Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 25, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25225339
Keywords
flavonoids; cognition; passive avoidance test; memory extinction; mice; microglia; neuroprotection
Funding
- Russian Science Foundation [16-14-00086]
- Russian Science Foundation [19-14-11013] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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Functional nutrition is a valuable supplementation to dietary therapy. Functional foods are enriched with biologically active substances. Plant polyphenols attract particular attention due to multiple beneficial properties attributed to their high antioxidant and other biological activities. We assessed the effect of grape polyphenols on the life span of C57BL/6 mice and on behavioral and neuroinflammatory alterations in a transgenic mouse model of Parkinson disease (PD) with overexpression of the A53T-mutant human alpha-synuclein. C57BL/6 mice were given a dietary supplement containing grape polyphenol concentrate (GPC-1.5 mL/kg/day) with drinking water from the age of 6-8 weeks for life. Transgenic PD mice received GPC beginning at the age of 10 weeks for four months. GPC significantly influenced the cumulative proportion of surviving and substantially augmented the average life span in mice. In the transgenic PD model, the grape polyphenol (GP) diet enhanced memory reconsolidation and diminished memory extinction in a passive avoidance test. Behavioral effects of GP treatment were accompanied by a decrease in alpha-synuclein accumulation in the frontal cortex and a reduction in the expression of neuroinflammatory markers (IBA1 and CD54) in the frontal cortex and hippocampus. Thus, a GP-rich diet is recommended as promising functional nutrition for aging people and patients with neurodegenerative disorders.
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