Abstract
Previously, we have reported that a 10-amino acid peptide (MIIYRDLISH) derived from the NH2-terminus of the human translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) functions as a protein transduction domain (PTD). In this study, we evaluated the transduction ability of SOD fused to TCTP-PTD (TCTP-SOD) into various cell lines. We also evaluated its ability to protect cells against paraquat-induced cell damage, in vitro and its neuroprotective effect in vivo against kainic acid-induced neuronal damage in an animal model. TCTP-SOD was transduced into various cell lines in a dose- and time-dependent manner without cytotoxic effect. Furthermore, TCTP-SOD showed cytoprotective activity in SH-SY5Y cells, and intraperitoneally, injected TCTP-SOD was delivered into the mouse brain and protected the cells in the hippocampal region against the damage induced by kainic acid. We propose TCTP-SOD as a potential candidate drug for treatment of brain diseases.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 87-92 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | European Journal of Pharmacology |
Volume | 666 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by a grant of the Korea Healthcare technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health, Welfare & Family Affairs (A090030), NRF of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (2009–0064401), Mid-career Research Program through NRF grant funded by the MEST (R01-2007-000-20263-0) , Seoul R&BD Program (ST090801), and the NCRC program of MOST/KOSEF (R15-2006-020).
Keywords
- Kainic acid
- Paraquat
- Protein transduction domain
- Superoxide dismutase
- Translationally controlled tumor protein