Pinealon

Description

Pinealon is a 3-amino acid peptide and shows neuroprotective properties. Pinealon prevents reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and suppresses the activation of ERK 1/2. Pinealon stimulates the functional activity of the main cellular elements of brain tissue, reduces the level of spontaneous cell death. Pinealon protects the rat offspring from prenatal hyperhomocysteinemia.

in vitro

Pinealon (10, 50, 100 nM; 30 min) in a dose-dependent manner prevents an increase in the ROS accumulation induced by ouabain in cerebellar granule cells.
Pinealon (10 nM; 0, 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 30 min) suppresses the activation of ERK 1/2 in rat cerebellar granule cells exposed to 500 mM homo-cysteine (HC).