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ReviewPharmacological reports : PR2024

Mitochondrial targeted antioxidants as potential therapy for huntington's disease.

Shubham Upadhayay, Puneet Kumar

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Review in Pharmacological reports : PR, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  17. New Insights into Mitochondria in Health and Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shubham UpadhayayDepartment of Pharmacology, Central University of Punjab, Ghudda, Bathinda, Punjab, 151401, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2018-8402
Puneet KumarDepartment of Pharmacology, Central University of Punjab, Ghudda, Bathinda, Punjab, 151401, India. punnubansal79@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7978-1043

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expansion in CAG repeat on huntington (Htt) gene, leading to a degeneration of GABAergic medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in the striatum, resulting in the generation of reactive oxygen species, and decrease antioxidant activity. These pathophysiological alterations impair mitochondrial functions, leading to an increase in involuntary hyperkinetic movement. However, researchers investigated the neuroprotective effect of antioxidants using various animal models. Still, their impact is strictly limited to curtailing oxidative stress and increasing the antioxidant enzyme in the brain, which is less effective in HD. Meanwhile, researchers discovered Mitochondria-targeted antioxidants (MTAXs) that can improve mitochondrial functions and antioxidant activity through the modulation of mitochondrial signaling pathways, including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-coactivator 1 (PGC-1α), dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1), mitochondrial fission protein 1 (Fis1), and Silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1 (SIRT-1), showing neuroprotective effects in HD. The present review discusses the clinical and preclinical studies that investigate the neuroprotective effect of MTAXs (SS31, XJB-5-131, MitoQ, bezafibrate, rosiglitazone, meldonium, coenzyme Q10, etc.) in HD. This brief literature review will help to understand the relevance of MTAXs in HD and enlighten the importance of MTAXs in future drug discovery and development.

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AntioxidantsHuntington DiseaseMitochondriaNeuroprotective AgentsAnimalsHumansOxidative StressAntioxidantsNeuroprotective AgentsHuntington’s diseaseMitochondrial dysfunctionMitochondria targeted antioxidantsNeuroprotectionOxidative stress

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PMID38982016

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