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Fucoxanthin Prevents 6-OHDA-Induced Neurotoxicity by Targeting Keap1

Oxid Med Cell Longev

As the most abundant marine carotenoid extracted from seaweeds, fucoxanthin (FUC) is considered to have excellent neuroprotective activity. However, the target of FUC for its neuroprotective properties remains largely un

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Reference Id
1901
Evidence Id
18491
Core Evidence Id
18491
Source Reference Id
3805
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF004602
Subject Paper Key
HBIN026808_33777321
Pubmed Id
33777321
Doi
10.1155/2021/6688708
Paper Title
Fucoxanthin Prevents 6-OHDA-Induced Neurotoxicity by Targeting Keap1
Paper Abstract
As the most abundant marine carotenoid extracted from seaweeds, fucoxanthin (FUC) is considered to have excellent neuroprotective activity. However, the target of FUC for its neuroprotective properties remains largely unclear. Oxidative stress is one of the initiating factors causing neuronal cell loss and necrosis, and it is also an important inducement of Parkinson's disease (PD). In the present study, the neuroprotective effect of FUC was assessed using a 6-hydroxydopamine- (6-OHDA-) induced neurotoxicity model. FUC suppressed 6-OHDA-induced accumulation of intracellular ROS, the disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential, and cell apoptosis through the Nrf2-ARE pathway. Keap1 as a repressor of Nrf2 can regulate the activity of Nrf2. Here, the biolayer interferometry (BLI) assay demonstrated that FUC specifically targeted Keap1 and inhibited the interaction between Keap1 and Nrf2. FUC bound to the hydrophobic region of Keap1 pocket and formed hydrogen bonding interactions with Arg415 and Tyr525. Besides, it also dose-dependently upregulated the expressions of antioxidant enzymes, such as nicotinamide heme oxygenase-1, glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit, and glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit, in 6-OHDA-induced PC12 cells. In 6-OHDA-exposed zebrafish, FUC pretreatment significantly increased the total swimming distance of zebrafish larvae and improved the granular region of the brain tissue damage. These results suggested that FUC could protect the neuronal cells against 6-OHDA-induced injury via targeting Keap1.
Journal
Oxid Med Cell Longev
Publish Year
2021
Experiment Subject
6-ohda-induced pc12 cells; zebrafish
Experiment Type
Animal & Cell Experiment
Phenotype Related
Necrosis; Neuronal Cell Loss; Parkinson's Disease
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Fucoxanthin Prevents 6-OHDA-Induced Neurotoxicity by Targeting Keap1
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