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. 2019 Dec 5;9:18393. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54846-z

Figure 1.

Figure 1

YU102 improves cognitive impairment in a mouse model of inflammation induced by LPS (lipopolysaccharide). (a) Proteasome inhibitory activity of immunoproteasome (iP) inhibitors (YU102, PR-924), YU102 epimer (an inactive stereoisomer of YU102) and constitutive proteasome (cP) inhibitor (PR-825). Data is shown as mean ± SD derived from a non-linear regression based on n = 3 replicates per compound per concentration. aIC50 values were determined from competition assays in Raji cell lysates85. bIC50 values were approximated from ProCISE assay using A20 murine lymphoma cells14. cIC50 values were obtained from ProCISE ELISA using MOLT-4 human leukemia cells86. (b) A schematic depicting the experimental schedule for ICR mice. Dose of YU102 (10 mg/kg) was determined based on its in vitro potency relative to the in vitro potencies of carfilzomib and bortezomib for which effective doses were previously reported87. (c) Spatial recognition memory was evaluated by the Morris water maze test: escape latency time in the target quadrant (above) and escape distance of the mice (below). Statistical analyses of escape latency and escape distance were performed via two-way ANOVA. *Differences in escape latency on days 4–6 and distance on day 6 between LPS-treated and YU102 treated were statistically significant (p-value < 0.05, n = 5).