PMID:
Phytomedicine. 2024 Jan ;123:155230. Epub 2023 Nov 19. PMID: 38000105
Abstract Title:
Echinacoside exerts neuroprotection via suppressing microglialα-synuclein/TLR2/NF-κB/NLRP3 axis in parkinsonian models.
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Echinacoside (ECH), a natural active compound, was found to exert neuroprotection in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain controversial.PURPOSE: This study aimed to explore the roles of ECH in PD and its engaged mechanisms.CONCLUSION: In vivo, MPTP was adapted to construct subacute PD mouse model to explore the regulation of ECH on NLRP3 inflammasome. In vitro,α-synuclein (α-syn)/MPPwas used to mediate the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in BV2 cells, and the mechanism of ECH regulation of it was explored with molecular docking, immunofluorescence, Western blotting, and small molecule inhibitors.CONCLUSION: The activation of microglial NLRP3 inflammasome could be evoked by MPTP in vitro, but its toxic metabolite MPPalone cannot trigger the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in vitro, which requiresα-synuclein (α-syn) priming. Exogenousα-syn could evoke microglial TLR2/NF-κB/NLRP3 axis, playing the priming role in MPP-mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation. ECH can suppress the upregulation ofα-syn in MPTP-treated mice and BV2 microglia. It can also suppress the activation of the TLR2/NF-κB/NLRP3 axis induced byα-syn.CONCLUSION: ECH exerts neuroprotective effects by downregulating the TLR2/NF-κB/NLRP3 axis via reducing the expression ofα-syn in the PD models.
