Yousef Tizabi, Bruk Getachew, Michael Aschner, Michael A Collins
{"title":"Role of glial cells in neurotoxicological effects of alcohol.","authors":"Yousef Tizabi, Bruk Getachew, Michael Aschner, Michael A Collins","doi":"10.1016/bs.ant.2025.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.ant.2025.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Alcohol (ethanol), presumably consumed as wine as far back as 7000 BC, is most likely the first addictive substance known to man. In modern days, its abuse leading to neurotoxicity and a myriad of organ damages, is of considerable social and medical concern. In the United States alone, approximately 180,000 people die yearly because of alcohol-related accidents and diseases. Given its ubiquitous nature, alcohol may interact with many cellular components. In this chapter, we specifically concentrate on its neurotoxic mechanisms involving glial cells and their role in neuroinflammation. Moreover, exploitation of this knowledge for potential novel interventions in alcohol-induced neurotoxicity are touched upon.</p>","PeriodicalId":72100,"journal":{"name":"Advances in neurotoxicology","volume":"14 ","pages":"41-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12261501/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144644259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isaac A Adedara, Khadija A Mohammed, Julia Canzian, Babajide O Ajayi, Ebenezer O Farombi, Tatiana Emanuelli, Denis B Rosemberg, Michael Aschner
{"title":"Utility of zebrafish-based models in understanding molecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity mediated by the gut-brain axis.","authors":"Isaac A Adedara, Khadija A Mohammed, Julia Canzian, Babajide O Ajayi, Ebenezer O Farombi, Tatiana Emanuelli, Denis B Rosemberg, Michael Aschner","doi":"10.1016/bs.ant.2024.02.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.ant.2024.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The gut microbes perform several beneficial functions which impact the periphery and central nervous systems of the host. Gut microbiota dysbiosis is acknowledged as a major contributor to the development of several neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders including bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism spectrum disorder. Thus, elucidation of how the gut microbiota-brain axis plays a role in health and disease conditions is a potential novel approach to prevent and treat brain disorders. The zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>) is an invaluable vertebrate model that possesses conserved brain and intestinal features with those of humans, thus making zebrafish a valued model to investigate the interplay between the gut microbiota and host health. This chapter describes current findings on the utility of zebrafish in understanding molecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity mediated via the gut microbiota-brain axis. Specifically, it highlights the utility of zebrafish as a model organism for understanding how anthropogenic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and bacteria exposure affect animals and human health via the gut-brain axis.</p>","PeriodicalId":72100,"journal":{"name":"Advances in neurotoxicology","volume":"11 ","pages":"177-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11090488/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140917437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fernanda Vidal Carvalho, Harold E Landis, Bruk Getachew, Victor Diogenes Amaral Silva, Paulo R Ribeiro, Michael Aschner, Yousef Tizabi
{"title":"Iron toxicity, ferroptosis and microbiota in Parkinson's disease: Implications for novel targets.","authors":"Fernanda Vidal Carvalho, Harold E Landis, Bruk Getachew, Victor Diogenes Amaral Silva, Paulo R Ribeiro, Michael Aschner, Yousef Tizabi","doi":"10.1016/bs.ant.2024.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.ant.2024.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). Iron (Fe)-dependent programmed cell death known as ferroptosis, plays a crucial role in the etiology and progression of PD. Since SNpc is particularly vulnerable to Fe toxicity, a central role for ferroptosis in the etiology and progression of PD is envisioned. Ferroptosis, characterized by reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent accumulation of lipid peroxides, is tightly regulated by a variety of intracellular metabolic processes. Moreover, the recently characterized bi-directional interactions between ferroptosis and the gut microbiota, not only provides another window into the mechanistic underpinnings of PD but could also suggest novel interventions in this devastating disease. Here, following a brief discussion of PD, we focus on how our expanding knowledge of Fe-induced ferroptosis and its interaction with the gut microbiota may contribute to the pathophysiology of PD and how this knowledge may be exploited to provide novel interventions in PD.</p>","PeriodicalId":72100,"journal":{"name":"Advances in neurotoxicology","volume":"11 ","pages":"105-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11105119/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141072402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anatoly V Skalny, Michael Aschner, Viktor A Gritsenko, Airton C Martins, Yousef Tizabi, Tatiana V Korobeinikova, Monica M B Paoliello, Alexey A Tinkov
{"title":"Modulation of gut microbiota with probiotics as a strategy to counteract endogenous and exogenous neurotoxicity.","authors":"Anatoly V Skalny, Michael Aschner, Viktor A Gritsenko, Airton C Martins, Yousef Tizabi, Tatiana V Korobeinikova, Monica M B Paoliello, Alexey A Tinkov","doi":"10.1016/bs.ant.2024.02.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.ant.2024.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The existing data demonstrate that probiotic supplementation affords protective effects against neurotoxicity of exogenous (e.g., metals, ethanol, propionic acid, aflatoxin B1, organic pollutants) and endogenous (e.g., LPS, glucose, Aβ, phospho-tau, α-synuclein) agents. Although the protective mechanisms of probiotic treatments differ between various neurotoxic agents, several key mechanisms at both the intestinal and brain levels seem inherent to all of them. Specifically, probiotic-induced improvement in gut microbiota diversity and taxonomic characteristics results in modulation of gut-derived metabolite production with increased secretion of SFCA. Moreover, modulation of gut microbiota results in inhibition of intestinal absorption of neurotoxic agents and their deposition in brain. Probiotics also maintain gut wall integrity and inhibit intestinal inflammation, thus reducing systemic levels of LPS. Centrally, probiotics ameliorate neurotoxin-induced neuroinflammation by decreasing LPS-induced TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling and prevention of microglia activation. Neuroprotective mechanisms of probiotics also include inhibition of apoptosis and oxidative stress, at least partially by up-regulation of SIRT1 signaling. Moreover, probiotics reduce inhibitory effect of neurotoxic agents on BDNF expression, on neurogenesis, and on synaptic function. They can also reverse altered neurotransmitter metabolism and exert an antiamyloidogenic effect. The latter may be due to up-regulation of ADAM10 activity and down-regulation of presenilin 1 expression. Therefore, in view of the multiple mechanisms invoked for the neuroprotective effect of probiotics, as well as their high tolerance and safety, the use of probiotics should be considered as a therapeutic strategy for ameliorating adverse brain effects of various endogenous and exogenous agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":72100,"journal":{"name":"Advances in neurotoxicology","volume":"11 ","pages":"133-176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11090489/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140917432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tao Ke, Fernando Barbosa Junior, Abel Santamaria, Aaron B Bowman, Michael Aschner
{"title":"Genetic factors in methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity: What have we learned from <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> models?","authors":"Tao Ke, Fernando Barbosa Junior, Abel Santamaria, Aaron B Bowman, Michael Aschner","doi":"10.1016/bs.ant.2023.01.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ant.2023.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72100,"journal":{"name":"Advances in neurotoxicology","volume":"9 ","pages":"271-290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10310048/pdf/nihms-1909103.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9799787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isaac A Adedara, Khadija A Mohammed, Julia Canzian, Denis B Rosemberg, Michael Aschner, Ebenezer O Farombi, Joao Batista Rocha
{"title":"<i>Nauphoeta cinerea</i> as an emerging model in neurotoxicology.","authors":"Isaac A Adedara, Khadija A Mohammed, Julia Canzian, Denis B Rosemberg, Michael Aschner, Ebenezer O Farombi, Joao Batista Rocha","doi":"10.1016/bs.ant.2023.01.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ant.2023.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72100,"journal":{"name":"Advances in neurotoxicology","volume":"9 ","pages":"181-196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10310038/pdf/nihms-1909102.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9799790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prasada Rao S Kodavanti, Lucio G Costa, Michael Aschner
{"title":"Perspective on halogenated organic compounds.","authors":"Prasada Rao S Kodavanti, Lucio G Costa, Michael Aschner","doi":"10.1016/bs.ant.2023.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.ant.2023.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the past century, a vast number of organic chemicals have been manufactured and used in industrial, agricultural, public health, consumer products, and other applications. The widespread use in bulk quantities of halogenated organic chemicals (HOCs; also called Organohalogens), including chlorinated, brominated, and fluorinated compounds, and their persistent nature have resulted in global environmental contamination. Increasing levels of HOCs in environmental media (i.e<i>.,</i> air, water, soil, sediment) and in human tissues including adipose tissue, breast milk, and placenta continue to be a cause of ecological and human health concern. Human exposure can occur through multiple pathways including direct skin contact, inhalation, drinking water, and mainly through food consumption. HOCs exposure has been implicated in a myriad of health effects including reproductive, neurological, immunological, endocrine, behavioral, and carcinogenic effects in both wildlife and humans. In addition, recent studies indicate that exposure to HOCs contributes to obesity and type 2 diabetes. Because of these adverse health effects, several regulatory agencies either banned or placed severe restrictions on their production and usage. In turn, many industries withdrew from production and usage of HOCs. This action resulted in decline of older HOCs such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), but more recent HOCs such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) show a steady increase/stable with time in the global environment. Based on their use pattern and their persistent chemical properties, human exposure to HOCs will likely continue. Hence, understanding human health effects and taking preventive measures for such exposures are necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":72100,"journal":{"name":"Advances in neurotoxicology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10622110/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71429632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Somaiyeh Azmoun, Yenny Fariñas Diaz, Cheuk Y Tang, Megan Horton, Sean A P Clouston, Ben J Luft, Evelyn J Bromet, Sam Gandy, Donatella Placidi, Claudia Ambrosi, Lorella Mascaro, Carlo Rodella, Barbara Paghera, Roberto Gasparotti, Jeremy W Chambers, Kim Tieu, Daniele Corbo, Roberto G Lucchini
{"title":"Cognitive impact of exposure to airborne particles captured by brain imaging.","authors":"Somaiyeh Azmoun, Yenny Fariñas Diaz, Cheuk Y Tang, Megan Horton, Sean A P Clouston, Ben J Luft, Evelyn J Bromet, Sam Gandy, Donatella Placidi, Claudia Ambrosi, Lorella Mascaro, Carlo Rodella, Barbara Paghera, Roberto Gasparotti, Jeremy W Chambers, Kim Tieu, Daniele Corbo, Roberto G Lucchini","doi":"10.1016/bs.ant.2022.05.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ant.2022.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72100,"journal":{"name":"Advances in neurotoxicology","volume":"7 ","pages":"29-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473881/pdf/nihms-1833942.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10153694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anatoly V Skalny, Michael Aschner, Yueming Jiang, Yordanka G Gluhcheva, Yousef Tizabi, Ryszard Lobinski, Alexey A Tinkov
{"title":"Molecular mechanisms of aluminum neurotoxicity: Update on adverse effects and therapeutic strategies.","authors":"Anatoly V Skalny, Michael Aschner, Yueming Jiang, Yordanka G Gluhcheva, Yousef Tizabi, Ryszard Lobinski, Alexey A Tinkov","doi":"10.1016/bs.ant.2020.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ant.2020.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72100,"journal":{"name":"Advances in neurotoxicology","volume":"5 ","pages":"1-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/bs.ant.2020.12.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39184802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}