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Dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB) is also a commonly used tool to measure the pharmacological effects of HIF-la stabilization via PHD inhibition. Recently, it was shown that mice pretreated with DHB (100 mg/kg, i.p.) showed a marked resistance to the neurotoxic effects of l-methyl-4-phenyl-l,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) via protection of dopaminergic cell loss and striatal denervation. Importantly, this protection was seen to coincide with HIF-la stabilization, and the prevention of the MPTP-induced loss of ferroportin and striatal iron. Additionally, in these studies, DHB was also observed to block MPTP-induced reduction in mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase, at both the mRNA level and through the measurement of enzyme activity in midbrain substantia nigra [26]. 

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