胡黄连苷I通过免疫介导清除β-淀粉样蛋白改善APP/PS1小鼠的认知障碍。
Bacopaside I ameliorates cognitive impairment in APP/PS1 mice via immune-mediated clearance of β-amyloid.
作者信息
Li Yuanyuan, Yuan Xing, Shen Yunheng, Zhao Jing, Yue Rongcai, Liu Fang, He Weiwei, Wang Rui, Shan Lei, Zhang Weidong
机构信息
School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Department of Mathematics, Logistical Engineering University, Chongqing 401311, P.R. China.
出版信息
Aging (Albany NY). 2016 Mar;8(3):521-33. doi: 10.18632/aging.100913.
Standardized extracts of Bacopa monniera (BME) have been shown to exert a neuroprotective effect against mental diseases, such as depression, anxiety and Alzheimer's disease (AD), in chronic administration studies. However, its mechanism of action has remained unclear. In this study, we evaluated the therapeutic effect of Bacopaside I (BS-I), a major triterpenoid saponin of BME, on the cognitive impairment and neuropathology in APP/PS1 transgenic mice and explored the possible mechanism from a biological systems perspective. We found that BS-I treatment significantly ameliorated learning deficits, improved long-term spatial memory, and reduced plaque load in APP/PS1 mice. We constructed BS-I's therapeutic effect network by mapping the nodes onto the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network constructed according to their functional categories based on genomic and proteomic data. Because many of the top enrichment categories related to the processes of the immune system and phagocytosis were detected, we proposed that BS-I promotes amyloid clearance via the induction of a suitable degree of innate immune stimulation and phagocytosis. Our research may help to clarify the neuroprotective effect of BME and indicated that natural saponins target the immune system, which may offer new research avenues to discover novel treatments for AD.
在慢性给药研究中,印度醋栗(Bacopa monniera,BME)的标准化提取物已显示出对精神疾病(如抑郁症、焦虑症和阿尔茨海默病(AD))具有神经保护作用。然而,其作用机制仍不清楚。在本研究中,我们评估了BME的主要三萜皂苷Bacopaside I(BS-I)对APP/PS1转基因小鼠认知障碍和神经病理学的治疗效果,并从生物系统角度探索了可能的机制。我们发现,BS-I治疗可显著改善APP/PS1小鼠的学习缺陷,改善长期空间记忆,并减少斑块负荷。我们通过将节点映射到根据基因组和蛋白质组数据按功能类别构建的蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用(PPI)网络上,构建了BS-I的治疗效果网络。由于检测到许多与免疫系统和吞噬作用过程相关的顶级富集类别,我们提出BS-I通过诱导适当程度的先天免疫刺激和吞噬作用来促进淀粉样蛋白清除。我们的研究可能有助于阐明BME的神经保护作用,并表明天然皂苷靶向免疫系统,这可能为发现AD的新治疗方法提供新的研究途径。