ArticleNeuroscience bulletin2017
Crocetin Potentiates Neurite Growth in Hippocampal Neurons and Facilitates Functional Recovery in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury.
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- Effect of crocetin on functional recovery in the rat model of sciatic nerve crush injury: comparison with vitamin C.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2026Article
- Crocetin curbs radiation induced intestinal injury by blocking KAT2A/NLRP3 succinylation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Hippocampal synaptic markers and cognitive recovery in spinal cord injury: the therapeutic potential of neural stem cell-laden carbon nanotube-based fiber scaffolds with liposomal hesperidin.Research in pharmaceutical sciences · 2025Article
- Saffron as a Promising Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Impacts of vitamin A deficiency on biological rhythms: Insights from the literature.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Inflammation after spinal cord injury: a review of the critical timeline of signaling cues and cellular infiltration.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2021Review
- Crocetin promotes clearance of amyloid-β by inducing autophagy via the STK11/LKB1-mediated AMPK pathway.Autophagy · 2021Article
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- Ketone Metabolite β-Hydroxybutyrate Ameliorates Inflammation After Spinal Cord Injury by Inhibiting the NLRP3 Inflammasome.Neurochemical research · 2021Article
- Crocetin Exerts Its Anti-inflammatory Property in LPS-Induced RAW264.7 Cells Potentially via Modulation on the Crosstalk between MEK1/JNK/NF-Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021Article
- Hormetic Effects of Bioactive Compounds from Foods, Beverages, and Food Dressing: The Potential Role in Spinal Cord Injury.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021Review
- BAF45D Downregulation in Spinal Cord Ependymal Cells Following Spinal Cord Injury in Adult Rats and Its Potential Role in the Development of Neuronal Lesions.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
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Abstract
Crocetin is an ingredient of traditional Chinese medicine and has therapeutic potential in various diseases due to its pharmacological properties, such as neuroprotection, anti-oxidative stress, and anti-inflammation. These properties might benefit the treatment of spinal cord injury. In the present study, we tested the effect of crocetin on neurite growth and sensorimotor dysfunction in a rat model of spinal cord injury. We evaluated the viability of cultured hippocampal neurons with tetrazolium dye and lactate dehydrogenase assays, visualized neurites and axons with antibody staining, and monitored motor and sensorimotor functions in rats with spinal cord injury using the Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan assay and the contact plantar placement test, respectively, and measured cytokine expression using enzyme-linked immuno-absorbent assays. We found that crocetin (1) did not alter the viability of cultured hippocampal neurons; (2) accelerated neurite growth with preference for the longest process in individual hippocampal neurons; (3) reversed the inhibition of neurite growth by chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan and NogoA; (4) facilitated the recovery of motor and sensorimotor functions after spinal cord injury; and (5) did not inhibit pro-inflammatory responses, but restored the innervation of the descending 5-HT system in injured spinal cord. Crocetin promotes neurite growth and facilitates the recovery of motor and sensorimotor functions after spinal cord injury, likely through repairing neuronal connections.
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