Flavonoids are a major component in the traditional Chinese medicine Radix Ilicis Pubescentis.Previous studies have shown that the administration of Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids is protective in cerebral ...Flavonoids are a major component in the traditional Chinese medicine Radix Ilicis Pubescentis.Previous studies have shown that the administration of Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids is protective in cerebral ischemia.However,to our knowledge,no studies have examined whether the total flavonoids extracted from Radix Ilicis Pubescentis prevent or ameliorate neuronal damage following transient ischemic attacks.Therefore,Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids question and the potential underlying mechanisms.Thus,beginning 3 days before the induction of a mouse model of transient ischemic attack using tert-butyl hydroperoxide injections,mice were intragastrically administered 0.3,0.15,or 0.075 g/kg of Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids daily for 10 days.The results of spectrophotometric analyses demonstrated that Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids enhanced oxygen free radical scavenging and reduced pathological alterations in the brain.Hematoxylin-eosin staining results showed that Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids reduced hippocampal neuronal damage and cerebral vascular injury in this mouse model of transient ischemic attack.These results suggest that the antioxidant effects of Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids alleviate the damage to brain tissue caused by transient ischemic attack.展开更多
Nitric oxide(NO)gas therapy,especially,L-arginine(L-Arg)-based NO treatment strategies have attracted extensive attention in the field of oncotherapy.However,current strategies are unable to differentiate well between...Nitric oxide(NO)gas therapy,especially,L-arginine(L-Arg)-based NO treatment strategies have attracted extensive attention in the field of oncotherapy.However,current strategies are unable to differentiate well between normal cells and cancer cells,which may lead to unpredictable toxicity.Motivated by the fact that mitochondria of cancer cells can express excessive nitric oxide synthetase(NOS),herein,a nanozyme-based NO generator,cerium oxide(CeO_(2))-AT,is fabricated to specifically catalyze the production of NO in cancer cells for selective tumor treatment.In this system,after being endocytosed into cancer cells,the generator can produce a number of NO under the catalysis of NOS in mitochondria of cancer cells,which can disrupt the mitochondrial respiratory chain of tumor cells and further induce cell apoptosis.In addition,the generator with catalase(CAT)-like activity can catalyze H_(2)O_(2)to produce O_(2),which can promote the generation of NO and improve the performance of NO gas therapy.What is more,our system has no obvious impact on the viability of normal cells owing to the less production of NO.Our work paves a new way for the development of highly selective NO-based treatment particularly useful for the safe and specific cancer therapy.展开更多
基金supported by the State"Major New Drug Creation"Major Science and Technology Project of China,No.2009ZX09103-324a grant from the Henan Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Team in University in China,No.2012IRTSTHN011
文摘Flavonoids are a major component in the traditional Chinese medicine Radix Ilicis Pubescentis.Previous studies have shown that the administration of Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids is protective in cerebral ischemia.However,to our knowledge,no studies have examined whether the total flavonoids extracted from Radix Ilicis Pubescentis prevent or ameliorate neuronal damage following transient ischemic attacks.Therefore,Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids question and the potential underlying mechanisms.Thus,beginning 3 days before the induction of a mouse model of transient ischemic attack using tert-butyl hydroperoxide injections,mice were intragastrically administered 0.3,0.15,or 0.075 g/kg of Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids daily for 10 days.The results of spectrophotometric analyses demonstrated that Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids enhanced oxygen free radical scavenging and reduced pathological alterations in the brain.Hematoxylin-eosin staining results showed that Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids reduced hippocampal neuronal damage and cerebral vascular injury in this mouse model of transient ischemic attack.These results suggest that the antioxidant effects of Radix Ilicis Pubescentis total flavonoids alleviate the damage to brain tissue caused by transient ischemic attack.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFF1200701)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.91856205,21820102009,and 21871249)the Key Program of Frontier of Sciences(No.CAS QYZDJ-SSW-SLH052)。
文摘Nitric oxide(NO)gas therapy,especially,L-arginine(L-Arg)-based NO treatment strategies have attracted extensive attention in the field of oncotherapy.However,current strategies are unable to differentiate well between normal cells and cancer cells,which may lead to unpredictable toxicity.Motivated by the fact that mitochondria of cancer cells can express excessive nitric oxide synthetase(NOS),herein,a nanozyme-based NO generator,cerium oxide(CeO_(2))-AT,is fabricated to specifically catalyze the production of NO in cancer cells for selective tumor treatment.In this system,after being endocytosed into cancer cells,the generator can produce a number of NO under the catalysis of NOS in mitochondria of cancer cells,which can disrupt the mitochondrial respiratory chain of tumor cells and further induce cell apoptosis.In addition,the generator with catalase(CAT)-like activity can catalyze H_(2)O_(2)to produce O_(2),which can promote the generation of NO and improve the performance of NO gas therapy.What is more,our system has no obvious impact on the viability of normal cells owing to the less production of NO.Our work paves a new way for the development of highly selective NO-based treatment particularly useful for the safe and specific cancer therapy.
