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ArticleGenetics2010

Genetic mechanisms of coffee extract protection in a Caenorhabditis elegans model of β-amyloid peptide toxicity.

Vishantie Dostal, Christine M Roberts, Christopher D Link

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Article in Genetics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Vishantie DostalInstitute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
Christine M Roberts
Christopher D Link

Funding

TRANSGENIC C. ELEGANS AS AMYLOID DISEASE MODELR01AG012423 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI LINK, CHRISTOPHER D. · 1996 to 2012
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NIA NIH HHS AG12423NIA NIH HHS R01 AG012423
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epidemiological studies have reported that coffee and/or caffeine consumption may reduce Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. We found that coffee extracts can similarly protect against β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) toxicity in a transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans Alzheimer's disease model. The primary protective component(s) in this model is not caffeine, although caffeine by itself can show moderate protection. Coffee exposure did not decrease Aβ transgene expression and did not need to be present during Aβ induction to convey protection, suggesting that coffee exposure protection might act by activating a protective pathway. By screening the effects of coffee on a series of transgenic C. elegans stress reporter strains, we identified activation of the skn-1 (Nrf2 in mammals) transcription factor as a potential mechanism of coffee extract protection. Inactivation of skn-1 genetically or by RNAi strongly blocked the protective effects of coffee extract, indicating that activation of the skn-1 pathway was the primary mechanism of coffee protection. Coffee also protected against toxicity resulting from an aggregating form of green fluorescent protein (GFP) in a skn-1-dependent manner. These results suggest that the reported protective effects of coffee in multiple neurodegenerative diseases may result from a general activation of the Nrf2 phase II detoxification pathway.

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Models, AnimalAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCaffeineCaloric RestrictionDNA-Binding ProteinsFeeding BehaviorGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMovementMutationParalysisPlant ExtractsProtein Structure, QuaternaryTranscription FactorsAmyloid beta-PeptidesCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCaffeineDNA-Binding ProteinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsPlant Extractsskn-1 protein, C elegansTranscription Factors

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PMID20805557
PMCPMC2975290

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