatory properties of acetaminophen are controversial, it emerged that in an amyloid-driven astrocytoma cell degeneration model acetaminophen proved to be effective.On these bases, we analyzed the role of acetaminophen against the toxicity exerted by different Abeta-peptides on rat primary hippocampal neurons and on a rat pheochromocytoma cell line. We found a consistent protection from amyloid beta-fragments 1-40 and 1-42-induced impairment of mitochondrial redox activity on both cell cultures, associated with a marked reduction of apoptotic nuclear fragmentation. An antioxidant component of the protective activity emerged from the analysis of the reduction of phospholipid peroxidation, and also from a significant reduction of cytoplasmic accumulation of peroxides in the pheochromocytoma cell line. Moreover, activation of NF-kappaB by amyloid-derived peptides was greatly impaired by acetaminophen pre-treatment in hippocampal cells.This evidence points out antioxidant and anti-transcriptional properties of acetaminophen besides the known capability to interfere with inflammation within the central nervous system, and suggests that it can be exploited as a possible therapeutic approach against AD. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.