Lithium promotes recovery after spinal cord injury

Lithium is associated with oxidative stress and apoptosis, but the mechanism by which lithium protects against spinal cord injury remains poorly understood. In this study, we found that intraperitoneal administration of lithium chloride (LiCl) in a rat model of spinal cord injury alleviated patholog...

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Autores principales: Ying-Jie Zhao, Hao Qiao, Dong-Fan Liu, Jie Li, Jia-Xi Li, Su-E Chang, Teng Lu, Feng-Tao Li, Dong Wang, Hao-Peng Li, Xi-Jing He, Fang Wang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a66cd9b3f96043eab6fad535f94a1bda2021-11-19T12:16:44ZLithium promotes recovery after spinal cord injury1673-537410.4103/1673-5374.327348https://doaj.org/article/a66cd9b3f96043eab6fad535f94a1bda2022-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2022;volume=17;issue=6;spage=1324;epage=1333;aulast=Zhaohttps://doaj.org/toc/1673-5374Lithium is associated with oxidative stress and apoptosis, but the mechanism by which lithium protects against spinal cord injury remains poorly understood. In this study, we found that intraperitoneal administration of lithium chloride (LiCl) in a rat model of spinal cord injury alleviated pathological spinal cord injury and inhibited expression of tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin-6, and interleukin 1 β. Lithium inhibited pyroptosis and reduced inflammation by inhibiting Caspase-1 expression, reducing the oxidative stress response, and inhibiting activation of the Nod-like receptor protein 3 inflammasome. We also investigated the neuroprotective effects of lithium intervention on oxygen/glucose-deprived PC12 cells. We found that lithium reduced inflammation, oxidative damage, apoptosis, and necrosis and up-regulated nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and heme oxygenase-1 in PC12 cells. All-trans retinoic acid, an Nrf2 inhibitor, reversed the effects of lithium. These results suggest that lithium exerts anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-pyroptotic effects through the Nrf2/heme oxygenase-1 pathway to promote recovery after spinal cord injury. This study was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Xi’an Jiaotong University (approval No. 2018-2053) on October 23, 2018.Ying-Jie ZhaoHao QiaoDong-Fan LiuJie LiJia-Xi LiSu-E ChangTeng LuFeng-Tao LiDong WangHao-Peng LiXi-Jing HeFang WangWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticleanti-inflammatory; anti-oxidant; anti-pyroptosis; cell death; inflammatory factors; lithium; neurons; neuroprotective; nrf2/ho-1; spinal cord injuryNeurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeural Regeneration Research, Vol 17, Iss 6, Pp 1324-1333 (2022)
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topic anti-inflammatory; anti-oxidant; anti-pyroptosis; cell death; inflammatory factors; lithium; neurons; neuroprotective; nrf2/ho-1; spinal cord injury
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
spellingShingle anti-inflammatory; anti-oxidant; anti-pyroptosis; cell death; inflammatory factors; lithium; neurons; neuroprotective; nrf2/ho-1; spinal cord injury
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
Ying-Jie Zhao
Hao Qiao
Dong-Fan Liu
Jie Li
Jia-Xi Li
Su-E Chang
Teng Lu
Feng-Tao Li
Dong Wang
Hao-Peng Li
Xi-Jing He
Fang Wang
Lithium promotes recovery after spinal cord injury
description Lithium is associated with oxidative stress and apoptosis, but the mechanism by which lithium protects against spinal cord injury remains poorly understood. In this study, we found that intraperitoneal administration of lithium chloride (LiCl) in a rat model of spinal cord injury alleviated pathological spinal cord injury and inhibited expression of tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin-6, and interleukin 1 β. Lithium inhibited pyroptosis and reduced inflammation by inhibiting Caspase-1 expression, reducing the oxidative stress response, and inhibiting activation of the Nod-like receptor protein 3 inflammasome. We also investigated the neuroprotective effects of lithium intervention on oxygen/glucose-deprived PC12 cells. We found that lithium reduced inflammation, oxidative damage, apoptosis, and necrosis and up-regulated nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and heme oxygenase-1 in PC12 cells. All-trans retinoic acid, an Nrf2 inhibitor, reversed the effects of lithium. These results suggest that lithium exerts anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-pyroptotic effects through the Nrf2/heme oxygenase-1 pathway to promote recovery after spinal cord injury. This study was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Xi’an Jiaotong University (approval No. 2018-2053) on October 23, 2018.
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author Ying-Jie Zhao
Hao Qiao
Dong-Fan Liu
Jie Li
Jia-Xi Li
Su-E Chang
Teng Lu
Feng-Tao Li
Dong Wang
Hao-Peng Li
Xi-Jing He
Fang Wang
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Hao Qiao
Dong-Fan Liu
Jie Li
Jia-Xi Li
Su-E Chang
Teng Lu
Feng-Tao Li
Dong Wang
Hao-Peng Li
Xi-Jing He
Fang Wang
author_sort Ying-Jie Zhao
title Lithium promotes recovery after spinal cord injury
title_short Lithium promotes recovery after spinal cord injury
title_full Lithium promotes recovery after spinal cord injury
title_fullStr Lithium promotes recovery after spinal cord injury
title_full_unstemmed Lithium promotes recovery after spinal cord injury
title_sort lithium promotes recovery after spinal cord injury
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
publishDate 2022
url https://doaj.org/article/a66cd9b3f96043eab6fad535f94a1bda
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