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quinolinic acid and Encephalopathy, Toxic

quinolinic acid has been researched along with Encephalopathy, Toxic in 32 studies

Quinolinic Acid: A metabolite of tryptophan with a possible role in neurodegenerative disorders. Elevated CSF levels of quinolinic acid are correlated with the severity of neuropsychological deficits in patients who have AIDS.
pyridinedicarboxylic acid : Any member of the class of pyridines carrying two carboxy groups.
quinolinic acid : A pyridinedicarboxylic acid that is pyridine substituted by carboxy groups at positions 2 and 3. It is a metabolite of tryptophan.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Cryptotanshinone (CTS), a major constituent from the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen), is widely used in the treatment of coronary heart disease, stroke and less commonly Alzheimer's disease."7.74Transport of cryptotanshinone, a major active triterpenoid in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge widely used in the treatment of stroke and Alzheimer's disease, across the blood-brain barrier. ( Cao, J; Chan, E; Chen, X; Chowbay, B; Duan, W; Li, CG; Liang, J; Lin, SG; Wen, JY; Yu, XY; Zhou, SF; Zhou, ZW, 2007)
" Quinolinic acid (QA)-induced seizures are used to average NMDA receptors-evoked neurotoxicity in animal models."7.72NMDA preconditioning protects against seizures and hippocampal neurotoxicity induced by quinolinic acid in mice. ( Boeck, CR; Ganzella, M; Lottermann, A; Vendite, D, 2004)
" Specially, chemical preconditioning models using N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) pre-treatment, which has demonstrated to lead to neuroprotection against seizures and damage to neuronal tissue induced by quinolinic acid (QA)."4.87Cell signaling in NMDA preconditioning and neuroprotection in convulsions induced by quinolinic acid. ( Muller, Gdo A; Severino, PC; Tasca, CI; Vandresen-Filho, S, 2011)
"Aloysia gratissima aqueous extract (AE) was investigated as a putative protective agent against quinolinic acid (QA)-induced seizures in mice and hippocampal cell damage."3.80Aloysia gratissima prevents cellular damage induced by glutamatergic excitotoxicity. ( Bertoldo, DB; Dal-Cim, T; Maraschin, M; Martins, WC; Tasca, CI; Vandresen-Filho, S; Zeni, AL, 2014)
"Cryptotanshinone (CTS), a major constituent from the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen), is widely used in the treatment of coronary heart disease, stroke and less commonly Alzheimer's disease."3.74Transport of cryptotanshinone, a major active triterpenoid in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge widely used in the treatment of stroke and Alzheimer's disease, across the blood-brain barrier. ( Cao, J; Chan, E; Chen, X; Chowbay, B; Duan, W; Li, CG; Liang, J; Lin, SG; Wen, JY; Yu, XY; Zhou, SF; Zhou, ZW, 2007)
" Quinolinic acid (QA)-induced seizures are used to average NMDA receptors-evoked neurotoxicity in animal models."3.72NMDA preconditioning protects against seizures and hippocampal neurotoxicity induced by quinolinic acid in mice. ( Boeck, CR; Ganzella, M; Lottermann, A; Vendite, D, 2004)
" However, their toxic properties have yet to be explored in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C."1.48Comparison of the Toxic Effects of Quinolinic Acid and 3-Nitropropionic Acid in C. elegans: Involvement of the SKN-1 Pathway. ( Aguilera-González, MF; Aschner, M; Avila, DS; Colonnello, A; de Lima, ME; García-Contreras, R; Kotlar, I; Ortíz-Plata, A; Santamaría, A; Soares, FAA, 2018)
"Ferulic acid (FA) is a phenolic compound possessing antioxidant and cytoprotective properties."1.48Comparing the Effects of Ferulic Acid and Sugarcane Aqueous Extract in In Vitro and In Vivo Neurotoxic Models. ( Aschner, M; Colonnello, A; de Lima, ME; García-Contreras, R; Kotlar, I; Ortíz-Plata, A; Santamaría, A; Soares, FAA, 2018)
"Treatment with rosiglitazone (5, 10 mg/kg) and VPA (100, 200 mg/kg) for 21 days significantly attenuated these behavioral, biochemical, and cellular alterations as compared to control (QA 200 nmol) group."1.40Rosiglitazone synergizes the neuroprotective effects of valproic acid against quinolinic acid-induced neurotoxicity in rats: targeting PPARγ and HDAC pathways. ( Chaudhary, T; Kumar, A; Mishra, J, 2014)
"Quinolinic acid is an endogenous excitotoxin that causes neurotoxicity in diverse areas of the brain and produces motor dysfunction."1.36Protective effect of rofecoxib and nimesulide against intra-striatal quinolinic acid-induced behavioral, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunctions in rats. ( Kalonia, H; Kumar, A; Kumar, P; Nehru, B, 2010)
"Quinolinic acid has been reported to induce excitotoxicity by stimulating the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, causing calcium overload which in turn leads to the neurodegeneration."1.36Protective effect of montelukast against quinolinic acid/malonic acid induced neurotoxicity: possible behavioral, biochemical, mitochondrial and tumor necrosis factor-α level alterations in rats. ( Kalonia, H; Kumar, A; Kumar, P; Nehru, B, 2010)
" After sham-lesioned rats reached a stable baseline, a between-sessions heroin dose-response function was established."1.31The effects of excitotoxic lesions of the nucleus accumbens core or shell regions on intravenous heroin self-administration in rats. ( Alderson, HL; Everitt, BJ; Parkinson, JA; Robbins, TW, 2001)

Research

Studies (32)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's11 (34.38)29.6817
2010's21 (65.63)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Kotlar, I2
Colonnello, A2
Aguilera-González, MF1
Avila, DS1
de Lima, ME2
García-Contreras, R2
Ortíz-Plata, A3
Soares, FAA2
Aschner, M2
Santamaría, A5
Koo, YS1
Kim, H1
Park, JH1
Kim, MJ1
Shin, YI1
Choi, BT1
Lee, SY1
Shin, HK1
Liu, P1
Li, Y1
Qi, X1
Xu, J1
Liu, D1
Ji, X1
Chi, T1
Liu, H1
Zou, L1
Petkau, TL1
Zhu, S1
Lu, G1
Fernando, S1
Cynader, M1
Leavitt, BR1
Mishra, J2
Chaudhary, T1
Kumar, A7
Zeni, AL1
Vandresen-Filho, S2
Dal-Cim, T1
Martins, WC1
Bertoldo, DB1
Maraschin, M1
Tasca, CI2
García-Lara, L1
Pérez-Severiano, F2
González-Esquivel, D1
Elizondo, G1
Segovia, J1
Meier, TB1
Drevets, WC1
Wurfel, BE1
Ford, BN1
Morris, HM1
Victor, TA1
Bodurka, J1
Teague, TK1
Dantzer, R1
Savitz, J1
Saliba, SW1
Vieira, EL1
Santos, RP1
Candelario-Jalil, E1
Fiebich, BL1
Vieira, LB1
Teixeira, AL1
de Oliveira, AC1
Kalonia, H5
Kumar, P5
Nehru, B2
Severino, PC1
Muller, Gdo A1
Guillemin, GJ2
Carmona-Ramírez, I1
Tobón-Velasco, JC1
Orozco-Ibarra, M1
González-Herrera, IG1
Pedraza-Chaverrí, J2
Maldonado, PD2
Blundell, P1
Symonds, M1
Hall, G1
Killcross, S1
Bailey, GK1
Salvatierra-Sánchez, R1
Vázquez-Román, B1
Santiago-López, D1
Villeda-Hernández, J2
Galván-Arzate, S2
Jiménez-Capdeville, ME1
Ali, SF1
Cerstiaens, A1
Huybrechts, J1
Kotanen, S1
Lebeau, I1
Meylaers, K1
De Loof, A1
Schoofs, L1
Popoli, P1
Pintor, A1
Tebano, MT1
Frank, C1
Pepponi, R1
Nazzicone, V1
Grieco, R1
Pèzzola, A1
Reggio, R1
Minghetti, L1
De Berardinis, MA1
Martire, A1
Potenza, RL1
Domenici, MR1
Massotti, M1
Boeck, CR1
Ganzella, M1
Lottermann, A1
Vendite, D1
Rodríguez-Pérez, M1
Medina-Campos, ON1
Sánchez-García, A1
Aguilera, P1
Maharaj, H1
Maharaj, DS1
Daya, S2
Müller, AC1
Dairam, A1
Limson, JL1
Yu, XY1
Lin, SG1
Chen, X1
Zhou, ZW1
Liang, J1
Duan, W1
Chowbay, B1
Wen, JY1
Chan, E1
Cao, J1
Li, CG1
Zhou, SF1
Song, J1
Lee, ST1
Kang, W1
Park, JE1
Chu, K1
Lee, SE1
Hwang, T1
Chung, H1
Kim, M1
Hutcheson, DM1
Parkinson, JA2
Robbins, TW2
Everitt, BJ2
Alderson, HL1

Reviews

2 reviews available for quinolinic acid and Encephalopathy, Toxic

ArticleYear
Cell signaling in NMDA preconditioning and neuroprotection in convulsions induced by quinolinic acid.
    Life sciences, 2011, Oct-10, Volume: 89, Issue:15-16

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Brain Chemistry; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; Glutam

2011
Quinolinic acid, the inescapable neurotoxin.
    The FEBS journal, 2012, Volume: 279, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Humans; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Neurotoxins; Quinolinic Acid

2012

Other Studies

30 other studies available for quinolinic acid and Encephalopathy, Toxic

ArticleYear
Comparison of the Toxic Effects of Quinolinic Acid and 3-Nitropropionic Acid in C. elegans: Involvement of the SKN-1 Pathway.
    Neurotoxicity research, 2018, Volume: 33, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Antihypertensive Agents; Caenorhabditis elegans; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; Corpus St

2018
Comparing the Effects of Ferulic Acid and Sugarcane Aqueous Extract in In Vitro and In Vivo Neurotoxic Models.
    Neurotoxicity research, 2018, Volume: 34, Issue:3

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Animals, Genetically Modified; Birth Rate; Caenorhabditis elegans; Ca

2018
Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-Dependent Neurotoxic Kynurenine Metabolism Contributes to Poststroke Depression Induced in Mice by Ischemic Stroke along with Spatial Restraint Stress.
    Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2018, Volume: 2018

    Topics: 3-Hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-Dioxygenase; Animals; Brain Ischemia; Depressive Disorder; Indoleamine-Pyr

2018
Protein kinase C is involved in the neuroprotective effect of berberine against intrastriatal injection of quinolinic acid-induced biochemical alteration in mice.
    Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2019, Volume: 23, Issue:9

    Topics: Animals; Berberine; Cognitive Dysfunction; Disease Models, Animal; Glutamic Acid; Glycogen Synthase

2019
Sensitivity to neurotoxic stress is not increased in progranulin-deficient mice.
    Neurobiology of aging, 2013, Volume: 34, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Fluoresceins; Granulins; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Kainic Acid; Mice;

2013
Rosiglitazone synergizes the neuroprotective effects of valproic acid against quinolinic acid-induced neurotoxicity in rats: targeting PPARγ and HDAC pathways.
    Neurotoxicity research, 2014, Volume: 26, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Body Weight; Brain; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Synergism; Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors;

2014
Aloysia gratissima prevents cellular damage induced by glutamatergic excitotoxicity.
    The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology, 2014, Volume: 66, Issue:9

    Topics: Animals; Biological Transport; Cell Death; Cell Survival; Coumaric Acids; Excitatory Amino Acid Agon

2014
Improvement of mitochondrial NAD(+)/FAD(+)-linked state-3 respiration by caffeine attenuates quinolinic acid induced motor impairment in rats: implications in Huntington's disease.
    Pharmacological reports : PR, 2014, Volume: 66, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Caffeine; Cell Respiration; Corpus Striatum; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Res

2014
Absence of aryl hydrocarbon receptors increases endogenous kynurenic acid levels and protects mouse brain against excitotoxic insult and oxidative stress.
    Journal of neuroscience research, 2015, Volume: 93, Issue:9

    Topics: Acetyltransferases; Animals; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors; Brain; Disease Models, An

2015
Relationship between neurotoxic kynurenine metabolites and reductions in right medial prefrontal cortical thickness in major depressive disorder.
    Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2016, Volume: 53

    Topics: Adult; Brain; C-Reactive Protein; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Cortex; Depressive Disorder, Major;

2016
Neuroprotective effects of intrastriatal injection of rapamycin in a mouse model of excitotoxicity induced by quinolinic acid.
    Journal of neuroinflammation, 2017, 01-31, Volume: 14, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Body Weight; Corpus Striatum; Cytokines; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship

2017
Protective effect of rofecoxib and nimesulide against intra-striatal quinolinic acid-induced behavioral, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunctions in rats.
    Neurotoxicology, 2010, Volume: 31, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Ataxia; Body Weight; Cell Survival; Corpus Striatum; Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; Lactones;

2010
Pioglitazone ameliorates behavioral, biochemical and cellular alterations in quinolinic acid induced neurotoxicity: possible role of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-Upsilon (PPARUpsilon) in Huntington's disease.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2010, Volume: 96, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Benzhydryl Compounds; Body Weight; Corpus Striatum; Disease Models, Animal; E

2010
Comparative neuroprotective profile of statins in quinolinic acid induced neurotoxicity in rats.
    Behavioural brain research, 2011, Jan-01, Volume: 216, Issue:1

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Atorvastatin; Behavior, Animal; Body Weight; Corpus Striatum; Fatty A

2011
Protective effect of montelukast against quinolinic acid/malonic acid induced neurotoxicity: possible behavioral, biochemical, mitochondrial and tumor necrosis factor-α level alterations in rats.
    Neuroscience, 2010, Nov-24, Volume: 171, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetates; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Body Weight; Brain; Brain Chemistry; Cata

2010
Licofelone attenuates quinolinic acid induced Huntington like symptoms: possible behavioral, biochemical and cellular alterations.
    Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2011, Mar-30, Volume: 35, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Biochemical Phenomena; Corpus Striatum; Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; Dise

2011
Quinolinic acid: neurotoxicity.
    The FEBS journal, 2012, Volume: 279, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Humans; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Quinolinic Acid

2012
RETRACTED: Curcumin restores Nrf2 levels and prevents quinolinic acid-induced neurotoxicity.
    The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 2013, Volume: 24, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Corpus Striatum; Curcumin; Glutathione Peroxidase; Male; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Neurot

2013
Within-event learning in rats with lesions of the basolateral amygdala.
    Behavioural brain research, 2013, Jan-01, Volume: 236, Issue:1

    Topics: Amygdala; Animals; Avoidance Learning; Conditioning, Operant; Learning; Male; Neurotoxicity Syndrome

2013
Protective effects of the antioxidant selenium on quinolinic acid-induced neurotoxicity in rats: in vitro and in vivo studies.
    Journal of neurochemistry, 2003, Volume: 86, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Behavior, Animal; Body Weight; Brain Chemistry; Corpus Striatum; gamma-Aminob

2003
Neurotoxic and neurobehavioral effects of kynurenines in adult insects.
    Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2003, Dec-26, Volume: 312, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Apoptosis; Behavior, Animal; Cell Survival; Cells, Cultured; Diptera; Dose-Response Relatio

2003
Neuroprotective effects of the mGlu5R antagonist MPEP towards quinolinic acid-induced striatal toxicity: involvement of pre- and post-synaptic mechanisms and lack of direct NMDA blocking activity.
    Journal of neurochemistry, 2004, Volume: 89, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Body Weight; Calcium; Cells, Cultured; Electroencephalography; Excitatory Amino Acid Antago

2004
NMDA preconditioning protects against seizures and hippocampal neurotoxicity induced by quinolinic acid in mice.
    Epilepsia, 2004, Volume: 45, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Apoptosis; Dizocilpine Maleate; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Excitatory Amino Acid Ago

2004
S-Allylcysteine, a garlic-derived antioxidant, ameliorates quinolinic acid-induced neurotoxicity and oxidative damage in rats.
    Neurochemistry international, 2004, Volume: 45, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Behavior, Animal; Blotting, Western; Body Weight; Cysteine; Garlic; Glutathio

2004
Acetylsalicylic acid and acetaminophen protect against oxidative neurotoxicity.
    Metabolic brain disease, 2006, Volume: 21, Issue:2-3

    Topics: 3-Hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-Dioxygenase; Acetaminophen; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; Animals; Anti-Inflam

2006
Mechanisms by which acyclovir reduces the oxidative neurotoxicity and biosynthesis of quinolinic acid.
    Life sciences, 2007, Feb-13, Volume: 80, Issue:10

    Topics: 3-Hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-Dioxygenase; Acyclovir; Animals; Antimetabolites; Electrochemistry; Indole

2007
Transport of cryptotanshinone, a major active triterpenoid in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge widely used in the treatment of stroke and Alzheimer's disease, across the blood-brain barrier.
    Current drug metabolism, 2007, Volume: 8, Issue:4

    Topics: Alzheimer Disease; Animals; ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B; ATP Binding Cassette Tran

2007
Human embryonic stem cell-derived neural precursor transplants attenuate apomorphine-induced rotational behavior in rats with unilateral quinolinic acid lesions.
    Neuroscience letters, 2007, Aug-09, Volume: 423, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Apomorphine; Cell Differentiation; Cell Line; Dopamine Agonists; Embryonic Stem Cells; Hunt

2007
The effects of nucleus accumbens core and shell lesions on intravenous heroin self-administration and the acquisition of drug-seeking behaviour under a second-order schedule of heroin reinforcement.
    Psychopharmacology, 2001, Volume: 153, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Conditioning, Operant; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Excitatory Amino

2001
The effects of excitotoxic lesions of the nucleus accumbens core or shell regions on intravenous heroin self-administration in rats.
    Psychopharmacology, 2001, Volume: 153, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Conditioning, Operant; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; He

2001