Inhibition of lysyl oxidase by pharmacological intervention and genetic manipulation alleviates epilepsy-associated cognitive disorder

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Epilepsy-associated cognitive disorder (ECD), a prevalent comorbidity in epilepsy patients, has so far uncharacterized etiological origins. Our prior work revealed that lysyl oxidase (Lox) acted as a novel contributor of ferroptosis, a recently discovered cell death mode in the regulation of brain function. However, the role of Lox-mediated ferroptosis in ECD remains unknown. ECD mouse model was established 2 months later following a single injection of kainic acid (KA) for. After chronic treatment with KA, mice were treated with different doses (30 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg) of Lox inhibitor BAPN. Additionally, hippocampal-specific Lox knockout mice was also constructed and employed to validate the role of Lox in ECD. Cognitive functions were assessed using novel object recognition test (NOR) and Morris water maze test (MWM). Protein expression of phosphorylated cAMP-response element binding (CREB), a well-known molecular marker for evaluation of cognitive performance, was also detected by Western blot. The protein distribution of Lox was analyzed by immunofluorescence. In KA-induced ECD mouse model, ferroptosis process was activated according to upregulation of 4-HNE protein and a previously discovered ferroptosis in our group, namely, Lox was remarkably increased. Pharmacological inhibition of Lox by BAPN at the dose of 100 mg/kg significantly increased the discrimination index following NOR test and decreased escape latency as well as augmented passing times within 60 s following MWM test in ECD mouse model. Additionally, deficiency of Lox in hippocampus also led to pronounced improvement of deficits in ECD model. These findings indicate that the ferroptosis regulatory factor, Lox, is activated in ECD. Ablation of Lox by either pharmacological intervention or genetic manipulation ameliorates the impairment in ECD mouse model, which suggest that Lox serves as a promising therapeutic target for treating ECD in clinic.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:210

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Brain research bulletin - 210(2024) vom: 25. Apr., Seite 110928

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Kang-Ni [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Qi-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Dan-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhao-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xin-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Min, Dong-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Bo-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Xiao-Yuan [VerfasserIn]

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β-aminopropionitrile
151-18-8
Aminopropionitrile
EC 1.4.3.13
Epilepsy-associated cognitive disorder
Ferroptosis
Genetic manipulation
Journal Article
Lysyl oxidase
Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase
Therapy

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Date Completed 12.04.2024

Date Revised 12.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.brainresbull.2024.110928

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NLM369835263