Journal
MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.202101002
Keywords
acetylcholinesterase; Alzheimer's disease; behavior tests; dihydromyricetin; oxidative stress
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31760461]
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The study found that dihydromyricetin can improve cognitive impairment in d-galactose-induced aging mice by regulating oxidative stress and inhibiting acetylcholinesterase.
Scope Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with phenomena of cognitive impairments. Oxidative stress and cholinergic system dysfunction are two widely studied pathogenesis of AD. Dihydromyricetin (DMY) is a natural dihydroflavonol with many bioactivities. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the effects of DMY on cognitive impairment in d-galactose (d-gal) induced aging mice. Methods and Results Mice are intraperitoneally injected with d-gal for 16 weeks, and DMY is supplemented in drinking water. The results show that DMY significantly improves d-gal-induced cognitive impairments in novel object recognition and Y-maze studies. H&E and TUNEL staining show that DMY could improve histopathological changes and cell apoptosis in mice brain. DMY effectively induces the activities of catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, and reduces malondialdehyde level in mice brain and liver. Furthermore, DMY reduces cholinergic injury by inhibiting the activity of Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in mice brain. In vitro studies show that DMY is a non-competitive inhibitor of AChE with IC50 value of 161.2 mu g mL(-1). Conclusion DMY alleviates the cognitive impairments in d-gal-induced aging mice partly through regulating oxidative stress and inhibition of acetylcholinesterase.
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