Kaempferol Has Potent Protective and Antifibrillogenic Effects for α-Synuclein Neurotoxicity In Vitro

Autor: Yuji O. Kamatari, Sora Nozaki, Isao Hozumi, Ryo Honda, Taisei Ito, Hisaka Kurita, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Hazuki Kitai, Xiaopeng Wen, Masanori Hijioka, Masatoshi Inden, Ayaka Takagi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 11484, p 11484 (2021)
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume 22
Issue 21
ISSN: 1422-0067
Popis: Aggregation of α-synuclein (α-Syn) is implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Therefore, the removal of α-Syn aggregation could lead to the development of many new therapeutic agents for neurodegenerative diseases. In the present study, we succeeded in generating a new α-Syn stably expressing cell line using a piggyBac transposon system to investigate the neuroprotective effect of the flavonoid kaempferol on α-Syn toxicity. We found that kaempferol provided significant protection against α-Syn-related neurotoxicity. Furthermore, kaempferol induced autophagy through an increase in the biogenesis of lysosomes by inducing the expression of transcription factor EB and reducing the accumulation of α-Syn
thus, kaempferol prevented neuronal cell death. Moreover, kaempferol directly blocked the amyloid fibril formation of α-Syn. These results support the therapeutic potential of kaempferol in diseases such as synucleinopathies that are characterized by α-Syn aggregates.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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