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PHYTOMEDICINE
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 712-716Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2013.10.026
Keywords
Dendrobium nobile Lindl. alkaloids; Lipopolysaccharide; Tau protein; Hyperphosphorylation; Rat
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Funding
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University, China [IRT1197]
- Special Program for Key Basic Research of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China [2011CB512009]
- National natural Science foundation of China [30660208]
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Neurofibrillary tangles, one of the characteristic pathological features of Alzheimer's disease (AD), are composed of paired helical filaments mainly with hyperphosphorylated tau protein. Inhibition of the hyperphosphorylation of tau protein is an effective therapy for AD. The current study was designed to investigate the protective effects of alkaloids enriched extract from Dendrobium Nobile Lindl. (EDNLA), a Chinese medicinal herb, on hyperphosphorylation of tau protein in AD brain. Rats were administrated intragastrically with different doses of DNLA (20, 40 mg/kg) every 8 h for one day, followed by lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 100 mu,g) injecting into the bilateral ventricle. Two hours later, the hippocampi of each group were collected to examine the hyperphosphorylated tau protein by western blotting. Additional rats were treated by EDNLA thrice daily for one week, to examine the effects on LPS-induced apoptosis in the brain. LPS injection significantly increased the expression of hyperphosphorylated tau protein at Ser396, Ser199-202, Ser404, Thr231, Thr205 sites and GSK-3 beta increased, LPS also induced apoptosis in the brain. EDNLA dramatically ameliorated these abnormal changes (P <0.05). The present study demonstrated that EDNLA attenuates LPS-induced hyperphosphorylation of tau protein in rat's hippocampus and protects against LPS-induced apoptosis in rat brain. (C) 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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