PMID- 27172999 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180327 LR - 20181113 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 6 DP - 2016 May 12 TI - Dual activities of the anti-cancer drug candidate PBI-05204 provide neuroprotection in brain slice models for neurodegenerative diseases and stroke. PG - 25626 LID - 10.1038/srep25626 [doi] LID - 25626 AB - We previously reported neuroprotective activity of the botanical anti-cancer drug candidate PBI-05204, a supercritical CO2 extract of Nerium oleander, in brain slice and in vivo models of ischemic stroke. We showed that one component of this neuroprotective activity is mediated through its principal cardiac glycoside constituent, oleandrin, via induction of the potent neurotrophic factor brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). However, we also noted that the concentration-relation for PBI-05204 in the brain slice oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) model is considerably broader than that for oleandrin as a single agent. We thus surmised that PBI-05204 contains an additional neuroprotective component(s), distinct from oleandrin. We report here that neuroprotective activity is also provided by the triterpenoid constituents of PBI-05204, notably oleanolic acid. We demonstrate that a sub-fraction of PBI-05204 (Fraction 0-4) containing oleanolic and other triterpenoids, but without cardiac glycosides, induces the expression of cellular antioxidant gene transcription programs regulated through antioxidant transcriptional response elements (AREs). Finally, we show that Fraction 0-4 provides broad neuroprotection in organotypic brain slice models for neurodegeneration driven by amyloid precursor protein (APP) and tau implicated in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementias, respectively, in addition to ischemic injury modeled by OGD. FAU - Van Kanegan, Michael J AU - Van Kanegan MJ AD - Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, US. FAU - Dunn, Denise E AU - Dunn DE AD - Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, US. FAU - Kaltenbach, Linda S AU - Kaltenbach LS AD - Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, US. FAU - Shah, Bijal AU - Shah B AD - Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, US. FAU - He, Dong Ning AU - He DN AD - Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, US. FAU - McCoy, Daniel D AU - McCoy DD AD - Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, US. FAU - Yang, Peiying AU - Yang P AD - Department of Palliative Care, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, US. FAU - Peng, Jiangnan AU - Peng J AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC 28403, US. FAU - Shen, Li AU - Shen L AD - Department of Pharmacy, Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China. FAU - Du, Lin AU - Du L AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, Natural Products Discovery Group, and Institute for Natural Products Applications and Research Technologies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, US. FAU - Cichewicz, Robert H AU - Cichewicz RH AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, Natural Products Discovery Group, and Institute for Natural Products Applications and Research Technologies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, US. FAU - Newman, Robert A AU - Newman RA AD - Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, US. FAU - Lo, Donald C AU - Lo DC AD - Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, US. LA - eng GR - R21 NS080514/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160512 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (PBI-05204) RN - 0 (Plant Extracts) RN - 6SMK8R7TGJ (Oleanolic Acid) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Brain/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Chemical Fractionation/methods MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Nerium/chemistry MH - Neurodegenerative Diseases/*drug therapy MH - Neuroprotective Agents/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Oleanolic Acid/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Organ Culture Techniques MH - Oxygen/metabolism MH - Plant Extracts/*pharmacology MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Stroke/*drug therapy PMC - PMC4865873 COIS- P.Y. is a paid consultant of Phoenix Biotechnology. R.A.N. is President and Chief Science Officer of Phoenix Biotechnology. EDAT- 2016/05/14 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/28 06:00 PMCR- 2016/05/12 CRDT- 2016/05/14 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/04/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/05/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/05/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/05/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - srep25626 [pii] AID - 10.1038/srep25626 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2016 May 12;6:25626. doi: 10.1038/srep25626.