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ArticleScientific reports2017

Anti-apoptotic effects of Sonic hedgehog signalling through oxidative stress reduction in astrocytes co-cultured with excretory-secretory products of larval Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

Kuang-Yao Chen, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Lian-Chen Wang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kuang-Yao ChenDepartment of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Cheng-Hsun ChiuMolecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Lian-Chen WangDepartment of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is an important aetiologic agent of eosinophilic meningitis and meningoencephalitis in humans. Co-culturing astrocytes with soluble antigens of A. cantonensis activated the Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signalling pathway and inhibited the apoptosis of astrocytes via the activation of Bcl-2. This study was conducted to determine the roles of the Shh signalling pathway, apoptosis, and oxidative stress in astrocytes after treatment with excretory-secretory products (ESP) from A. cantonensis fifth-stage larvae. Although astrocyte viability was significantly decreased after ESP treatment, the expression of Shh signalling pathway related proteins (Shh, Ptch-1 and Gli-1) was significantly increased. However, apoptosis in astrocytes was significantly decreased after activation of the Shh signalling pathway. Moreover, superoxide and hydrogen superoxide levels in astrocytes were significantly reduced after the activation of Shh pathway signalling due to increasing levels of the antioxidants catalase and superoxide dismutase. These findings indicate that the anti-apoptotic effects of the Shh signalling pathway in the astrocytes of mice infected with A. cantonensis are due to reduced levels of oxidative stress caused by the activation of antioxidants.

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ApoptosisOxidative StressSignal TransductionAngiostrongylus cantonensisAnimalsAntigens, HelminthAstrocytesCoculture TechniquesHedgehog ProteinsHost-Parasite InteractionsLarvaMiceRatsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxide DismutaseAntigens, HelminthHedgehog ProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxide Dismutase

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PMCPMC5294578
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