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JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 659-671Publisher
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-142517
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; amyloid-beta protein; beta-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1); estrogen receptor; luteolin; nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-kappa B)
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30970914, 31371331]
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Beta-secretase (BACE1) controls an essential step for the generation of amyloid-beta peptide (A beta). As A beta forms the principle pathologies in Alzheimer's disease, lowering A beta production by inhibiting BACE1 is a plausible therapeutic approach. In the present study, we identified a natural polyphenol, luteolin, as a potent inhibitor of BACE1 transcription in human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) and human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cell lines. Luteolin is capable of suppressing the activation of BACE1 promoter by NF-kappa B signaling. We further characterized that luteolin interferes with NF-kappa B signaling by both directly and indirectly disrupting p65 complex formation. In addition, we discovered that estrogen receptor mediates luteolin's effect in inhibiting NF-kappa B signaling and BACE1 transcription. Interestingly, the beneficial effects of luteolin may be attributed to selective activation profiles of luteolin to different estrogen receptor subtypes. Our study reports luteolin as a potent BACE1-inhibiting compound, providing useful information in understanding estrogen receptor-and NF-kappa B-mediated signaling in regulating BACE1 expression.
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