Our findings highlight a novel protective role for NEAT1 in PD and suggest a previously unknown mechanism for the neuroprotective traits of widely used preventive therapeutics.-Simchovitz, A., Hanan, M., Niederhoffer, N., Madrer, N., Yayon, N., Bennett, E. R., Greenberg, D. S., Kadener, S., Soreq, H. NEAT1 is overexpressed in Parkinson's disease substantia nigra and confers drug-inducible neuroprotection from oxidative stress.
Human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y was treated with 1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP<sup>+</sup>) to mimic PD model in vitro. qRT-PCR was employed to detect the expression of NEAT1, IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α.