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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein (TXNIP) with Focus on Brain and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Haruka Tsubaki, Ikuo Tooyama, Douglas Gordon Walker

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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82citing papers in PubMed
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Haruka TsubakiMolecular Neuroscience Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu 525-0072, Shiga, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8046-3686
Ikuo TooyamaMolecular Neuroscience Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu 525-0072, Shiga, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8054-9666
Douglas Gordon WalkerMolecular Neuroscience Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu 525-0072, Shiga, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5126-7926
Shiga University of Medical Science · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19K07843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of new therapeutic approaches to diseases relies on the identification of key molecular targets involved in amplifying disease processes. One such molecule is thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP), also designated thioredoxin-binding protein-2 (TBP-2), a member of the α-arrestin family of proteins and a central regulator of glucose and lipid metabolism, involved in diabetes-associated vascular endothelial dysfunction and inflammation. TXNIP sequesters reduced thioredoxin (TRX), inhibiting its function, resulting in increased oxidative stress. Many different cellular stress factors regulate TXNIP expression, including high glucose, endoplasmic reticulum stress, free radicals, hypoxia, nitric oxide, insulin, and adenosine-containing molecules. TXNIP is also directly involved in inflammatory activation through its interaction with the nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich-containing family, and pyrin domain-containing-3 (NLRP3) inflammasome complex. Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease have significant pathologies associated with increased oxidative stress, inflammation, and vascular dysfunctions. In addition, as dysfunctions in glucose and cellular metabolism have been associated with such brain diseases, a role for TXNIP in neurodegeneration has actively been investigated. In this review, we will focus on the current state of the understanding of possible normal and pathological functions of TXNIP in the central nervous system from studies of in vitro neural cells and the brains of humans and experimental animals with reference to other studies. As TXNIP can be expressed by neurons, microglia, astrocytes, and endothelial cells, a complex pattern of regulation and function in the brain is suggested. We will examine data suggesting TXNIP as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases where further research is needed.

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AnimalsBrainCarrier ProteinsHumansInflammasomesNeurodevelopmental DisordersOxidative StressCarrier ProteinsInflammasomesTXNIP protein, humanAlzheimer’s diseaseglucose metabolisminflammationneuropathologyoxidative stress

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PMID33302545
PMCPMC7764580
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