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Abstract
Vitamin D affects calcium homeostasis and is a crucial factor in cytoplasmic and mitochondrial interactions implicated in muscle energy metabolism. This study probed the effect of vitamin D on lumbar disk degeneration based on the PINK1/Parkin signaling pathway. Primary nucleus pulposus cells from Sprague-Dawley rats were cultured to construct a model of oxidative stress in vitro, and the expression and activity of target proteins in related genes and signaling pathways were detected via real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting. We simulated disk degeneration by inducing high levels of oxidative stress in nucleus pulposus cells with 100 μM hydrogen peroxide. Vitamin D treatment could effectively increase the expression of genes related to the nucleus pulposus matrix as well as decrease disk degeneration factors’ expression. Further mechanism results displayed that vitamin D effectively reduced oxidative stress indexes in nucleus pulposus cell s and alleviated hydrogen peroxide-mediated degeneration of nucleus pulposus cells by activating the PINK1/Parkin pathway. We confirm that vitamin D activates the PINK1/Parkin pathway to play an antioxidative stress role and delay the aging and degeneration of nucleus pulposus cells.
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Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research is an international, interdisciplinary broad-based peer reviewed scientific journal for critical evaluation of research on chemistry, biology and therapeutic applications of nutraceuticals and functional foods. The major goal of this journal is to provide peer reviewed unbiased scientific data to the decision makers in the nutraceutical and food industry to help make informed choices about development of new products.
To this end, the journal will publish two types of review articles. First, a review of preclinical research data coming largely from animal, cell culture and other experimental models. Such data will provide basis for future product development and/or human research initiatives. Second, a critical evaluation of current human experimental data to help market and deliver the product for medically proven use. This journal will also serve as a forum for nutritionists, internists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and all those interested in preventive medicine.
The common denominator of all of the topic to be covered by the journal must include nutraceuticals and/functional food. The following is an example of some specific areas that may be of interest to the journal. i) Role of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients on cardiovascular health, cancer, diabetes, ocular health, mental health, men’s health, women’s health, infant nutrition, ii) Role of herbals on human health, iii) Dietary supplements and sleep, iv) Components of diet that may have beneficial effect on human health, v) regulation of apoptosis and cell viability, vi) Isolation and characterization of bioactive components from functional foods, vii) Nutritional genomics, and viii) Nutritional proteomics.