• 文献标题:   Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots Reduce Oxidative Stress and Inhibit Neurotoxicity In Vitro and In Vivo through Catalase-Like Activity and Metabolic Regulation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   REN CX, HU XG, ZHOU QX
  • 作者关键词:   catalaselike activity, graphene oxide, metabolomic, neuroprotection, quantum dot
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   2198-3844
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nankai Univ
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1002/advs.201700595
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Both oxidative stress and neurotoxicity are huge challenges to human health, and effective methods and agents for resisting these adverse effects are limited, especially in vivo. It is shown here that, compared to large graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets, GO quantum dots (GOQDs), as nanozymes, efficiently reduce reactive oxygen species (ROS) and H2O2 in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridinium ion (MPP+)-induced PC12 cells. In addition, GOQDs exert neuroprotective effects in a neuronal cell model by decreasing apoptosis and alpha-synuclein. GOQDs also efficiently diminish ROS, apoptosis, and mitochondria' damage in zebrafish treated with M PP . Furthermore, GOQDs-pretreated zebrafish shows increased locomotive activity and Nissl bodies in the brain, confirming that GOQDs ameliorate M Pr-induced neurotoxicity, in contrast to GO nanosheets. GOQDs contribute to neurotoxic amelioration by increasing amino acid metabolism, decreasing tricarboxylic acid cycle activity, and reducing steroid biosynthesis, fatty acid biosynthesis, and galactose metabolic pathway activity, which are related to antioxidation and neurotransmission. Meanwhile, H2O2 decomposition and Fenton reactions suggest the catalase-like activity of GOQDs. GOQDs can translocate into zebrafish brains and exert catalase-mimicking activity to resist oxidation in the intracellular environment. Unlike general nanomaterials, biocompatible GOQDs demonstrate their high potential for human health by reducing oxidative stress and inhibiting neurotoxicity.