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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020

Epileptic brain fluorescent imaging reveals apigenin can relieve the myeloperoxidase-mediated oxidative stress and inhibit ferroptosis.

Chenwen Shao, Jiwen Yuan, Yani Liu, Yajuan Qin, Xueao Wang, Jin Gu, Guiquan Chen, Bing Zhang, Hong-Ke Liu, Jing Zhao and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Chenwen ShaoSchool of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, 210046 Nanjing, China.
Jiwen YuanState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China.
Yani LiuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China.
Yajuan QinSchool of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, 211166 Nanjing, China.
Xueao WangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China.
Jin GuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China.
Guiquan ChenState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Nanjing University, 210061 Nanjing, China.
Bing ZhangDepartment of Radiology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, 210008 Nanjing, China.
Hong-Ke LiuSchool of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, 210046 Nanjing, China.
Jing ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China; jingzhao@nju.edu.cn zhuhl@nju.edu.cn.
Hai-Liang ZhuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China; jingzhao@nju.edu.cn zhuhl@nju.edu.cn.
Yong QianSchool of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, 210046 Nanjing, China; jingzhao@nju.edu.cn zhuhl@nju.edu.cn.
Nanjing University · CNNanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CNNanjing Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myeloperoxidase (MPO)-mediated oxidative stress has been suggested to play an important role in the pathological dysfunction of epileptic brains. However, there is currently no robust brain-imaging tool to detect real-time endogenous hypochlorite (HClO) generation by MPO or a fluorescent probe for rapid high-throughput screening of antiepileptic agents that control the MPO-mediated chlorination stress. Herein, we report an efficient two-photon fluorescence probe (named HCP) for the real-time detection of endogenous HClO signals generated by MPO in the brain of kainic acid (KA)-induced epileptic mice, where HClO-dependent chlorination of quinolone fluorophore gives the enhanced fluorescence response. With this probe, we visualized directly the endogenous HClO fluxes generated by the overexpression of MPO activity in vivo and ex vivo in mouse brains with epileptic behaviors. Notably, by using HCP, we have also constructed a high-throughput screening approach to rapidly screen the potential antiepileptic agents to control MPO-mediated oxidative stress. Moreover, from this screen, we identified that the flavonoid compound apigenin can relieve the MPO-mediated oxidative stress and inhibit the ferroptosis of neuronal cells. Overall, this work provides a versatile fluorescence tool for elucidating the role of HClO generation by MPO in the pathology of epileptic seizures and for rapidly discovering additional antiepileptic agents to prevent and treat epilepsy.

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FerroptosisOxidative StressAnimalsApigeninBrainBrain MappingEpilepsyFluorescent DyesHypochlorous AcidMiceNeuroimagingNeuroprotective AgentsPeroxidaseApigeninFluorescent DyesHypochlorous AcidNeuroprotective AgentsPeroxidasebrain imagingepilepsyfluorescent probemyeloperoxidase

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PMID32327603
PMCPMC7229752
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