Melatonin attenuates spinal cord injury by regulating ferroptosis through the Nrf2/HO-1/GPX4 pathway
Research Square (Research Square),
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Март 31, 2025
Abstract
Spinal
cord
injury
(SCI)
is
one
of
the
most
devastating
and
catastrophic
types
injury,
with
high
rates
mortality
disability.
Ferroptosis
has
become
target
many
major
incurable
human
diseases.
By
inhibiting
ferroptosis,
melatonin
(MT)
can
reduce
damage
in
various
organs,
but
protective
effect
MT
on
SCI
not
been
reported
yet.
The
modified
Ellen's
method
was
used
to
establish
an
rat
model.
spinal
neurons
recovery
motor
function
were
observed.
In
vitro
experiments,
oxygen-glucose
deprivation/reoxygenation
(OGD/R)
model
established
by
using
mouse
hippocampal
neuron
(HT22)
cells
simulate
ischemia-reperfusion
injury.
A
ferroptosis
directly
induced
Erastin
also
used.
nuclear
factor
erythroid
2-related
2
(Nrf2)
inhibitor
ML
385
further
detect
mechanism
through
which
inhibits
protects
neuronal
cells.
Our
study
demonstrates
that
rats,
promote
behavior
injured
tissue
after
SCI.
Under
electron
microscope,
inhibited
rescued
damaged
mitochondria,
partially
restored
mitochondrial
structure.
ML385,
Nrf2
inhibitor,
reversed
effects
MT.
Overall,
may
alleviate
early
activating
Nrf2/heme
oxygenase-1(HO-1)/glutathione
peroxidase
4
(GPX
4)
pathway.
Язык: Английский
Research Progress of Flavonoids in Spinal Cord Injury: Therapeutic Mechanisms and Drug Delivery Strategies
Phytotherapy Research,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2025
Spinal
cord
injury
(SCI)
is
a
serious
neurological
disease
with
an
extremely
high
disability
rate.
Most
patients
show
loss
of
motor
and
sensory
functions
below
the
level
injury.
Current
treatment
protocols
are
based
on
early
surgical
decompression
pharmacotherapy.
However,
efficacy
these
interventions
suboptimal.
Due
to
its
complex
pathophysiological
mechanisms
difficulty
central
nervous
system
(CNS)
regeneration,
exploring
effective
therapeutic
remains
daunting.
Flavonoids
secondary
metabolites
unique
plants
that
have
attracted
attention
in
recent
years
for
their
potential
now
commonly
used
inflammation,
tumors,
other
diseases.
For
SCI,
related
studies
still
exploring;
some
compounds,
such
as
quercetin,
fisetin,
hesperetin,
shown
good
anti-inflammatory
anti-apoptotic
properties,
which
help
restore
function
injured
spinal
cord.
flavonoids
exhibit
certain
disadvantages,
including
poor
solubility,
low
bioavailability,
inability
achieve
long-term
controlled
release.
Some
proposed
drug
delivery
strategies-including
nanoparticles,
hydrogels,
collagen
scaffolds-to
enhance
efficacy.
In
this
paper,
we
summarize
strategies
SCI
by
searching
relevant
literature
propose
future
research
directions
provide
new
ideas
multimodal
SCI.
Язык: Английский