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ArticleMolecular pharmacology2011

Overexpression of Nrf2 protects cerebral cortical neurons from ethanol-induced apoptotic death.

Madhusudhanan Narasimhan, Lenin Mahimainathan, Mary Latha Rathinam, Amanjot Kaur Riar, George I Henderson

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Article in Molecular pharmacology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Madhusudhanan NarasimhanDepartment of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA.
Lenin Mahimainathan
Mary Latha Rathinam
Amanjot Kaur Riar
George I Henderson
Addiction Research Foundation · USTexas Tech University · US

Funding

Neuroprotection from ETOH-mediated apoptosis: Nrf2/ARE control of GSH homeostasisR01AA010114 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI HENDERSON, GEORGE I · 1994 to 2020
$5.9M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA010114NIAAA NIH HHS R01-AA010114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ethanol (ETOH) can cause apoptotic death of neurons by depleting GSH with an associated increase in oxidative stress. The current study illustrates a means to overcome this ETOH-induced neurotoxicity by enhancing GSH through boosting Nrf2, a transcription factor that controls GSH homeostasis. ETOH treatment caused a significant increase in Nrf2 protein, transcript expression, Nrf2-DNA binding activity, and expression of its transcriptional target, NQO1, in primary cortical neuron (PCNs). However, this increase in Nrf2 did not maintain GSH levels in response to ETOH, and apoptotic death still occurred. To elucidate this phenomenon, we silenced Nrf2 in neurons and found that ETOH-induced GSH depletion and the increase in superoxide levels were exacerbated. Furthermore, Nrf2 knockdown resulted in significantly increased (P < 0.05) caspase 3 activity and apoptosis. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of Nrf2 prevented ETOH-induced depletion of GSH from the medium and high GSH subpopulations and prevented ETOH-related apoptotic death. These studies illustrate the importance of Nrf2-dependent maintenance of GSH homeostasis in cerebral cortical neurons in the defense against oxidative stress and apoptotic death elicited by ETOH exposure.

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Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsApoptosisCerebral CortexCoculture TechniquesEthanolFemaleGlutathioneNeuronsNF-E2-Related Factor 2PregnancyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyEthanolGlutathioneNfe2l2 protein, ratNF-E2-Related Factor 2

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PMID21873460
PMCPMC3228534
OpenAlexW2158022427

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