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ArticleNeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics2024

Cinnamic acid, a natural plant compound, exhibits neuroprotection in a mouse model of Sandhoff disease via PPARα.

Sumita Raha, Ramesh K Paidi, Debashis Dutta, Kalipada Pahan

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Article in NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sumita RahaDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ramesh K PaidiDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Debashis DuttaDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kalipada PahanDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

Muscle building supplement HMB for remyelinationR01AT010980 · NCCIH · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PAHAN, KALIPADA · 2020 to 2024
$2.7M
Intranasal TIDM peptide for tauopathyR21AG069229 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PAHAN, KALIPADA · 2020 to 2021
$550k
Cinnamon and traumatic brain injuryI01BX005002 · VA · JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI PAHAN, KALIPADA · 2020 to 2024
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Remyelination by intranasal TIDM peptideI01BX005613 · VA · JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI PAHAN, KALIPADA · 2023 to 2025
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BLR&D Research Career Scientist ApplicationIK6BX004982 · VA · JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI KALIPADA PAHAN · 2020 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX005002BLRD VA I01 BX005613BLRD VA IK6 BX004982NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT010980NIA NIH HHS R21 AG069229
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) and its severe form Sandhoff disease (SD) are autosomal recessive lysosomal storage metabolic disorders, which often result into excessive GM2 ganglioside accumulation predominantly in lysosomes of nerve cells. Although patients with these diseases appear normal at birth, the progressive accumulation of undegraded GM2 gangliosides in neurons leads to early death accompanied by manifestation of motor difficulties and gradual loss of behavioral skills. Unfortunately, there is still no effective treatment available for TSD/SD. The present study highlights the importance of cinnamic acid (CA), a naturally occurring aromatic fatty acid present in a number of plants, in inhibiting the disease process in a transgenic mouse model of SD. Oral administration of CA significantly attenuated glial activation and inflammation and reduced the accumulation of GM2 gangliosides/glycoconjugates in the cerebral cortex of Sandhoff mice. Besides, oral CA also improved behavioral performance and increased the survival of Sandhoff mice. While assessing the mechanism, we found that oral administration of CA increased the level of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) in the brain of Sandhoff mice and that oral CA remained unable to reduce glycoconjugates, improve behavior and increase survival in Sandhoff mice lacking PPARα. Our results indicate a beneficial function of CA that utilizes a PPARα-dependent mechanism to halt the progression of SD and thereby increase the longevity of Sandhoff mice.

Indexed as

cinnamic acidglial inflammationGM2 gangliosidosisneuroprotectionPPARαSandhoff disease

Identifiers

PMID38532783
PMCPMC10961485
OpenAlexW4392818355

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