Anti-amyloidogenic effect of thiacremonone through anti-inflamation in vitro and in vivo models

J Alzheimers Dis. 2012;29(3):659-76. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2012-111709.

Abstract

Neuroinflammation is implicated for amyloidogenesis. Sulfur compounds extracted from garlic have been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties. Previously, we have investigated that thiacremonone, a sulfur compound isolated from garlic has anti-inflammatory effects. To investigate thiacremonone's potential effect on anti-neuroinflammation and anti-amyloidogenesis, 4 week old ICR mice were given different doses of thiacremonone (1, 3, and 10 mg/kg) in drinking water for 1 month and received intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (250 μg/kg/day) at last 7 days of treatment. Our data show thiacremonone decreased LPS-induced memory impairment, glial activation, pro-inflammatory mediators' expression, and amyloidogenesis. In an in vitro study, we obtained similar results, with thiacremonone (1, 2, and 5 μg/ml) effectively decreased LPS (1 μg/ml)-induced glial activation and inflammatory mediators generation which are implicated in amyloidogenesis. Our data also demonstrated that thiacremonone inhibited LPS-induced amyloidogenesis in cultured astrocytes and microglial BV-2 cells. NF-κB, a critical transcriptional factor regulating not only inflammation but also amyloid-β generation, was inhibited by thiacremonone via blocking of phosphorylation of IκBα in mice brain as well as cultured astrocytes and microglial BV-2 cells. These results indicated that the anti-inflammatory compound, thiacremonone, inhibited neuroinflammation and amyloidogenesis through inhibition of NF-κB activity, and thus could be applied for intervention of inflammation-related neurodegenerative disease including Alzheimer's disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases / metabolism*
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism*
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology
  • Astrocytes / drug effects
  • Avoidance Learning / drug effects
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cerebral Cortex / cytology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
  • Exploratory Behavior / drug effects
  • Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects
  • Inflammation / chemically induced
  • Inflammation / pathology
  • Inflammation / prevention & control*
  • Lipopolysaccharides / toxicity
  • Male
  • Maze Learning / drug effects
  • Memory Disorders / chemically induced
  • Memory Disorders / prevention & control
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Peptide Fragments / metabolism*
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • Thiophenes / administration & dosage*
  • Thiophenes / chemistry
  • Thiophenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Thiophenes
  • amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
  • thiacremonone
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases