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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can be caused by mutations in copper, zinc-superoxide dismutase (SOD1). Mice expressing SOD1 mutants demonstrate a robust neuroinflammatory reaction characterized, in part, by up-regulation of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and its primary receptor TNF-RI. In an effort to identify small molecule inhibitors of neuroinflammation useful in treatment of ALS, a microglial culture system was established to identify TNFalpha antagonists. Walker EOC-20 microglia cells were stimulated with recombinant TNFalpha, with or without inhibitors, and the cell response was indexed by NO2- output. Three hundred and fifty-five rationally selected compounds were included in this bioassay. The arachidonic acid 5-lipoxygenase (5LOX) and tyrosine kinase inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), a natural dicatechol, was one of the most potent non-cytotoxic antagonists tested (IC50 8 +/- 3 microm). Investigation of the G93A-SOD1 mouse model for ALS revealed increased message and protein levels of 5LOX at 120 days of age. Oral NDGA (2500 p.p.m.) significantly extended lifespan and slowed motor dysfunction in this mouse, when administration was begun relatively late in life (90 days). NDGA extended median total lifespan of G93A-SOD1 mice by 10%, and life expectancy following start of treatment was extended by 32%. Disease-associated gliosis and cleaved microtubule-associated tau protein, an indicator of axon damage, were likewise reduced by NDGA. Thus, TNFalpha antagonists and especially 5LOX inhibitors might offer new opportunities for treatment of ALS.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
133-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Curcumin, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Inhibitory Concentration 50, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Lipoxygenase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Models, Neurological, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Paralysis, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Rotarod Performance Test, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Statistics, Nonparametric, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:15379894-tau Proteins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The arachidonic acid 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid inhibits tumor necrosis factor alpha activation of microglia and extends survival of G93A-SOD1 transgenic mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't