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ArticleInflammation2025

GSK3β Substrate-competitive Inhibitors Regulate the gut Homeostasis and Barrier Function to Inhibit Neuroinflammation in Scopolamine-induced Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice.

Lingyu Zhang, Zhihao Jiang, Shaozhen Hu, Haojie Ni, Yijing Zhao, Xiaoqin Tan, Yi Lang, Risong Na, Yanwu Li, Qun Du and 2 more

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Article in Inflammation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Lingyu ZhangScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Zhihao JiangScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Shaozhen HuScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Haojie NiScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Yijing ZhaoScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Xiaoqin TanScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Yi LangScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Risong NaCollege of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Wenhua Road No. 95, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
Yanwu LiScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Qun DuScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Qing X LiDepartment of Molecular Bioscience and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1955 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA. qingl@hawaii.edu.
Yan DongScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. dondy001@gzucm.edu.cn.

Funding

Grant USDA Hatch project HAW05020HNational Natural Science Foundation of China 81973545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease mainly characterized by cognitive impairment. Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3β) is a potential therapeutic target against AD. Isoorientin (ISO), a GSK3β substrate competitive inhibitor, plays anti-AD effects in in vitro and in vivo AD model. TFGF-18 is an ISO synthetic analog with improved potency, but its neuroprotective effect in vivo remains to be elucidated, and the underlying mechanisms of GSK3β inhibitor against AD need to be clarified. This study investigated the TFGF-18 and ISO effects on gut homeostasis and neuroinflammation in scopolamine (SCOP)-induced AD mice. And the protection on barrier function was observed in in vitro blood-brain barrier (BBB) model of mouse brain microvascular endothelial cells (bEnd.3). The results show that TFGF-18 and ISO improved cognitive function in SCOP-induced mice, and inhibited cholinergic system disorders and inflammation in the brain and intestine, decreased the level of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in serum and intestine, protected the diversity and balance of intestinal microbiome, increased the expressions of tight junction protein (ZO-1, occludin), brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in the mouse brain and intestine. In addition, TFGF-18 and ISO protected against barrier damage in LPS-stimulated BBB model of bEnd.3 cells in vitro. TFGF-18 and ISO increased the ratio of p-GSK3β/GSK3β, suppressed toll-like receptors 4 (TLR-4) expression and nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) activation in vivo and in vitro, and increased the expressions of β-catenin, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in vitro. In conclusion, The GSK3β inhibitors TFGF-18 and ISO modulate the gut homeostasis and barrier function to inhibit neuroinflammation and attenuate cognitive impairment by regulating NF-κB, β-catenin and Nrf2/HO-1 pathways.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBlood-Brain BarrierGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHomeostasisNeuroinflammatory DiseasesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMaleMiceScopolamineGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaGsk3b protein, mouseScopolamineAlzheimer’s diseaseBarrier functionGSK3β inhibitorGut homeostasisInflammation

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