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NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 20, 期 2, 页码 103-109出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1179/1476830514Y.0000000150
关键词
Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Omega fatty acids; Nitrite
资金
- USDA Intramural funds
- USDA
- California Walnut Commission
The shift in equilibrium towards excess reactive oxygen or nitrogen species production from innate antioxidant defenses in brain is a critical factor in the declining neural function and cognitive deficit accompanying age. Previous studies from our laboratory have reported that walnuts, rich in polyphenols, antioxidants, and omega fatty acids such as alpha-linolenic acid and linoleic acid, improve the ageassociated declines in cognition and neural function in rats. Possible mechanisms of action of these effects include enhancing protective signaling, altering membrane microstructures, decreasing inflammation, and preventing accumulation of polyubiquitinated protein aggregates in critical regions of the brain. In the current study, we investigated whether the serum collected from aged animals fed with walnut diets(0, 6, and 9%, w/w) would enhance protection on stressed BV-2 microglia in vitro. In the growth medium, fetal bovine serum was substituted with the serum collected from 22-month-old rats fed per protocol for 12 weeks. Walnut diet serum (6 and 9%) significantly attenuated lipopolysaccharide-induced nitrite release compared to untreated control cells and those treated with serum from rats fed 0% walnut diets. The results also indicated a significant reduction in pro-inflammatory tumor necrosis factoralpha, cyclooxygenase-2, and inducible nitric oxide synthase. These results suggest antioxidant and antiinflammatory protection or enhancement of membrane-associated functions in brain cells by walnut serum metabolites.
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