Inhibiting β-Amyloid-Associated Alzheimer’s Pathogenesis In Vitro and In Vivo by a Multifunctional Dimeric Bis(12)-hupyridone Derived from Its Natural Analogue

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 1014-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengquan Hu ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
Wei Cui ◽  
Zaijun Zhang ◽  
Shinghung Mak ◽  
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Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (22) ◽  
pp. 5391
Author(s):  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Ming Bian ◽  
Qian-Qian Ma ◽  
Zhuo Zhang ◽  
Huan-Huan Du ◽  
...  

A series of novel synthetic substituted benzo[d]oxazole-based derivatives (5a–5v) exerted neuroprotective effects on β-amyloid (Aβ)-induced PC12 cells as a potential approach for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In vitro studies show that most of the synthesized compounds were potent in reducing the neurotoxicity of Aβ25-35-induced PC12 cells at 5 μg/mL. We found that compound 5c was non-neurotoxic at 30 μg/mL and significantly increased the viability of Aβ25-35-induced PC12 cells at 1.25, 2.5 and 5 μg/mL. Western blot analysis showed that compound 5c promoted the phosphorylation of Akt and glycogen synthase kinase (GSK-3β) and decreased the expression of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in Aβ25-35-induced PC12 cells. In addition, our findings demonstrated that compound 5c protected PC12 cells from Aβ25-35-induced apoptosis and reduced the hyperphosphorylation of tau protein, and decreased the expression of receptor for AGE (RAGE), β-site amyloid precursor protein (APP)-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and Bcl-2-associated X protein/B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bax/Bcl-2) via Akt/GSK-3β/NF-κB signaling pathway. In vivo studies suggest that compound 5c shows less toxicity than donepezil in the heart and nervous system of zebrafish.


2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 973-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaa H. Abuznait ◽  
Hisham Qosa ◽  
Belnaser A. Busnena ◽  
Khalid A. El Sayed ◽  
Amal Kaddoumi

1993 ◽  
Vol 620 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianluigi Forloni ◽  
Roberto Del Bo ◽  
Nadia Angeretti ◽  
Simona Smiroldo ◽  
Nadia Gabellini ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shen-Qing Zhang ◽  
Long-Long Cao ◽  
Yun-Yue Liang ◽  
Pu Wang

Clinical studies have found that some Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients suffer from Cushing’s syndrome (CS). CS is caused by the long-term release of excess glucocorticoids (GCs) from the adrenal gland, which in turn, impair brain function and induce dementia. Thus, we investigated the mechanism of the effect of corticosterone (CORT) on the development and progression of AD in a preclinical model. Specifically, the plasma CORT levels of 9-month-old APP/PS1 Tg mice were abnormally increased, suggesting an association between GCs and AD. Long-term administration of CORT accelerated cognitive dysfunction by increasing the production and deposition of β-amyloid (Aβ). The mechanism of action of CORT treatment involved stimulation of the expression of BACE-1 and presenilin (PS) 1 in in vitro and in vivo. This observation was confirmed in mice with adrenalectomy (ADX), which had lower levels of GCs. Moreover, the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) mediated the effects of CORT on the stimulation of the expression of BACE-1 and PS1 via the PKA and CREB pathways in neuroblastoma N2a cells. In addition to these mechanisms, CORT can induce a cognitive decline in APP/PS1 Tg mice by inducing apoptosis and decreasing the differentiation of neurons.


Author(s):  
Jahangir Alam ◽  
Varun Jaiswal ◽  
Lalit Sharma

Background: β-amyloid (Aβ) production and aggregation is the main culprit of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is becoming crisis where no treatment available for halting the disease progression. Antibiotics are used not only to treat infections, but also some of the non-contagious diseases and have found active as anti-amyloidogenic agents. Objective: The work aim’s to investigate anti-amyloidogenic activity of antibiotics as re-purposing agents via inhibiting Aβ aggregation and fibril formation employing in-silico and in-vitro approaches. Mehtods: In-silico screening was designed with receptor and ligand preparation, grid formation, docking simulation and its analysis. Thioflavin T-amyloid binding and protease-digestion studies were intended as in-vitro assays. The pharmacological potential of antibiotics as anti-amyloidogenic agents was assessed by these methods. Results: Paromomycin and Neomycin were identified with higher order of estimated free energy of binding in in-silico sreening. In in-vitro screening, paromomycin significantly (p<0.01) reduced the fluorescence intensity and resistance to tryptic degradation of Aβ(1-42) peptides while neomycin had no or little effect (p<0.01) when compared to control. Results from docking and wet lab studies were found in correlation. Conclusion: Paromomycin exhibited higher anti-Aβ aggregating and defibrillogenic activity than neomycin and leaves an indication for further in-vivo testing and could be a future promising anti-amyloidal candidate for the treatment of several amyloidoses.


2010 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. S224-S224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise A. Scrocchi ◽  
Elizabeth Karaskov ◽  
Vivian Lee ◽  
Hui Chen ◽  
Melissa Osborne ◽  
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