
Antioxidants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(3), P. 302 - 302
Published: Feb. 28, 2025
Excessive alcohol consumption significantly impacts human health, particularly the brain, due to its susceptibility oxidative stress, which contributes neurodegenerative conditions. Alcohol metabolism in brain occurs primarily via catalase, followed by CYP2E1 pathways. Excess metabolized generates reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS), leading cell injury altering many different Elevated stress impairs autophagic processes, increasing post-translational modifications and further exacerbating mitochondrial dysfunction ER death. The literature highlights that alcohol-induced disrupts autophagy mitophagy, contributing neuronal damage. Key mechanisms include dysfunction, epigenetics, accumulation of oxidatively modified proteins, lead neuroinflammation impaired cellular quality control. These processes are exacerbated chronic exposure, resulting suppression protective pathways like NRF2-mediated antioxidant responses increased changes brain. Alcohol-mediated neurotoxicity involves complex interactions between metabolism, regulation, influenced various factors such as drinking patterns, nutritional status, genetic/environmental factors, highlighting need for molecular studies unravel these develop targeted interventions.
Language: Английский