Qosa Hisham, Mohamed Loqman A, Batarseh Yazan S, Alqahtani Saeed, Ibrahim Baher, LeVine Harry, Keller Jeffrey N, Kaddoumi Amal
Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209, USA.
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.
J Nutr Biochem. 2015 Dec;26(12):1479-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.07.022. Epub 2015 Aug 13.
Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) is one of the main elements of Mediterranean diet. Several studies have suggested that EVOO has several health promoting effects that could protect from and decrease the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this study, we investigated the effect of consumption of EVOO-enriched diet on amyloid- and tau-related pathological alterations that are associated with the progression of AD and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) in TgSwDI mice. Feeding mice with EVOO-enriched diet for 6months, beginning at an age before amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation starts, has significantly reduced total Aβ and tau brain levels with a significant improvement in mouse cognitive behavior. This reduction in brain Aβ was explained by the enhanced Aβ clearance pathways and reduced brain production of Aβ via modulation of amyloid-β precursor protein processing. On the other hand, although feeding mice with EVOO-enriched diet for 3months, beginning at an age after Aβ accumulation starts, showed improved clearance across the blood-brain barrier and significant reduction in Aβ levels, it did not affect tau levels or improve cognitive functions of TgSwDI mouse. Collectively, results of this study suggest that the long-term consumption of EVOO-containing diet starting at early age provides a protective effect against AD and its related disorder CAA.
特级初榨橄榄油(EVOO)是地中海饮食的主要成分之一。多项研究表明,EVOO具有多种促进健康的作用,可预防和降低患阿尔茨海默病(AD)的风险。在本研究中,我们调查了富含EVOO的饮食对与AD进展和脑淀粉样血管病(CAA)相关的淀粉样蛋白和tau相关病理改变的影响,实验对象为TgSwDI小鼠。从淀粉样β蛋白(Aβ)积累开始之前的年龄起,用富含EVOO的饮食喂养小鼠6个月,可显著降低大脑中Aβ和tau的总体水平,并显著改善小鼠的认知行为。大脑中Aβ的减少是由于Aβ清除途径增强以及通过调节淀粉样β前体蛋白加工减少了大脑中Aβ的产生。另一方面,虽然从Aβ积累开始后的年龄起,用富含EVOO的饮食喂养小鼠3个月,显示出跨血脑屏障的清除改善以及Aβ水平显著降低,但它并未影响tau水平或改善TgSwDI小鼠的认知功能。总体而言,本研究结果表明,从幼年开始长期食用含EVOO的饮食可对AD及其相关疾病CAA起到保护作用。