Effect of Beta asarone on concentration of TNF-α in a rat model of Alzheimer’s disease
Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical PathologyGolshid Saki 1 , Akram Eidi 2 , Pejman Mortazavi 3 , Akbar Vahdati 4 , Negar Panahi 5
1 - PhD. Graduate, Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, Fars Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Fars, Iran؛ PhD. Graduate, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and New Technologies, Shiraz
2 - Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - - Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Specialized Veterinary Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, Fars Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Fars, Iran؛ Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and New Technologies, Shiraz Branch,
5 - Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Specialized Veterinary Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Alzheimer, Rat, β-asarone, β-amyloid, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha,
Abstract :
Beta asarone which is the major component of Acorus tatarinowii Schott, can pass through the blood-brain-barrier and affect the central nervous system. In the present study, effect of beta asarone on TNF-α level was investigated in β-amyloid-induced alzheimeric male rats. The adult male rats were randomly divided into 9 groups of 6: normal control, sham-operated control, β-asarone (12.5, 25 and 50 mg/kg PO, daily for 50 days), alzheimeric control (bilateral intrahippocampal injection of 4 µl of β-amyloid 1-42) and alzheimeric β-asarone receiving (12.5, 25 and 50 mg/kg PO β-asarone daily for 30 days following β-amyloid injection and subsequent doses of beta asarone for 3 weeks). The rats were sacrificed at the end of the experiment and the TNF-α level was measured in brain homogenate. Our results showed that administration of β-asarone (25 and 50 mg/kg) significantly decreased the TNF-α level (p<0.001) in alzheimeric rats. Thus, these results indicate that β-asarone is effective in providing protection against inflammation induced by β-amyloid.
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Ojala, J., Alafuzoff, I., Herukka, S.K., Van Groen, T., Tanila, H. and Pirttilä, T. (2009). Expression of interleukin-18 is increased in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients. Neurobiology of Aging, 30(2): 198-209.
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Pettigrew, L.C., Kindy, M.S., Scheff, S., Springer, J.E., Kryscio, R.J., Li, Y., et al. (2008). Focal cerebral ischemia in the TNFalpha-transgenic rat. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 5: 47.
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Thies, W. and Bleiler, L. (2012). Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 8(2): 131-168.
Vaynman, S., Ying, Z. and Gomez-Pinilla, F. (2008). Interplay between brain-derived neurotrophic factor and signal transduction modulators in the regulation of the effects of exercise on synaptic-plasticity. Neuroscience, 122(3): 647-657.
Wang, D.B., Dayton, R.D., Zweig, R.M. and Klein, R.L. (2010). Transcriptome analysis of a tau overexpression model in rats implicates an early pro-inflammatory response. Experimental Neurology, 224(1): 197-206.
Wei, G., Chen, Y.B., Chen, D.F., Lai, X.P., Liu, D.H., Deng, R.D., et al. (2013). Beta Asarone inhibits neuronal apoptosis via the CaMKII/CREB/Bcl-2 signaling pathway in an in vitro model and AbetaPP/PS1 mice. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 33(3): 863-880.
Willians, C.M., El Mohsen, M.A., Vauzour, D., Rendeiro, C., Butler, L.T., Ellis, J.A., et al. (2008). Blueberry-induced changes in spatial working memory correlate with changes in hippocampal CREB phosphorylation and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 45(3): 295-305.
Yan, S.S., Chen, D., Yan, S., Guo, L., Du, H. and Chen, J.X. (2012). RAGE is a key cellular target for Abeta-induced perturbation in Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Bioscience, 4(1): 240-250.
Yang, C., Li, X., Mo, Y., Liu, S., Zhao, L., Ma, X., et al. (2016). β-Asarone mitigates amyloidosis and down regulates RAGE in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 36(1): 121-130.
Yang, Y., Xuan, L., Chen, H., Dai, S., Ji, L., Bao, Y., et al. (2017). Neuroprotective effects and mechanism of β-Asarone against Aβ1–42-induced injury in astrocytes. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 17(1): 1-14.
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