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Title: Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitor, APAU, protects dopaminergic neurons against rotenone induced neurotoxicity: Implications for Parkinson's disease.

Authors: Lakkappa, Navya; Krishnamurthy, Praveen T; M D, Pandareesh; Hammock, Bruce D; Hwang, Sung Hee

Published In Neurotoxicology, (2019 01)

Abstract: Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), metabolites of arachidonic acid, play a crucial role in cytoprotection by attenuating oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis. EETs are rapidly metabolised in vivo by the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). Increasing the half life of EETs by inhibiting the sEH enzyme is a novel strategy for neuroprotection. In the present study, sEH inhibitors APAU was screened in silico and further evaluated for their antiparkinson activity against rotenone (ROT) induced neurodegeneration in N27 dopaminergic cell line and Drosophila melanogaster model of Parkinson disease (PD). In the in vitro study cell viability (MTT and LDH release assay), oxidative stress parameters (total intracellular ROS, hydroperoxides, protein oxidation, lipid peroxidation, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidise, glutathione reductase, glutathione, total antioxidant status, mitochondrial complex-1activity and mitochondrial membrane potential), inflammatory markers (IL-6, COX-1 and COX-2), and apoptotic markers (JNK, phospho-JNK, c-jun, phospho-c-jun, pro and active caspase-3) were assessed to study the neuroprotective effects. In vivo activity of APAU was assessed in Drosophila melanogaster by measuring survival rate, negative geotaxis, oxidative stress parameters (total intracellular ROS, hydroperoxides, glutathione levels) were measured. Dopamine and its metabolites were estimated by LC-MS/MS analysis. In the in silico study the molecule, APAU showed good binding interaction at the active site of sEH (PDB: 1VJ5). In the in vitro study, APAU significantly attenuated ROT induced changes in oxidative, pro-inflammatory and apoptotic parameters. In the in vivo study, APAU significantly attenuates ROT induced changes in survival rate, negative geotaxis, oxidative stress, dopamine and its metabolites levels (p < 0.05). Our study, therefore, concludes that the molecule APAU, has significant neuroprotection benefits against rotenone induced Parkinsonism.

PubMed ID: 30472438 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Animals; Antiparkinson Agents/chemistry; Antiparkinson Agents/pharmacology; Antiparkinson Agents/therapeutic use*; Cell Line; Cell Survival/drug effects; Cell Survival/physiology; Crystallography, X-Ray; Dopaminergic Neurons/drug effects*; Dopaminergic Neurons/metabolism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drosophila melanogaster; Epoxide Hydrolases/antagonists & inhibitors*; Epoxide Hydrolases/metabolism; Humans; Insecticides/toxicity; Male; Neuroprotective Agents/chemistry; Neuroprotective Agents/pharmacology; Neuroprotective Agents/therapeutic use; Parkinsonian Disorders/chemically induced*; Parkinsonian Disorders/metabolism; Parkinsonian Disorders/prevention & control*; Rats; Rotenone/toxicity*

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