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Notably, EV administration exerted restorative effects on the hippocampal neuronal structure and associated functional impairments, including dendritic spine alterations, electrophysiological disturbances, calcium transients, mitochondrial changes, and cognitive decline after oxidative stress in vitro or in vivo. Mechanistically, we found that the Nrf2 signaling pathway was involved in the restorative effect of EV therapy against oxidative neuronal damage, while AAV-Nrf2 injection attenuated the antioxidant activity of MSC-EVs on the seizure-induced hippocampal injury. Conclusions We have shown that MSC-EVs facilitate the reconstruction of hippocampal neurons associated with the Nrf2 defense system in response to oxidative insults. Our study highlights the clinical value of EV-therapy in neurological disorders such as seizures.Overactivation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) in the spinal cord dorsal horn (SDH) in the setting of injury represents a key mechanism of neuropathic pain. However, directly blocking NMDAR or its downstream signaling, interaction between postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95) and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), causes analgesic tolerance, mainly due to GABAergic disinhibition. The aim of this study is to explore the possibility of preventing analgesic tolerance through co-targeting NMDAR downstream signaling and γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABAARs). Methods Mechanical/thermal hyperalgesia were quantified to assess analgesic effects. Miniature postsynaptic currents were tested by patch-clamp recording to evaluate synaptic transmission in the SDH. GABA-evoked currents were tested on HEK293 cells expressing different subtypes of recombinant GABAARs to assess the selectivity of (+)-borneol and ZL006-05. The expression of α2 and α3 subunits of GABAARs and BDNF, and nNOS-PSD-95 complex levels were analyzed by western blotting and coimmunoprecipitation respectively. Open field test, rotarod test and Morris water maze task were conducted to evaluate the side-effect of ZL006-05. Results (+)-Borneol selectively potentiated α2- and α3-containing GABAARs and prevented the disinhibition of laminae I excitatory neurons in the SDH and analgesic tolerance caused by chronic use of ZL006, a nNOS-PSD-95 blocker. A dual-target compound ZL006-05 produced by linking ZL006 and (+)-borneol through an ester bond blocked nNOS-PSD-95 interaction and potentiated α2-containing GABAAR selectively. KU-57788 clinical trial Chronic use of ZL006-05 did not produce analgesic tolerance and unwanted side effects. Conclusion By targeting nNOS-PSD-95 interaction and α2-containing GABAAR simultaneously, chronic use of ZL006-05 can avoid analgesic tolerance and unwanted side effects. Therefore, we offer a novel candidate drug without analgesic tolerance for treating neuropathic pain.Anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) therapy has shown promising efficacy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but its response rates in advanced HCC are lower than 20%. A critical reason for this is the imbalance between CD8+ T cells and tumor burden. Here, a novel concept of vascular disruption and normalization dependent on a polymeric vascular disrupting agent (VDA) poly (L-glutamic acid)-graft-methoxy poly (ethylene glycol)/combretastatin A4 (CA4-NPs) + a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) inhibitor DC101 is applied to improve anti-PD-1 therapy, wherein CA4-NPs reduce tumor burden and DC101 simultaneously increases the number of intratumoral CD8+ T cells, successfully regulating the abovementioned imbalance in an H22 tumor model. Methods Blood vessel density, tumor cell proliferation, and necrosis were evaluated to reveal the effects on reducing tumor burden by CA4-NP treatment. Pericyte coverage of blood vessels, tumor blood vessel perfusion, tumor hypoxia, and intratumoral immune cells were examined to verify their role in vascular normalization and immune cell homing of DC101. Furthermore, the effects of CA4-NPs + DC101 on reducing tumor burden and increasing the number of immune cells were studied. Finally, tumor suppression, intratumoral CD8+ T cell activation, and the synergistic effects of anti-PD-1 combined with CA4-NPs + DC101 were verified. Results The tumor inhibition rate of anti-PD-1 antibody combined with CA4-NPs + DC101 reached 86.4%, which was significantly higher than that of anti-PD-1 (16.8%) alone. Importantly, the Q value reflecting the synergy between CA4-NPs + DC101 and anti-PD-1 was 1.24, demonstrating a strong synergistic effect. Furthermore, CA4-NPs + DC101 improved anti-PD-1 therapy by increasing the number of intratumoral CD8+ T cells (anti-PD-1, 0.31% vs triple drug combination, 1.18%). Conclusion These results reveal a novel approach to enhance anti-PD-1 therapy with VDAs + VEGF/VEGFR2 inhibitors in HCC.Aims We previously found that complement components are upregulated in the myocardium of patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), and inhibiting the complement receptor C5aR reduces disease severity in desmin knockout (Des-/- ) mice, a model for ARVC. Here, we examined the mechanism underlying complement activation in ARVC, revealing a potential new therapeutic target. Methods First, immunostaining, RT-PCR and western blot were used to detect the expression levels of complement and coagulation factors. Second, we knocked out the central complement component C3 in Des-/- mice (ARVC model) by crossing Des-/- mice with C3-/- mice to explore whether complement system activation occurs independently of the conventional pathway. Then, we evaluated whether a targeted intervention to coagulation system is effective to reduce myocardium injury. Finally, the plasma sC5b9 level was assessed to investigate the role in predicting adverse cardiac events in the ARVC cohort. Results The complement system is activated in the myocardium in ARVC. Autoantibodies against myocardial proteins provided a possible mechanism underlying. Moreover, we found increased levels of myocardial C5 and the serum C5a in Des-/-C3-/- mice compared to wild-type mice, indicating that C5 is activated independently from the conventional pathway, presumably via the coagulation system. Crosstalk between the complement and coagulation systems exacerbated the myocardial injury in ARVC mice, and this injury was reduced by using the thrombin inhibitor lepirudin. In addition, we found significantly elevated plasma levels of sC5b9 and thrombin in patients, and this increase was correlated with all-cause mortality. Conclusions These results suggest that crosstalk between the coagulation and complement systems plays a pathogenic role in cardiac dysfunction in ARVC. Thus, understanding this crosstalk may have important clinical implications with respect to diagnosing and treating ARVC.