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2,5-hexanedione Downregulates Nerve Growth Factor and Induces Neuron Apoptosis in the Spinal Cord of Rats via Inhibition of the PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway

2,5-hexanedione Downregulates Nerve Growth Factor and Induces Neuron Apoptosis in the Spinal Cord of Rats via Inhibition of the PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway

Zhemin Wang, Zewen Qiu, Chenxue Gao, Yijie Sun, Wei Dong, Yan Zhang, Ruolin Chen, Yuan Qi, Shuangyue Li, Yanjie Guo, Yongjun Piao, Sheng Li, Fengyuan Piao

PLoS One. 2017 Jun 27;12(6):e0179388.

PMID: 28654704

Abstract:

2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD) is the main active metabolite of n-hexane and induces apoptosis in nerve tissue, however, the mechanism of which remains unclear. In the present study, neuropathic animal models were successfully constructed in rats by injecting 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg 2,5-HD intraperitoneally for 5 weeks. Rats exposed to 2,5-HD exhibited progressive gait abnormalities and slower motor neural response in a dose-dependent manner. TUNEL analysis and immunofluorescence dual labeling revealed that the spinal cord of the 2,5-HD treated rats underwent significantly more apoptosis in the cells of spinal cord than that of the control group. The neuron apoptosis index in spinal cord was 4.1%, 6.7%, 9.8% respectively in rats exposed to 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg 2,5-HD, compared with 1.1% in the control group (p < 0.05). Biochemical analysis showed that 2,5-HD exposure downregulated NGF expression in the spinal cord of the intoxicated rats; inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt and Bad, two key players in PI3K/Akt pathway downstream of NGF; increased the dimerization of Bad with Bcl-xL in the mitochondrial fraction, followed by the release of cytochrome c and activation of caspase-3 in the spinal cord of rats. In vitro study showed that the NGF expression decreased significantly in VSC4.1 cells dosed with 5.0, 10.0 mM 2,5-HD in comparison with the control group. It was also found that NGF supplement repressed the induced apoptosis, and increased p-Akt and p-Bad level in 2,5-HD treated VSC4.1 cells, which could be antagonized by PI3K kinase (the upstream member of Akt) inhibitor LY294002. Taken together, our experimental results indicate that 2,5-HD may induce apoptosis in the spinal cord of rats via downregulating NGF expression and subsequently repressing PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP110134	2,5-Hexanedione		110-13-4	Price

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