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In this study, three polyamine compounds isolated from\n                    <jats:italic>Elaeagnus multiflora<\/jats:italic>\n                    fruit were evaluated in SH-SY5Y cell models of oxidative and glucocorticoid-induced stress. Among these, EFE-8c4 exhibited the most pronounced neuroprotective activity, significantly restoring cell viability under corticosterone-induced stress and attenuating oxidative damage induced by hydrogen peroxide. Mechanistically, EFE-8c4 modulated apoptotic signaling by increasing Bcl-2 expression while suppressing Bax, caspase-8, and p53 activation, thereby restoring the balance between pro- and anti-apoptotic pathways. In addition, EFE-8c4 reduced intracellular reactive oxygen species accumulation and enhanced the expression of PCNA and \u03b2III-tubulin, indicating improved cell survival capacity and neuronal phenotype maintenance. Furthermore, EFE-8c4 partially reduced apoptotic cell populations under corticosterone exposure. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that EFE-8c4 exerts multi-target neuroprotective effects through coordinated regulation of apoptosis, oxidative stress, and neuronal differentiation-related pathways, highlighting its potential as a candidate for the treatment of oxidative stress-associated neurological disorders.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnins.2026.1868462","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]],"date-time":"2026-07-02T05:33:44Z","timestamp":1782970424000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["EFE-8c4, a polyamine from Elaeagnus multiflora, protects neuronal cells by regulating oxidative stress and apoptotic pathways"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Da-In","family":"Choi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Well-Aging Medicare and City G-LAMP Project Group, Chosun University","place":["Gwangju, Republic of Korea"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"HuiJun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Well-Aging Medicare and City G-LAMP Project Group, Chosun University","place":["Gwangju, Republic of Korea"]},{"name":"Department of Integrative Biological Sciences and BK21 FOUR Educational Research Group for Age-Associated Disorder Control Technology, Chosun University","place":["Gwangju, Republic of Korea"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chul-Yung","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Well-Aging Medicare and City G-LAMP Project Group, Chosun University","place":["Gwangju, Republic of Korea"]},{"name":"Department of Integrative Biological Sciences and BK21 FOUR Educational Research Group for Age-Associated Disorder Control Technology, Chosun University","place":["Gwangju, Republic of Korea"]},{"name":"Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University","place":["Gwangju, Republic of Korea"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1187","DOI":"10.1021\/acs.jnatprod.4c00153","article-title":"Psammaplin a and its analogs attenuate oxidative stress in neuronal cells through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor \u03b3 activation","volume":"87","author":"Alvari\u00f1o","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. 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