title: Anti-depressant natural flavonols modulate BDNF and beta amyloid in neurons and hippocampus of double TgAD mice.
abstract: Increasing evidence suggests that depression may be both a cause and consequence of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), and that anti-depressants could provide an alternative strategy to current AD therapies. Association of side effect and herbal-drug interaction with conventional anti-depressant and St. John's wort warrant investigating new anti-depressant drugs. Anti-depressant effects of ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) have been demonstrated in animal models of depression and in human volunteers. We report here that ginkgo flavonols quercetin and kaempferol stimulates depression-related signaling pathways involving brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF/phosphorylation of cyclic AMP response element binding protein CREB/postsynaptic density proteins PSD95, and reduces amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) in neurons isolated from double transgenic AD mouse (TgAPPswe/PS1e9). In addition, enhanced BDNF expression and reduction of Abeta oligomers was confirmed in hippocampus of the double transgenic mice administered with flavonol, which correlates with cognitive improvement behaviors in these mice. The present results suggest that stimulating BDNF and reducing Abeta toxicity by natural flavonols provide a therapeutic implication for treatment of AD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Marwa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Aboukhatwa
authors.forename: De-Liang
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Kebreten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Manaye
authors.forename: Ikhlas
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D000076122:Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D044948:Flavonols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051528:Guanylate Kinases; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D044949:Kaempferols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D053764:Presenilin-1 / Q000235:genetics; D058255:Protease Nexins; D011794:Quercetin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; C492004:Creb1 protein, mouse; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D000076122:Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein; C501447:Dlg4 protein, mouse; D044948:Flavonols; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D044949:Kaempferols; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D053764:Presenilin-1; D058255:Protease Nexins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; C006552:kaempferol; D011794:Quercetin; D051528:Guanylate Kinases