Department of Nutritional Science, Fu-Jen University, 510 Chung-Cheng Rd., Hsinchuang, Taipei County 242, Taiwan.
Molecules. 2010 Mar 11;15(3):1632-44. doi: 10.3390/molecules15031632.
Folic acid plays an important role in neuronal development. A series of newly synthesized bioactive compounds (NSCs) was reported to exhibit immunoactive and neuroprotective functions. The isolated and combined effects of folic acid and NSCs against beta-amyloid (Abeta)-induced cytotoxicity are poorly understood. These effects were tested using human microglia cells (C13NJ) subjected to Abeta(25-35) challenge. According to an MTT assay, treatment of C13NJ cells with Abeta(25-35) at 10-100 microM for 48 h induced 18%-43% cellular death in a dose-dependent manner (p < 0.05). Abeta(25-35) treatment at 25 microM induced nitrite oxide (NO) release, elevated superoxide production, and reduced the distribution of cells in the S phase. Preincubation of C13NJ with 100 microM folic acid protected against Abeta(25-35)-induced cell death, which coincided with a reduction in NO release by folic acid supplements. NSC47 at a level of 50 microM protected against Abeta(25-35)-induced cell death and reduced Abeta-promoted superoxide production (p < 0.05). Folic acid in combination with NSC47 at their cytoprotective doses did not synergistically ameliorate Abeta(25-35)-associated NO release, superoxide production, or cell cycle arrest. Taken together, folic acid or NSC treatment alone, but not the combined regimen, protected against Abeta(25-35)-induced cell death, which may partially, if not completely, be mediated by free radical-scavenging effects.
叶酸在神经元发育中起着重要作用。一系列新合成的生物活性化合物(NSC)被报道具有免疫活性和神经保护功能。叶酸和 NSC 对β-淀粉样蛋白(Abeta)诱导的细胞毒性的单独和联合作用知之甚少。使用β淀粉样蛋白(Abeta)(25-35)挑战的人小神经胶质细胞(C13NJ)测试这些作用。根据 MTT 测定,用 10-100μM 的 Abeta(25-35)处理 C13NJ 细胞 48 小时以剂量依赖性方式诱导 18%-43%的细胞死亡(p<0.05)。用 25μM 的 Abeta(25-35)处理诱导亚硝酸盐氧化(NO)释放,增加超氧化物产生,并减少细胞在 S 期的分布。用 100μM 叶酸预先孵育 C13NJ 可防止 Abeta(25-35)诱导的细胞死亡,这与叶酸补充剂减少 NO 释放一致。50μM 的 NSC47 可防止 Abeta(25-35)诱导的细胞死亡,并减少 Abeta 促进的超氧化物产生(p<0.05)。叶酸与 NSC47 在其细胞保护剂量下联合使用不会协同改善 Abeta(25-35)相关的 NO 释放,超氧化物产生或细胞周期停滞。总之,叶酸或 NSC 单独治疗,而不是联合治疗,可防止 Abeta(25-35)诱导的细胞死亡,这可能部分(如果不是完全)通过清除自由基的作用介导。