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ArticleJournal of ginseng research2023

Mountain-cultivated ginseng protects against cognitive impairments in aged GPx-1 knockout mice via activation of Nrf2/ChAT/ERK signaling pathway.

Bao Trong Nguyen, Eun-Joo Shin, Ji Hoon Jeong, Naveen Sharma, Ngoc Kim Cuong Tran, Yen Nhi Doan Nguyen, Dae-Joong Kim, Myung Bok Wie, Yi Lee, Jae Kyung Byun and 3 more

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Bao Trong NguyenNeuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea.
Eun-Joo ShinNeuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea.
Ji Hoon JeongDepartment of Global Innovative Drugs, Graduate School of Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Naveen SharmaNeuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea.
Ngoc Kim Cuong TranNeuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea.
Yen Nhi Doan NguyenNeuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea.
Dae-Joong KimDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical School, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea.
Myung Bok WieDepartment of Veterinary Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea.
Yi LeeDepartment of Industrial Plant Science & Technology, Chungbuk National University, Chungju, Republic of Korea.
Jae Kyung ByunKorea Society of Forest Environmental Research, Namyanju, Republic of Korea.
Sung Kwon KoDepartment of Oriental Medical Food & Nutrition, Semyung University, Jecheon, Republic of Korea.
Seung-Yeol NahGinsentology Research Laboratory and Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hyoung-Chun KimNeuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea.

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Background: Escalating evidence shows that ginseng possesses an antiaging potential with cognitive enhancing activity. As mountain cultivated ginseng (MCG) is cultivated without agricultural chemicals, MCG has emerged as a popular herb medicine. However, little is known about the MCG-mediated pharmacological mechanism on brain aging. Methods: As we demonstrated that glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is important for enhancing memory function in the animal model of aging, we investigated the role of MCG as a GPx inducer using GPx-1 (a major type of GPx) knockout (KO) mice. We assessed whether MCG modulates redox and cholinergic parameters, and memory function in aged GPx-1 knockout KOmice. Results: Redox burden of aged GPx-1 KO mice was more evident than that of aged wild-type (WT) mice. Alteration of Nrf2 DNA binding activity appeared to be more evident than that of NFκB DNA binding activity in aged GPx-1 KO mice. Alteration in choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity was more evident than that in acetylcholine esterase activity. MCG significantly attenuated reductions in Nrf2 system and ChAT level. MCG significantly enhanced the co-localization of Nrf2-immunoreactivity and ChAT-immunoreactivity in the same cell population. Nrf2 inhibitor brusatol significantly counteracted MCG-mediated up-regulation in ChAT level and ChAT inhibition (by k252a) significantly reduced ERK phosphorylation by MCG, suggesting that MCG might require signal cascade of Nrf2/ChAT/ERK to enhance cognition. Conclusion: GPx-1 depletion might be a prerequisite for cognitive impairment in aged animals. MCG-mediated cognition enhancement might be associated with the activations of Nrf2, ChAT, and ERK signaling cascade.

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aged GPx-1 knockout miceaging-induced cognitive impairmentshippocampusmountain cultivated ginsengNrf2/ChAT/ERK signaling cascade

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