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ArticleMolecular biology reports2019

The neuroprotective effect of agmatine against amyloid β-induced apoptosis in primary cultured hippocampal cells involving ERK, Akt/GSK-3β, and TNF-α.

Etrat Hooshmandi, Rasoul Ghasemi, Parisa Iloun, Maryam Moosavi

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Article in Molecular biology reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Phosphorylated Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β (GSK-3β) Improves Cognition in Rats with Diabetes-Associated Cognitive Decline.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Etrat Hooshmandi *Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Rasoul Ghasemi *Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Parisa IlounDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam MoosaviShiraz Nuroscience Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. marmoosavi@sums.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6943-477X
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRShiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 90-01-55-4206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-Amyloid peptide (Aβ), the major element of senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD), has been found to accumulate in brain regions critical for memory and cognition. Deposits of Aβ trigger neurotoxic events which lead to neural apoptotic death. The present study examined whether agmatine, an endogenous polyamine formed by the decarboxylation of L-arginine, possesses a neuroprotective effect against Aβ-induced toxicity. Primary rat hippocampal cells extracted from the brains of 18-19-day-old embryos were exposed to 10 µM of Aβ (25-35) in the absence or presence of agmatine at 150 or 250 µM. Additionally, the involvement of Akt (Protein Kinae B), GSK-3β (glycogen synthase kinase 3-β), ERK (Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase) and TNF-α (Tumor necrosis factor-α) in the agmatine protection against Aβ-induced neurotoxicity was investigated. Agmatine significantly prevented the effect of Aβ exposure on cell viability and caspase-3 assays. Furthermore, agmatine considerably restored Aβ-induced decline of phospho-Akt and phospho-GSK and blocked Aβ-induced increase of phospho-ERK and TNF-alpha. Taken together, these findings might shed light on the protective effect of agmatine as a potential therapeutic agent for AD.

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AgmatineAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsApoptosisCell SurvivalExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHippocampusMAP Kinase Signaling SystemNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsPeptide FragmentsPhosphorylationPrimary Cell CultureAgmatineAmyloid beta-PeptidesExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaNeuroprotective AgentsPeptide FragmentsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAgmatineAkt/GSK3βBeta amyloidERKHippocampal cell cultureTNF-α

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