Neuroprotective role of lipoic acid against acute toxicity of N-acetylaspartic acid

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• 作者：Carolina Didonet Pederzolli ; Andrea Pereira Rosa ; Amanda Szekir de Oliveira ; Juliana G. Coelho ; D¨¦bora da Luz Becker ; Giovana Reche Dalazen ; Tarsila Barros Moraes and Carlos S. Dutra-Filho
• 关键词：Lipoic acid ; N ; Acetylaspartic acid ; Canavan disease ; Oxidative stress ; Neuroprotection ; Antioxidant
• 刊名：Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：November 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：344
• 期：1-2
• 页码：231-239
• 全文大小：366.6 KB

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N-Acetylaspartic acid (NAA) accumulates in Canavan disease, a severe inherited neurometabolic disorder clinically characterized by mental retardation, hypotonia, macrocephaly, and seizures. The mechanisms of brain damage in this disease remain poorly understood. Recent studies developed by our research group showed that NAA induces oxidative stress in vitro and in vivo in cerebral cortex of rats. Lipoic acid is considered as an efficient antioxidant which can easily cross the blood–brain barrier. Considering the absence of specific treatment to Canavan disease, this study evaluates the possible prevention of the oxidative stress promoted by NAA in vivo by the antioxidant lipoic acid to preliminarily evaluate lipoic acid efficacy against pro-oxidative effects of NAA. Fourteen-day-old Wistar rats received an acute administration of 0.6 mmol NAA/g body weight with or without lipoic acid (40 mg/kg body weight). Catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase activities, hydrogen peroxide content, thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBA-RS), spontaneous chemiluminescence, protein carbonyl content, total antioxidant potential, and DNA–protein cross-links were assayed in the cerebral cortex of rats. CAT, GPx activities, and total antioxidant potential were significantly reduced, while hydrogen peroxide content, TBA-RS, spontaneous chemiluminescence, and protein carbonyl content were significantly enhanced by acute administration of NAA. Those effects were all prevented by lipoic acid pretreatment. Our results clearly show that lipoic acid may protect against the oxidative stress promoted by NAA. This could represent a new therapeutic approach to the patients affected by Canavan disease.