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Background: Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 14 is a member of the FGF family that is mainly expressed in the central nervous system. FGF14 has a close association with the occurrence of neurodegenerative conditions; however, its significance in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has yet to be evaluated. Therefore, we sought to obtain a large amount of exogenous FGF14 protein and explore its effect in a cellular model of AD.
Methods: FGF14 protein was expressed in an system using gene recombination technology. Purified protein was obtained through washing and renaturation of inclusion bodies combined with nickel column affinity chromatography. The AD model was established via Aβ25-35-induced injury in PC12 cells. Changes in the levels of lactate dehydrogenase and malondialdehyde were detected, and the neuroprotective effect of recombinant human FGF14 (rhFGF14) was evaluated through double-fluorescence staining and flow cytometry apoptosis detection. For further exploration of rhFGF14-mediated regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling, western blot was employed.
Results: We successfully induced large amounts of insoluble rhFGF14. Following solubilization and refolding of the rhFGF14 from inclusion bodies, high purity rhFGF14 was purified by Nickel affinity column chromatography. The results showed that rhFGF14 alleviated Aβ25-3-induced PC12 cell injury by inhibiting the phosphorylation of p38, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase, thus suppressing the MAPK signaling pathway.
Conclusions: FGF14 performed a neuroprotective role in our AD model via its inhibition of MAPK signaling, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic drug for neurodegenerative conditions.
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