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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2021

Ginseng gintonin attenuates the disruptions of brain microvascular permeability and microvascular endothelium junctional proteins in an APPswe/PSEN-1 double-transgenic mouse model of Αlzheimer's disease.

Minhee Jang, Sun-Hye Choi, Jong Hee Choi, Jinhee Oh, Ra Mi Lee, Na-Eun Lee, Yeon-Jin Cho, Hyewhon Rhim, Hyoung-Chun Kim, Ik-Hyun Cho and 1 more

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Minhee JangDepartment of Convergence Medical Science, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
Sun-Hye ChoiGinsentology Research Laboratory and Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
Jong Hee ChoiDepartment of Convergence Medical Science, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
Jinhee OhDepartment of Convergence Medical Science, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
Ra Mi LeeGinsentology Research Laboratory and Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
Na-Eun LeeGinsentology Research Laboratory and Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
Yeon-Jin ChoGinsentology Research Laboratory and Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
Hyewhon RhimCenter for Neuroscience, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Hyoung-Chun KimNeuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea.
Ik-Hyun ChoDepartment of Convergence Medical Science, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
Seung-Yeol NahGinsentology Research Laboratory and Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
Konkuk University · KRKyung Hee University · KRKangwon National University · KRKorea Institute of Science and Technology · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been previously indicated that gintonin, which is a novel exogenous ginseng-derived lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor ligand, restores memory dysfunctions in an APPswe/PSEN-1 double-transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD Tg mice) by attenuating β-amyloid plaque deposition, recovering cholinergic dysfunctions and upregulating hippocampal neurogenesis in the cortex and hippocampus. Although β-amyloid plaque depositions in AD is accompanied with disruptions of brain microvessels, including the brain-blood barrier (BBB), it is unknown whether gintonin exerts protective effects on brain microvascular dysfunctions in AD Tg mice. In the present study, the effects of gintonin-enriched fraction (GEF) on the changes in β-amyloid plaque depositions, brain permeability of Evans blue, and microvascular junctional proteins were investigated in AD Tg mice. Long-term oral administration of GEF reduced β-amyloid plaque depositions in the cortex and hippocampus of AD Tg mice. GEF treatment also reduced the permeability of Evans blue through BBB and decreased immunoreactivity of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (a marker of BBB disruption) in the cortex and hippocampus of AD Tg mice in a dose-dependent manner. However, GEF elevated the protein expression of occludin, claudin-5 and zonula occludens-1, which are tight-junction proteins. The present results demonstrated that long-term oral GEF treatment not only attenuates β-amyloid plaque depositions in the brain but also exhibits protective effects against microvascular disruptions in AD Tg mice. Finally, GEF exhibits anti-AD effects through attenuation of β-amyloid plaque depositions and protection against brain microvascular damage in an AD animal model.

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Alzheimer's diseaseblood-brain barrierbrain microvesselsGinsenggintonin

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