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ArticleJournal of xenobiotics2026

Sodium Nitroprusside as a Xenobiotic Model of Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress in Cellular and Zebrafish Systems.

Carlos Alberto-Silva, Felipe Assumpção da Cunha E Silva, Brenda Rufino da Silva, Leticia Ribeiro de Barros, Adolfo Luis Almeida Maleski, Maricilia Silva Costa

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Carlos Alberto-SilvaExperimental Morphophysiology Laboratory, Natural and Humanities Sciences Center (CCNH), Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), São Bernardo do Campo 09606-070, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4519-8930
Felipe Assumpção da Cunha E SilvaExperimental Morphophysiology Laboratory, Natural and Humanities Sciences Center (CCNH), Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), São Bernardo do Campo 09606-070, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0008-3658-6505
Brenda Rufino da SilvaExperimental Morphophysiology Laboratory, Natural and Humanities Sciences Center (CCNH), Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), São Bernardo do Campo 09606-070, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0003-1585-7066
Leticia Ribeiro de BarrosExperimental Morphophysiology Laboratory, Natural and Humanities Sciences Center (CCNH), Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), São Bernardo do Campo 09606-070, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0004-9011-9159
Adolfo Luis Almeida MaleskiExperimental Morphophysiology Laboratory, Natural and Humanities Sciences Center (CCNH), Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), São Bernardo do Campo 09606-070, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4430-0905
Maricilia Silva CostaInstituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento-IP&D, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba-UNIVAP, Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911, São José Dos Campos 12244-390, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0141-7241

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2023/03608-1Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2024/02247-8Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2024/10831-1
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Oxidative and nitrosative stress are central mechanisms in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, where excessive production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) leads to mitochondrial dysfunction, membrane damage, and neuronal death. In this study, we established and compared short-term (2 h) and long-term (20 h) exposure paradigms to sodium nitroprusside (SNP), used as a xenobiotic nitric oxide donor, in two neuronal cell lines (mHippoE-18 and PC12) and zebrafish larvae, aiming to provide a preclinical framework for neurodegenerative drug discovery. In vitro, SNP exposure caused concentration-dependent reductions in viability and alterations in oxidative balance, with mHippoE-18 cells exhibiting higher susceptibility than PC12 cells. In the short-term exposure paradigm, cytotoxicity was primarily associated with membrane disruption at higher concentrations, whereas oxidative stress contributed more strongly at intermediate doses. In the long-term exposure, mHippoE-18 cells showed strong integrated correlations between ROS, LDH release, and viability loss, highlighting their increased vulnerability to nitrosative stress. In zebrafish, SNP exposure impaired metabolic activity and swimming behavior in both paradigms. Long-term exposure led to consistent dose-dependent increases in ROS, accompanied by locomotor deficits tightly linked to energy metabolism. Overall, the higher sensitivity of mHippoE-18 cells compared with PC12 cells, together with the dose-dependent metabolic and behavioral impairments observed in zebrafish, indicates that cellular responses partially mirror in vivo outcomes. This integrative approach underscores the value of combining neuronal cell lines with zebrafish larvae to capture complementary aspects of SNP-induced neurotoxicity and to strengthen preclinical evaluation of candidate compounds with protective or therapeutic potential. These findings support the use of SNP as a xenobiotic model to probe nitrosative stress-driven neurotoxicity across cellular and organismal systems.

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behavioral phenotypingneurodegenerative disordersneurotoxicitynitrosative stressreactive oxygen species (ROS)xenobiotic-induced toxicity

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