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. 2024 Dec 24;15:1494277. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1494277

TABLE 7.

Summary of the targets/pathways/mechanisms and effects of gastrodin on depression and nervous system tumors.

Disease Inducer Experimental model Dose Targets/mechanisms Effects Refs
Depression In vivo: NA In vivo: C57BL/6J mice In vivo: 10, 20 mg/kg In vivo: NE, 5-HT, DA, Bcl-2↑ Improves depression-like behaviors and nerve cell injury by inhibiting Caspase-3-mediated apoptosis Pei et al. (2024)
Caspase-3, Bax↓
Depression In vivo: NA In vivo: SD rats In vivo: 100 mg/kg (i.g.) In vivo: 5-HT 1A receptor, CRMP2, PFN1↑ Regulates the expression of cytoskeleton remodeling-related protein in the Slit-Robo pathway and promotes hippocampal neuronal cell plasticity Chen et al. (2016)
Slit1, RhoA↓
In vitro: NA In vitro: Hs 683 cells In vitro: 50, 100, 100 μM In vitro: Slit1↓
Depression In vivo: NA In vivo: SD rats In vivo: 50, 100, 200 mg/kg (i.p.) In vivo: GFAP, BDNF↑ Protects astrocytes and promotes the expression of BDNF through activating ERK1/2 Zhang et al. (2014)
In vitro: NA In vitro: hippocampal astrocytes In vitro: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 μg/mL In vitro: BDNF, p-ERK1/2↑
Depression In vivo: NA In vivo: SD rats In vivo: 50, 100, 200 mg/kg (i.p.) In vivo: p-IκB, NF-κB, IL-1β↓ Alleviates depressive-like behavior by protecting the hippocampal neural stem cells from the damage of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β Wang et al. (2014)
In vitro: NA In vitro: hippocampal NSC cells In vitro: 5, 10, 20, 50 μg/mL In vitro: IL-1β↓
The ratio of BrdU+/PI+ cells, BrdU+/PI+
Depression In vivo: LPS 0.25 mg/kg/d In vivo: C57BL/6 mice In vivo: 25, 50, 100 mg/kg/d (i.p.) In vivo and In vitro: mRNA and protein expression of Nrf2, p-Nrf2↑ Attenuates neuroinflammation in LPS-induced depressed rats by promoting an Arg-1+ microglia phenotype through the Nrf2 pathway Zhang et al. (2023)
In vitro: LPS 5 μg/mL In vitro: Primary microglia In vitro: 25, 50, 100 μM mRNA expression of Arg-1, IL-10↑
mRNA expression of iNOS, CD11b, CD86, NLRP3, IL-1β, IL-6↓
Nervous system tumors In vivo: NA In vivo: BALB/c nude mice T98 cells In vivo: 40 mg/kg In vivo: HOXD10, ACSL4↑ Induces the occurrence of glioma ferroptosis by up-regulating HOXD10 and ACSL4 and down-regulating KI67 and PCNA proteins Cao et al. (2023)
KI67, PCNA↓
In vitro: NA In vitro: HT22, C6, LO2, HK2, HPDE, NHA, U251, T98, LN229 and PC12 cells In vitro: 0, 5, 10, 20 μM In vitro: proliferation of the glioma cells↓
mRNA and protein expression of HOXD10↑
ROS, iron, MDA↑
GPX, GSH↓
Nervous system tumors In vivo: NA In vivo: NOD-NCG mice In vivo: NA In vivo: NA Upregulates the expression of SIP1, enhances the ability of CAR11-3 migrating to the homing bone marrow, and crosses the blood–brain barrier to the brain to fight against tumors Huang et al. (2023)
In vitro: NA In vitro: U87 cells, NT, and CAR-T cells In vitro: NA In vitro: mRNA expression of gng8, add2↑
release of IFN-γ↑
percent of perforin, CD107a↓
mRNA and protein expression of S1P1↑
Nervous system tumors In vitro: NA In vitro: SH-SY5Y cells In vitro: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 mM In vitro: cell viability↑ Exhibits an anti-autophagic effect to inhibit the METH-induced Beclin-1 protein expression via the AKT/mTOR pathway Yang et al. (2019)
LC3B, Beclin-1, mTOR, p-mTOR, AKT, p-AKT↓

NE, noradrenaline; 5-HT, serotonin; DA, dopamine; Bcl-2, B-cell lymphoma-2; Bax, Bcl-2-associated X protein; CRMP, 2, dihydropyrimidinase-related protein 2; PFN1, profilin 1; RhoA, Ras homologous member A; GFAP, glial fibrillary acidic protein; BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; ERK, 1/2, extracellular regulated kinase 1/2; IκB, inhibitor of kappaB; IL, interleukin; Nrf2, nuclear erythroid factor 2-related factor 2; Arg-1, arginase-1; HOXD10, Homeobox D10; iNOS, inducible nitric oxide synthase; NLRP3,nod-like receptor protein; ACSL4, acyl-CoA, synthetase-4; ROS, reactive oxygen species; PCNA, proliferating cell nuclear antigen; GPX, glutathione peroxidase; GSH, glutathione; gng8, Guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein) gamma 8; IFN-γ, interferon-γ; S1P1, Sphingosine1-phosphate1; LC3B, light chain 3B; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; AKT, protein kinase B.