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ArticleMolecular neurobiology2020

Andrographolide Reduces Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress in Aged Octodon degus.

Carolina B Lindsay, Juan M Zolezzi, Daniela S Rivera, Pedro Cisternas, Francisco Bozinovic, Nibaldo C Inestrosa

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Article in Molecular neurobiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Therapeutic Potential of Phytoconstituents in Management of Alzheimer's Disease.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carolina B LindsayCenter of Aging and Regeneration UC (CARE UC), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins 340, P. O. Box 114, -D, Santiago, Chile.
Juan M ZolezziCenter of Aging and Regeneration UC (CARE UC), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins 340, P. O. Box 114, -D, Santiago, Chile.
Daniela S RiveraCenter of Aging and Regeneration UC (CARE UC), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins 340, P. O. Box 114, -D, Santiago, Chile.
Pedro CisternasCenter of Aging and Regeneration UC (CARE UC), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins 340, P. O. Box 114, -D, Santiago, Chile.
Francisco BozinovicCenter for Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Nibaldo C InestrosaCenter of Aging and Regeneration UC (CARE UC), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins 340, P. O. Box 114, -D, Santiago, Chile. ninestrosa@bio.puc.cl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-9726
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLUniversidad Mayor · CL

Funding

FONDECYT 11160651FONDECYT 1160724FONDECYT 3140395PFB/BASAL PFB12/2007PIA/BASAL FB0002-2014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder in which superior brain functions, such as memory and cognition, are impaired. Currently, no effective treatment is available for AD. Although andrographolide (ANDRO), a compound extracted from the herb Andrographis paniculata, has shown interesting effects in models of several diseases, including AD, its effects on other molecular changes observed in AD, such as neuroinflammation and oxidative stress, have not yet been studied. To evaluate the impact of ANDRO-based intervention on the levels of amyloid-β (Aβ) and neuroinflammatory and oxidative stress markers in the brains of aged Octodon degus, a Chilean rodent, fifty-six-month-old O. degus were treated intraperitoneally with 2 or 4 mg/kg ANDRO. Vehicle-injected and 12-month-old O. degus were used as positive controls. Then, the protein levels of selected markers were assessed via immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting. ANDRO significantly reduced the total Aβ burden as well as astrogliosis and interleukin-6 levels. Moreover, ANDRO significantly reduced the levels of 4-hydroxynonenal and N-tyrosine adducts, suggesting a relevant reduction in oxidative stress within aged O. degus brain. Considering that O. degus has been proposed as a potential "natural" model for sporadic AD due to the development of neuropathological markers that resemble this pathology, our results suggest that ANDRO should be further studied to establish its potential as a therapeutic drug for AD.

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AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBrainCognitionDisease Models, AnimalDiterpenesInflammationOctodonOxidative Stresstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesandrographolideDiterpenestau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid-βAndrographolideNeuroinflammationOctodon degusOxidative stress

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PMID31701436
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