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. 2023 Apr 26;14:1100133. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.1100133

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Molecular mechanisms of nanomedicines. (A) MCPZFS NPs recruited Aβ and were endocytosed into microglia. After the dysfunctional microglia were restored, secretion of pro-inflammatory mediators was reduced, while phagocytosis of microglia, production of BDNF, and Aβ clearance were enhanced. (B) CS-AT NPs targeted microglia and opened their surface TRPV1 channels after the second near infrared (NIR-II) laser irradiation, leading to Ca2 + influx, activations of ATG5 and Ca2 + /CaMKK2/AMPK/mTOR signaling pathways, enhanced autophagy, phagocytosis and degradation of α-syn. (C) After GO entered microglia, it activated AMPK and inhibited mTOR pathway. GO-activated autophagy is analogous to rapamycin-activated autophagy (The picture was created with “BioRender.com”).