Antioxidant gene therapy against neuronal cell death |
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Authors: | Juliana Navarro-Yepes Laura Zavala-Flores Annadurai Anandhan Fang Wang Maciej Skotak Namas Chandra Ming Li Aglaia Pappa Daniel Martinez-Fong Luz Maria Del Razo Betzabet Quintanilla-Vega Rodrigo Franco |
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Affiliation: | 1. Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, United States;2. School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, United States;3. Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, United States;4. Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, United States;5. Department of Toxicology, CINVESTAV–IPN, Mexico City, Mexico;6. Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV–IPN, Mexico City, Mexico;g Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, University Campus, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece |
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Abstract: | Oxidative stress is a common hallmark of neuronal cell death associated with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, as well as brain stroke/ischemia and traumatic brain injury. Increased accumulation of reactive species of both oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) has been implicated in mitochondrial dysfunction, energy impairment, alterations in metal homeostasis and accumulation of aggregated proteins observed in neurodegenerative disorders, which lead to the activation/modulation of cell death mechanisms that include apoptotic, necrotic and autophagic pathways. Thus, the design of novel antioxidant strategies to selectively target oxidative stress and redox imbalance might represent important therapeutic approaches against neurological disorders. This work reviews the evidence demonstrating the ability of genetically encoded antioxidant systems to selectively counteract neuronal cell loss in neurodegenerative diseases and ischemic brain damage. Because gene therapy approaches to treat inherited and acquired disorders offer many unique advantages over conventional therapeutic approaches, we discussed basic research/clinical evidence and the potential of virus-mediated gene delivery techniques for antioxidant gene therapy. |
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Keywords: | Antioxidant gene therapy Brain ischemia Neurodegenerative disorders Oxidative stress Virus-mediated gene delivery ROS |
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