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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Retin Eye Res. 2020 Apr 13;79:100858. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100858

Table 2.

NFE2L2 activators.

Compound Effect Model Reference
Isothiocyanate sulforaphane Activates
KEAP-NFE2L2-ARE pathway
Inhibits mitochondrial fission
RPE-1 cells O'Mealey et al. (2017)
Dimethyl fumarate NFE2L2 activator
Neuroprotection
Primary microglias
NFE2L2 gene modified mice
Lastres-Becker et al. (2016)
RS9 NFE2L2 activator
Autophagy induction
ARPE-19 cells Saito et al. (2018)
RTA408 Activates NFE2L2
Prevents apoptosis
Primary human
RPE cells
Liu et al., 2016
Glycyrrhizin Increases expression of NFE2L2 and HO-1 ARPE-19 cells
C57BL/6 mice
He et al. (2019)
Fucoxanthin Suppress VEGF production
Resists senescence
Improves phagocytosis
Reduces ROS production
ARPE-19 cells
Rabbit model
Liu et al. (2016c)
Lutein Activates NFE2L2 ARPE-19 cells9 Frede et al. (2017)
Lycopene Inhibits nuclear factor-kappa B
Activates NFE2L2
ARPE-19 cells Yang et al. (2016)
Zeaxanthin Improves anti-oxidant capacity
Prevent cell death
ARPE-19 cells Zou et al. (2014)
Astaxanthin Reduces
ROS production
Activates
KEAP-NFE2L2-ARE pathway
Prevents apoptosis
ARPE-19 cells Li et al. (2013)
Fisetin Attenuates inflammation ARPE-19 cells
Primary human
RPE cells
Hytti et al. (2015)
Hytti et al. (2017)
Pinosylvin Protects against oxidative stress ARPE-19 cells Koskela et al., 2014
PF06409577 Activates AMPK
Protects from UV radiation
ARPE-19 cells Li et al. (2018)
AICAR Activates autophagy
Decreases protein aggregation
ARPE-19 cells Viiri et al. (2013)
Marchesi et al. (2018)