1. Mxene-bpV plays a neuroprotective role in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by activating the Akt and promoting the M2 microglial polarization signaling pathways.
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Cheng J, Yu H, Zhang ZF, Jiang HX, Wu P, Wang ZG, Chen ZB, and Wu LQ
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- Animals, Mice, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Brain Ischemia drug therapy, Brain Ischemia pathology, Cell Polarity drug effects, Neurons drug effects, Neurons metabolism, Nanocomposites chemistry, Microglia drug effects, Microglia metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt metabolism, Reperfusion Injury drug therapy, Reperfusion Injury prevention & control, Signal Transduction drug effects, Neuroprotective Agents pharmacology, Vanadium Compounds pharmacology, Vanadium Compounds chemistry, PTEN Phosphohydrolase metabolism
- Abstract
Studies have shown that the inhibition of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN)was neuroprotective against ischemia/reperfusion(I/R) injury. Bisperoxovanadium (bpV), a derivative of vanadate, is a well-established inhibitor of PTEN. However, its function islimited due to its general inadequacy in penetrating cell membranes. Mxene(Ti
3 C2 Tx ) is a novel two-dimensional lamellar nanomaterial with an excellent ability to penetrate the cell membrane. Yet, the effects of this nanomaterial on nervous system diseases have yet to be scrutinized. Here, Mxene(Ti3 C2 Tx ) was used for the first time to carry bpV(HOpic), creating a new nanocomposite Mxene-bpV that was probed in a cerebral I/R injury model. The findings showed that this synthetic Mxene-bpV was adequately stable and can cross the cell membraneeasily. We observed that Mxene-bpV treatment significantly increased the survival rate of oxygen glucose deprivation/reperfusion(OGD/R)--insulted neurons, reduced infarct sizes and promoted the recovery of brain function after mice cerebral I/R injury. Crucially, Mxene-bpV treatment was more therapeutically efficient than bpV(HOpic) treatment alone over the same period. Mechanistically, Mxene-bpV inhibited the enzyme activity of PTEN in vitro and in vivo. It also promoted the expression of phospho-Akt (Ser473 ) by repressing PTEN and then activated the Akt pathway to boost cell survival. Additionally, in PTEN transgenic mice, Mxene-bpV suppressed I/R-induced inflammatory response by promoting M2 microglial polarization through PTEN inhibition. Collectively, the nanosynthetic Mxene-bpV inhibited PTEN' enzymatic activity by activating Akt pathway and promoting M2 microglial polarization, and finally exerted neuroprotection against cerebral I/R injury., (© 2024. The Author(s).)- Published
- 2024
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