Trilobatin Alleviates Cognitive Deficits and Pathologies in an Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease nowadays that causes memory impairments. It is characterized by extracellular aggregates of amyloid-beta (Aβ), intracellular aggregates of hyperphosphorylated Tau (p-Tau), and other pathological features. Trilobatin (TLB), a natur...

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Autores principales: Jiuyang Ding, Jian Huang, Dan Yin, Ting Liu, Zheng Ren, Shanshan Hu, Yuanliang Ye, Cuiyun Le, Na Zhao, Hongmei Zhou, Zhu Li, Xiaolan Qi, Jiang Huang
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Publicado: Hindawi Limited 2021
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Sumario:Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease nowadays that causes memory impairments. It is characterized by extracellular aggregates of amyloid-beta (Aβ), intracellular aggregates of hyperphosphorylated Tau (p-Tau), and other pathological features. Trilobatin (TLB), a natural flavonoid compound isolated from Lithocarpuspolystachyus Rehd., has emerged as a neuroprotective agent. However, the effects and mechanisms of TLB on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remain unclear. In this research, different doses of TLB were orally introduced to 3×FAD AD model mice. The pathology, memory performance, and Toll-like receptor 4- (TLR4-) dependent inflammatory pathway protein level were assessed. Here, we show that TLB oral treatment protected 3×FAD AD model mice against the Aβ burden, neuroinflammation, Tau hyperphosphorylation, synaptic degeneration, hippocampal neuronal loss, and memory impairment. The TLR4, a pattern recognition immune receptor, has been implicated in neurodegenerative disease-related neuroinflammation. We found that TLB suppressed glial activation by inhibiting the TLR4-MYD88-NFκB pathway, which leads to the inflammatory factor TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 reduction. Our study shows that TLR4 might be a key target of TLB in AD treatment and suggests a multifaceted target of TLB in halting AD. Taken together, our findings suggest a potential therapeutic effect of TLB in AD treatment.