Allium hookeri Extracts Improve Scopolamine-Induced Cognitive Impairment via Activation of the Cholinergic System and Anti-Neuroinflammation in Miceopen access
- Authors
- Choi, Ji-Hye; Lee, Eun-Byeol; Jang, Hwan-Hee; Cha, Youn-Soo; Park, Yong-Soon; Lee, Sung-Hyen
- Issue Date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Keywords
- Allium hookeri; dementia; memory; neuroprotective; scopolamine
- Citation
- Nutrients, v.13, no.8, pp.1 - 14
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SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Nutrients
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 14
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/144032
- DOI
- 10.3390/nu13082890
- ISSN
- 2072-6643
- Abstract
- Allium hookeri (AH) is a medicinal food that has been used in Southeast Asia for various physiological activities. The objective of this study was to investigate the activation of the cholinergic system and the anti-neuroinflammation effects of AH on scopolamine-induced memory impairment in mice. Scopolamine (1 mg/kg body weight, i.p.) impaired the performance of the mice on the Y-maze test, passive avoidance test, and water maze test. However, the number of error actions was reduced in the AH groups supplemented with leaf and root extracts from AH. AH treatment improved working memory and avoidance times against electronic shock, increased step-through latency, and reduced the time to reach the escape zone in the water maze test. AH significantly improved the cholinergic system by decreasing acetylcholinesterase activity, and increasing acetylcholine concentration. The serum inflammatory cytokines (IL-1 beta, IL-6, and IFN-gamma) increased by scopolamine treatment were regulated by the administration of AH extracts. Overexpression of NF-kappa B signaling and cytokines in liver tissue due to scopolamine were controlled by administration of AH extracts. AH also significantly decreased A beta and caspase-3 expression but increased NeuN and ChAT. The results suggest that AH extracts improve cognitive effects, and the root extracts are more effective in relieving the scopolamine-induced memory impairment. They have neuroprotective effects and reduce the development of neuroinflammation.
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