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Cinnamon and its Metabolite Protect the Nigrostriatum in a Mouse Model of Parkinson ’s Disease Via Astrocytic GDNF
This study underlines the importance of sodium benzoate (NaB), a metabolite of commonly-used spice cinnamon, a food-additive and an FDA-approved drug against hyperammonemia, in stimulating GDNF in primary mouse and human astrocytes. Presence of cAMP response element (CRE) in theGdnf gene promoter, recruitment of CREB to theGdnf promoter by NaB and abrogation of NaB-mediated GDNF expression by siRNA knockdown of CREB suggest that NaB induces the transcription ofGdnf via CREB. Finally, oral administration of NaB and cinnamon itself increased the level of GDNF in vivo in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) of normal as ...
Source: Journal of NeuroImmune Pharmacology - May 21, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research