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Neuroprotective role of antidiabetic drug metformin against apoptotic cell death in primary cortical neurons

Mohamad-Yehia El-Mir et al. J Mol Neurosci. 2008.

Abstract

Oxidative damage has been reported to be involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy and neurodegenerative diseases. Recent evidence suggests that the antidiabetic drug metformin prevents oxidative stress-related cellular death in non-neuronal cell lines. In this report, we point to the direct neuroprotective effect of metformin, using the etoposide-induced cell death model. The exposure of intact primary neurons to this cytotoxic insult induced permeability transition pore (PTP) opening, the dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsim), cytochrome c release, and subsequent death. More importantly, metformin, together with the PTP classical inhibitor cyclosporin A (CsA), strongly mitigated the activation of this apoptotic cascade. Furthermore, the general antioxidant N-acetyl-L: -cysteine also prevented etoposide-promoted neuronal death. In addition, metformin was shown to delay CsA-sensitive PTP opening in permeabilized neurons, as triggered by a calcium overload, probably through its mild inhibitory effect on the respiratory chain complex I. We conclude that (1) etoposide-induced neuronal death is partly attributable to PTP opening and the disruption of DeltaPsim, in association with the emergence of oxidative stress, and (2) metformin inhibits this PTP opening-driven commitment to death. We thus propose that metformin, beyond its antihyperglycemic role, can also function as a new therapeutic tool for diabetes-associated neurodegenerative disorders.

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Neuroprotective role of antidiabetic drug metformin against apoptotic cell death in primary cortical neurons - PubMed