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ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2022

Translocator Protein Ligand Etifoxine Attenuates MPTP-Induced Neurotoxicity.

Qi Tian, Xiaoxia Yang, Juan Du, Huachen Huang, Wei Liu, Peng Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qi TianDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoxia YangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Juan DuDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Huachen HuangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Wei LiuDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Peng ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease, but the currently available treatments for this disease are symptomatic treatments. There is evidence that translocator protein (18 kDa) (TSPO) expression is upregulated in some neurodegenerative diseases, and TSPO ligands have obvious neuroprotective effects. However, the neuroprotective effects and other potential effects of the TSPO ligand etifoxine in PD remain unclear. Therefore, the present study was designed to explore the impacts of etifoxine on a mouse model of PD induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). We found that etifoxine significantly reduced motor function deficits, decreased the loss of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons in the substantia nigra, and attenuated the decrease in striatal dopamine levels in mice that received MPTP. Etifoxine diminished the production of inflammatory mediators and infiltration of leukocytes in the brain after MPTP exposure.

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etifoxineMPTPneuroinflammationParkinson’s diseaseTSPO

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