| First Author | Ano Y | Year | 2019 |
| Journal | Front Pharmacol | Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 81 | PubMed ID | 30804789 |
| Mgi Jnum | J:281381 | Mgi Id | MGI:6377805 |
| Doi | 10.3389/fphar.2019.00081 | Citation | Ano Y, et al. (2019) Iso-alpha-Acids, Bitter Components in Beer, Suppress Inflammatory Responses and Attenuate Neural Hyperactivation in the Hippocampus. Front Pharmacol 10:81 |
| abstractText | Due to the growth in aging populations worldwide, prevention and therapy for age-related cognitive decline and dementia are in great demand. We previously demonstrated that long-term intake of iso-alpha-acids, which are hop-derived bitter compounds found in beer, prevent Alzheimer's pathology in a rodent model. On the other hand, the effects of iso-alpha-acids on neural activity in Alzheimer's disease model mice have not been investigated. Here, we demonstrated that short-term intake of iso-alpha-acids suppresses inflammation in the hippocampus and improves memory impairment even after disease onset. Importantly, we demonstrated that short-term administration of iso-alpha-acids attenuated the neural hyperactivation in hippocampus. In 6-month-old 5 x FAD mice exhibiting hippocampus inflammation and memory impairment, oral administration of iso-alpha-acids for 7 days reduced inflammatory cytokines, including MIP-1alpha and soluble Abeta and improved object memory in the novel object recognition test. In 12-month-old J20 mice, intake of iso-alpha-acids for 7 days also suppressed inflammatory cytokines and soluble Abeta in the brain. Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI) of hippocampi of J20 mice showed increased manganese compared with wild type mice, but iso-alpha-acids canceled this increased MEMRI signal in J20 mice, particularly in the hippocampus CA1 and CA3 region. Taken together, these findings suggest that short-term intake of iso-alpha-acids can suppress hippocampus inflammation even after disease onset and improve hyper neural activity in Alzheimer's disease model mice. |
