ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2023
Nicotine-mediated effects in neuronal and mouse models of synucleinopathy.
Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Insights into Pharmacological Activities of Nicotine and 6-Hydroxy-L-nicotine, a Bacterial Nicotine Derivative: A Systematic Review.Biomolecules · 2023Pooled it
- Interactions Between Nutraceuticals and α-Synuclein Conformational States: Molecular Mechanisms and Neuroprotective Implications in Parkinson's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Advances in research on pharmacological mechanisms of anatabine: from nicotinic modulation to multitarget therapeutic potential.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2026Review
- A new framework for nicotinic receptor-targeted therapeutic strategies in psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2026Article
- Proposed mechanisms of neuroprotection for nicotine in Parkinson's disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2025Review
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- Significance of nicotine and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Review
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Glial Cells as Molecular Target for Parkinson's Disease.Cells · 2024Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation, transmission, and contribution to neurotoxicity represent central mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease. The plant alkaloid "nicotine" was reported to attenuate α-Syn aggregation in different models, but its precise mode of action remains unclear. Methods: In this study, we investigated the effect of 2-week chronic nicotine treatment on α-Syn aggregation, neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and motor deficits in D-line α-Syn transgenic mice. We also established a novel humanized neuronal model of α-Syn aggregation and toxicity based on treatment of dopaminergic neurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) with α-Syn preformed fibrils (PFF) and applied this model to investigate the effects of nicotine and other compounds and their modes of action. Results and discussion: Overall, our results showed that nicotine attenuated α-Syn-provoked neuropathology in both models. Moreover, when investigating the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) signaling in nicotine's neuroprotective effects in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons, we observed that while α4-specific antagonists reduced the nicotine-induced calcium response, α4 agonists (e.g., AZD1446 and anatabine) mediated similar neuroprotective responses against α-Syn PFF-provoked neurodegeneration. Our results show that nicotine attenuates α-Syn-provoked neuropathology
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