Berberine Attenuated Pro-inflammatory Factors and Protect Against Neuronal Damage Via Triggering Oligodendrocyte Autophagy in Spinal Cord Injury

Overview

Journal Oncotarget

Specialty Oncology

Date 2017 Dec 13

PMID 29228691

Citations 15

Authors

Hongyu Wang

Chang Liu

Xifan Mei

Yang Cao

Zhanpeng Guo

Yajiang Yuan

Ziming Zhao

Changwei Song

Yue Guo

Zhaoliang Shen

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Abstract

Berberine exerts neuroprotective effect in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration disease. However, berberine effect in acute spinal cord injury is yet to be elucidated. Herein, we investigated the neuroprotective effect of berberine in spinal cord injury (SCI). Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to SCI by an intraperitoneal injection of berberine post-injury. The neurobehavioral recovery, cytokines of pro-inflammatory factors (TNF-α and IL-1β), autophagy-related proteins (LC3B, ATG16L, ATG7), and apoptosis-related protein cleaved caspase-3 were determined. The expressions of 2', 3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNPase), marker of oligodendrocyte, autophagy-related proteins ATG5 and neurons at the ventral horn were assessed. , the contents of the pro-inflammatory factors, TNF-α and IL-1β, were detected in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated primary spinal neuron. Berberine significantly improved the neurobehavior BBB score and attenuated the cytokines of pro-inflammatory factors in cerebrospinal fluid post-SCI. In addition, berberine upregulated CNPase positive oligodendrocyte expressing ATG5, promoted neuronal survival and reduced the cleaved caspase-3 expression after SCI. In primary spinal neuron, the LPS-induced inflammatory factors could be reduced by berberine, whereas the autophagy inhibitor, 3-Methyladenine reverses the effect. Berberine attenuated inflammation of the injured spinal cord and reduced the neuronal apoptosis via triggering oligodendrocyte autophagy in order to promote neuronal recovery.

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