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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Methylene Blue Attenuates 3-Nitropropionic Acid-Induced Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Striatal Cells: Therapeutic Implications in Huntington's Disease Neuropathology.

Hannah K Hale, Kayla M Elias, Shawn Ho, Gunnar F Kwakye

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hannah K HaleNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-7344-3099
Kayla M EliasNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-5502-813X
Shawn HoNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.
Gunnar F KwakyeNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9486-2044

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Oberlin College Arts and Sciences Dean's Office (GFK) Research and Professional Development PortfolioRobert W. & Eleanor H. Biggs Endowed Professor of Neuroscience (GFK) Endowed Professor Research Portfolio
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Abstract

There are no disease-modifying treatments available for Huntington's disease (HD), a neurodegenerative disease caused by a genetic mutation in the Huntingtin gene. Previous research suggests that disruptions in the bioenergetics of the mitochondria and increased oxidative stress are potential inducers of HD. Therapies that enhance antioxidant pathways intend to target and attenuate the overproduction of reactive oxygen species associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. We have investigated the effect of Methylene Blue (MB) as a potential therapy for HD. MB is a small molecule demonstrated to exhibit neuroprotective effects in other neurodegenerative disease models, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, by attenuating the oxidative stress pathways implicated in their pathophysiology. We used an established striatal cell model of HD expressing wild-type (ST

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Corpus StriatumHuntington DiseaseMethylene BlueMitochondriaNeuroprotective AgentsNitro CompoundsOxidative StressPropionatesAnimalsCell SurvivalHumansHuntingtin ProteinMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMiceReactive Oxygen Species3-nitropropionic acidHuntingtin ProteinMethylene BlueNeuroprotective AgentsNitro CompoundsPropionatesReactive Oxygen Species3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA)Huntington’s diseasemethylene bluemitochondrial dysfunctionoxidative stress

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