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ArticleJournal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology2025

Yi-Nao-Jie-Yu Prescription Relieves Post-Stroke Depression by Mitigating Ferroptosis in Hippocampal Neurons Via Activating the Nrf2/GPX4/SLC7A11 Pathway.

Yuan Zhang, Qisheng Tang, Jin Yao, Hongwei Liu, Changmin Xu, Zechun Guo, Shuqing Liu, Ruizhen Zhao

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Article in Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  2. Ferroptosis in depression: mechanisms, association, and therapeutic strategies.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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8 authors.

Yuan ZhangDepartment of Encephalopathy, Shunyi Hospital, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 101300, China.
Qisheng TangDepartment of Encephalopathy, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Jin YaoDepartment of Acupuncture, Shunyi Hospital, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 101300, China.
Hongwei LiuDepartment of Encephalopathy, Shunyi Hospital, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 101300, China.
Changmin XuDepartment of Encephalopathy, Shunyi Hospital, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 101300, China.
Zechun GuoDepartment of Encephalopathy, Shunyi Hospital, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 101300, China.
Shuqing LiuDepartment of Encephalopathy, Shunyi Hospital, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 101300, China.
Ruizhen ZhaoPrevention Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China. zhaoruizhen2009@163.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82104816
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-stroke depression (PSD) poses a serious impact on patients' life quality. Effective drugs to treat this annoying disease are still being sought. Yi-nao-jie-yu (YNJY) prescription has been found to relieve PSD; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unelucidated. This work elucidated the therapeutic effects and mechanisms underlying YNJY prescription in PSD. PSD rat model was treated with YNJY prescription and ML385. Depression-like behaviors of rats was appraised. Hematoxylin-eosin, Nissl, and NeuN immunofluorescence staining were performed to observe hippocampal neuronal damage. Transmission electron microscopy was used to assess hippocampal mitochondrial damage. Commercial kits and western blotting were adopted to research ferroptosis-related factors and Nrf2/GPX4/SLC7A11 signals. In vitro experiments were performed using rat hippocampal neurons to explore the mechanism by which YNJY prescription relieves PSD. In PSD rats, YNJY prescription relieved depression-like behaviors, attenuated hippocampal neuronal damage, mitigated hippocampal ferroptosis and mitochondrial damage, and activated hippocampal Nrf2/GPX4/SLC7A11 pathway. By in vitro experiments, erastin treatment exacerbated hippocampal neuronal damage, ferroptosis, mitochondrial damage, and lipid peroxidation; however, YNJY prescription abolished these erastin-induced effects. In the erastin-treated hippocampal neuronal model of PSD, ML385 treatment increased ferroptosis, hippocampal neuronal damage, and lipid peroxidation; however, YNJY prescription counteracted these ML385-induced effects. By in vivo study, ML385 reversed the relief of YNJY prescription on depressive-like behaviors of PSD rats, and the inhibition on ferroptosis in PSD rats' hippocampus. YNJY prescription relieves PSD by blocking ferroptosis via activating the Nrf2/GPX4/SLC7A11 pathway. It may be a promising agent for treating PSD clinically.

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DepressionDrugs, Chinese HerbalFerroptosisHippocampusNeuronsStrokeAmino Acid Transport System y+AnimalsMaleNF-E2-Related Factor 2Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionAmino Acid Transport System y+Drugs, Chinese Herbalglutathione peroxidase 4, ratNfe2l2 protein, ratNF-E2-Related Factor 2Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseFerroptosisHippocampal neuronsNrf2/GPX4/SLC7A11Post-stroke depressionYi-nao-jie-yu prescription

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PMID40214929
PMCPMC11991945

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