<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Balmik, Abhishek Ankur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chinnathambi, Subashchandrabose</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Multi-faceted role of melatonin in neuroprotection and amelioration of tau aggregates in alzheimer's disease</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Alzheimers Disease</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alzheimer's disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">hyperphosphorylation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">melatonin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mitochondria</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein aggregation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tau protein</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">62</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1481-1493</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the major age related neurodegenerative diseases whose pathology arises due to the presence of two distinct protein aggregates, viz., amyloid-beta plaques in extracellular matrix and tau neurofibrillary tangles in neurons. Multiple factors play a role in AD pathology, which includes familial mutations, oxidative stress, and post-translational modifications. Melatonin is an endocrine hormone, secreted during darkness, derived from tryptophan, and produced mainly by the pineal gland. It is an amphipathic molecule, which makes it suitable to cross not only blood-brain barrier, but also to enter several other subcellular compartments like mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum. In this context, the neuroprotective effect of melatonin may be attributed to its role as an antioxidant. Melatonin's pleiotropic function as an antioxidant and neuroprotective agent has been widely studied. However, its direct effect on the aggregation of tau and amyloid-beta needs to be explored. Furthermore, an important aspect of its function is its ability to regulate the process of phosphorylation of tau by affecting the function of kinases and phosphatases. In this review, we are focusing on the pleiotropic function of melatonin on the aspect of its neuroprotective function in tau pathology, which includes antioxidant function, regulation of enzymes, including kinases and enzymes involved in free radical scavenging and mitochondrial protection.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3.731</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Rashmi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Balmik, Abhishek Ankur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chinnathambi, Subashchandrabose</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effect of melatonin on tau aggregation and tau-mediated cell surface morphology</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">International Journal of Biological Macromolecules</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alzheimer's disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cell surface morphology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">melatonin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paired helical filaments</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tau protein</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tauopathies</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JUN </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">152</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">30-39</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Aggregation of Microtubule-associated protein Tau and its deposition in the form of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) is one of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Tau aggregation inhibition has been targeted in various studies including natural compounds and synthetic small molecules. Here, we have studied neurohormone- Melatonin against in vitro Tau aggregation and observed its effect on membrane topology, tubulin network and Tau phosphorylation in Neuro2A and N9 cell lines. The aggregation and conformation of Tau was determined by ThT fluorescence and CD spectroscopy respectively. The morphology of Tau aggregates in presence and absence of Melatonin was studied by transmission electron microscopy. Melatonin was found to reduce the formation of higher order oligomeric structures without affecting the overall aggregation kinetics of Tau. Melatonin also modulates and helps to maintain membrane morphology, independent on tubulin network as evidenced by FE-SEM and immunofluorescence analysis. Overall, Melatonin administration shows mild anti-aggregation and cytoprotective effects. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Balmik, Abhishek Ankur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Rashmi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dangi, Abha</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gorantla, Nalini Vijay</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marelli, Udaya Kiran</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chinnathambi, Subashchandrabose</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Melatonin interacts with repeat domain of Tau to mediate disaggregation of paired helical filaments</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alzheimer's disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Disaggregation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">melatonin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paired helical filaments</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tau protein</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tauopathies</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1864</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">129467</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Tau is the major neuronal protein involved in the stabilization of microtubule assembly. In Alzheimer's disease, Tau self-assembles to form intracellular protein aggregates which are toxic to cells. Various methods have been tried and tested to restrain the aggregation of Tau. Most of the agents tested for this purpose have limitations in their effectiveness and availability to neuronal cells. We have tested melatonin, a neurohormone secreted by pineal gland and a well-known anti-oxidant, for its ability to interact with the repeat domain of Tau using ITC and NMR. In aggregation inhibition and disaggregation studies of repeat Tau, melatonin was found to modulate the aggregation propensity of repeat Tau at a concentration of 5000 mu M and was more effective in dissolving preformed aggregates rather than acting as an aggregation inhibitor. However, there were no major conformational changes in Tau in presence of melatonin as observed by CD spectroscopy. On the basis of our findings, we are proposing a mechanism by which melatonin can interact with the repeat domain of Tau and exhibit its disaggregation effect.&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Rashmi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Balmik, Abhishek Ankur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chinnathambi, Subashchandrabose</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Melatonin reduces GSK3 beta-mediated tau phosphorylation, enhances Nrf2 nuclear translocation and anti-inflammation</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ASN Neuro</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alzheimer&amp;\#8217</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anti-inflammatory</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GSK3&amp;\#946</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">melatonin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">microglia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">neurodegeneration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nrf2</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">s disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tau hyperphosphorylation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DEC</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1759091420981204</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Alzheimer's disease is a neuropathological condition with abnormal accumulation of extracellular Amyloid-beta plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles of Microtubule-associated protein Tau (Tau) in the brain. In pathological conditions, Tau undergoes post-translational modifications such as hyperphosphorylation by the activity of cellular kinases, which eventually leads to protein aggregation in neurons. Melatonin is a neuro-hormone that is mainly secreted from the pineal gland and functions to modulate the cellular kinases. In our study, we have checked the neuroprotective function of Melatonin by MTT and LDH assay, where Melatonin inhibited the Tau aggregates-mediated cytotoxicity and membrane leakage in Neuro2A cells. The potency of Melatonin has also been studied for the quenching of intracellular reactive oxygen species level by DCFDA assay and caspase 3 activity. Melatonin was shown to reduce the GSK3 beta mRNA and subsequent protein level as well as the phospho-Tau level (pThr181 and pThr212-pSer214) in okadaic acid-induced Neuro2A cells, as observed by western blot and immunofluorescence assay. Further, Melatonin has increased the cellular Nrf2 level and its nuclear translocation as an oxidative stress response in Tauopathy. The Melatonin was found to induce pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines levels in N9 microglia. The mRNA level of cellular kinases such as as-GSK3 beta, MAPK were also studied by qRT-PCR assay in Tau-exposed N9 and Neuro2A cells. The immunomodulatory effect of Melatonin was evident as it induced IL-10 and TGF-beta cytokine levels and activated MAP3K level in Tau-exposed microglia and neurons, respectively. Melatonin also downregulated the mRNA level of pro-inflammatory markers, IL-1 beta and Cyclooxygenase-2 in N9 microglia. Together, these findings suggest that Melatonin remediated the cytokine profile of Tau-exposed microglia, reduced Tau hyperphosphorylation by downregulating GSK3 beta level, and alleviated oxidative stress via Nrf2 nuclear translocation.&lt;/p&gt;
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