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Ferulic Acid Induces NURR1 Expression and Promotes Dopaminergic Differentiation in Neural Precursor Cells
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Maryam Sadeghi-Zadeh1   , Farshad Homayouni Moghadam  2, Mohammad Hossein Nasr Esfahani3 |
1- Department of Biology, ACECR Institute of Higher Education, Isfahan, Iran.
2- 2Department of Animal Biotechnology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran. , f_homayounim@yahoo.com
3- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran. |
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Abstract: (1588 Views) |
Degeneration of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra is known as the main cause of Parkinson's disease (PD). Preventing the loss of DA neurons alongside the cell-replacement therapy have brought tremendous hope for the treatment of PD. For this purpose, various studies have been done to find specific DA neuro-protective compounds or progressing DA-differentiation methods. Ferulic acid (FA) has strong neuro-protective effects, but at this point its role on protection and differentiation of DA neurons is not well-defined. Mouse neural stem cells (mNSCs) were treated with FA and expressions of TH (tyrosine hydroxylase) and NURR1 as the DA neuron specific markers were determined using real time qRT-PCR and immunostaining assays. Finally, efficacy of FA on DA differentiation was evaluated in comparison with other methods using fibroblast growth factor 8b (FGF8b) and sonic hedgehog (SHH). Treatment with FA could increase the Th and Nurr1 gene expressions in mNSCs. Also, it enhanced β-tubullin-III expression and increased the neurite length in treated groups. Real time qRT-PCR and immunostaining assays showed that FA could increase DA differentiation in mNSCs effectively. Also, gene expression profile in some groups showed that FA can raise the differentiation rate of other neuronal subtypes such as cholinergic neurons. FA effectively induces the DA differentiation in neural precursor cells by its ability to increase the expression of the NURR1 transcription factor, which is a known transcription factor for differentiation of midbrain DA neurons.
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| Keywords: Dopaminergic, neural stem cell, Ferulic acid, differentiation, Nurr1, Tyrosine hydroxylase |
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Type of Study: Original Article |
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Neurosciences
Received: 2022/03/14 | Accepted: 2022/08/29 | Published: 2022/06/20
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