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dc.creatorPoteet, Ethan
dc.creatorWinters, Ali
dc.creatorYan, Liang-Jun
dc.creatorShufelt, Kyle
dc.creatorGreen, Kayla N.
dc.creatorSimpkins, James W.
dc.creatorWen, Yi
dc.creatorYang, Shao-Hua
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-10T15:15:37Z
dc.date.available2016-08-10T15:15:37Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-31
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048279
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/11238
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0048279
dc.description.abstractMethylene blue (MB), the first lead chemical structure of phenothiazine and other derivatives, is commonly used in diagnostic procedures and as a treatment for methemoglobinemia. We have previously demonstrated that MB could function as an alternative mitochondrial electron transfer carrier, enhance cellular oxygen consumption, and provide protection in vitro and in rodent models of Parkinson's disease and stroke. In the present study, we investigated the structure-activity relationships of MB in vitro using MB and six structurally related compounds. MB reduces mitochondrial superoxide production via alternative electron transfer that bypasses mitochondrial complexes I-III. MB mitigates reactive free radical production and provides neuroprotection in HT-22 cells against glutamate, IAA and rotenone toxicity. Distinctly, MB provides no protection against direct oxidative stress induced by glucose oxidase. Substitution of a side chain at MB's 10-nitrogen rendered a 1000-fold reduction of the protective potency against glutamate neurototoxicity. Compounds without side chains at positions 3 and 7, chlorophenothiazine and phenothiazine, have distinct redox potentials compared to MB and are incapable of enhancing mitochondrial electron transfer, while obtaining direct antioxidant actions against glutamate, IAA, and rotenone insults. Chlorophenothiazine exhibited direct antioxidant actions in mitochondria lysate assay compared to MB, which required reduction by NADH and mitochondria. MB increased complex IV expression and activity, while 2-chlorphenothiazine had no effect. Our study indicated that MB could attenuate superoxide production by functioning as an alternative mitochondrial electron transfer carrier and as a regenerable anti-oxidant in mitochondria.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.sourcePLoS One
dc.subjectMitochondria
dc.subjectMethylene blue
dc.subjectGlutamate
dc.subjectChlorpromazine
dc.subjectGlucose
dc.subjectMembrane potential
dc.subjectNeuroprotectives
dc.subjectOxygen consumption
dc.titleNeuroprotective Actions of Methylene Blue and Its Derivatives
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.holder2012 Poteet et al
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Attribution License (no version specified)
local.collegeCollege of Science and Engineering
local.departmentChemistry and Biochemistry
local.personsShufelt, Green (CHEM)


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