1. Amitriptyline Protects Against Lidocaine-induced Neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y Cells via Inhibition of BDNF-mediated Autophagy.
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Zhang H, Chen X, Zheng T, Lin M, Chen P, Liao Y, Gong C, Gao F, and Zheng X
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- Apoptosis drug effects, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Survival drug effects, Humans, Amitriptyline administration & dosage, Autophagy drug effects, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor antagonists & inhibitors, Lidocaine toxicity, Neuroprotective Agents administration & dosage
- Abstract
Amitriptyline (AMI) is a traditional tricyclic antidepressant that has been proven to exhibit neuroprotective effects in various neurological disorders. However, the underlying mechanism by which AMI attenuates lidocaine-induced neurotoxicity remains poorly understood. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is an essential neurotrophin to neuronal development and survival in the brain, and recent studies have suggested that BDNF plays an important role in mediating lidocaine-induced neurotoxicity. The present study was performed to evaluate the protective effect of AMI against the neurotoxicity induced by lidocaine and to explore the role of BDNF-dependent autophagy in this process. The data showed that AMI pretreatment alleviated lidocaine-induced neurotoxicity, as evidenced by the restoration of cell viability, normalization of cell morphology, and reduction in the cell apoptosis index. In addition, autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA) had a protective effect similar to that of AMI, but autophagy activator rapamycin eliminated the protective effect of AMI by suppressing mTOR activation. Moreover, at the molecular level, we found that AMI-mediated autophagy was involved in the expression of BDNF. The overexpression of BDNF or application of exogenous recombinant BDNF significantly suppressed autophagy and protected SH-SY5Y cells from apoptosis induced by Lido, whereas the neuroprotection of AMI was abolished by either knockdown of BDNF or use of a tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB) inhibitor ANA-12 in SH-SY5Y cells. Overall, our findings demonstrated that the protective effect of AMI against lidocaine-induced neurotoxicity correlated with inhibition of autophagy activity through upregulation of BDNF expression.
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- 2021
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