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ArticleNeural regeneration research2022

Sodium selenite promotes neurological function recovery after spinal cord injury by inhibiting ferroptosis.

Yi-Xin Chen, Talifu Zuliyaer, Bin Liu, Shuang Guo, De-Gang Yang, Feng Gao, Yan Yu, Ming-Liang Yang, Liang-Jie Du, Jian-Jun Li

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Yi-Xin ChenSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Department of Spinal and Neural Functional Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Talifu ZuliyaerSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Department of Spinal and Neural Functional Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, China.
Bin LiuDepartment of Spine Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University), Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Shuang GuoSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Department of Spinal and Neural Functional Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, China.
De-Gang YangSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Department of Spinal and Neural Functional Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, China.
Feng GaoSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Department of Spinal and Neural Functional Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, China.
Yan YuChina Rehabilitation Science Institute; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institutefor Brain Disorders; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, China.
Ming-Liang YangSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Department of Spinal and Neural Functional Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, China.
Liang-Jie DuSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Department of Spinal and Neural Functional Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, China.
Jian-Jun LiSchool of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Department of Spinal and Neural Functional Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CNChina Rehabilitation Research Center · CNChinese Institute for Brain Research · CNCentral South University · CNHunan Provincial People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of iron-dependent cell death, which occurs during the pathological process of various central nervous system diseases or injuries, including secondary spinal cord injury. Selenium has been shown to promote neurological function recovery after cerebral hemorrhage by inhibiting ferroptosis. However, whether selenium can promote neurological function recovery after spinal cord injury as well as the underlying mechanism remain poorly understood. In this study, we injected sodium selenite (3 µL, 2.5 µM) into the injury site of a rat model of T10 vertebral contusion injury 10 minutes after spinal cord injury modeling. We found that sodium selenite treatment greatly decreased iron concentration and levels of the lipid peroxidation products malondialdehyde and 4-hydroxynonenal. Furthermore, sodium selenite increased the protein and mRNA expression of specificity protein 1 and glutathione peroxidase 4, promoted the survival of neurons and oligodendrocytes, inhibited the proliferation of astrocytes, and promoted the recovery of locomotive function of rats with spinal cord injury. These findings suggest that sodium selenite can improve the locomotive function of rats with spinal cord injury possibly through the inhibition of ferroptosis via the specificity protein 1/glutathione peroxidase 4 pathway.

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ferroptosisglutathioneglutathione peroxidase 4ironlipid peroxidationneural regenerationsecondary injurysodium selenitespecificity protein 1spinal cord injury

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PMID35662217
PMCPMC9165358
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