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  3. Garcinone D, a natural xanthone promotes C17.2 neural stem cell proliferation: Possible involvement of STAT3/Cyclin D1 pathway and Nrf2/HO-1 pathway

Garcinone D, a natural xanthone promotes C17.2 neural stem cell proliferation: Possible involvement of STAT3/Cyclin D1 pathway and Nrf2/HO-1 pathway

  • Neurosci Lett. 2016 Jul 28;626:6-12. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.05.012.
Xiaohong Yang 1,  Shengnan Wang 1,  Ying Ouyang 2,  Yaling Tu 1,  Anmin Liu 2,  Yinghong Tian 3,  Mingliang He 4,  Rongbiao Pi 5
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Affiliations

  • 1 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; International Joint Laboratory (SYSU-PolyU HK) of Novel Anti-Dementia Drugs of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510006, China; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
  • 2 Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
  • 3 Experimental Teaching Center of Medical Basis, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
  • 4 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
  • 5 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; International Joint Laboratory (SYSU-PolyU HK) of Novel Anti-Dementia Drugs of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510006, China; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. Electronic address: pirb@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
PMID: 27177723 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.05.012
Abstract

Garcinia mangostana L. (Mangosteen) has been used to treat various pathological conditions, including inflammation and urinary tract infections. Here, we observed that garcinone D, a natural xanthone from mangosteen, promoted the proliferation of C17.2 neural progenitor cells and also resulted in a larger percentage of cells in S phase compared with the control group. Moreover, garcinone D increased the protein levels of phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (p-STAT3) and Cyclin D1 in concentration- and time- dependent manners. Garcinone D also increased the protein levels of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor (Nrf2) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in concentration- and time- dependent manners, and inhibiting Nrf2 activation by brusatol could partly reverse garcinone D-induced C17.2 cell proliferation. Taken together, it is the first time to show that garcinone D promotes the proliferation of C17.2 neural stem cells, which may involve the STAT3/Cyclin D1 pathway and Nrf2/HO-1 pathway. It would provide new inspiration to develop garcinone D as a lead compound to promote the proliferation of endogenous neural stem cells (NSCs).

Keywords

Cyclin D1; Garcinone D; Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor; Proliferation; Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3.

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