Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Unit of Human Anatomy, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Abstract:
In this Correspondence, a comment to a recent paper by Nikbakht et al., published in the latest ssu of this Journal is reported. The flavone apigenin can exert both its anti-oxidant potetial via the usual enzymatic ROS scavenging system and the mitochondria biogenesis via the PGC-1α/ TFAM/NRF-1 pathway. The very interesting paper by Nikbakht et al, may earn more insighful clues about the activity of apigenin in the prevention of the rat hippocampus neuronal loss caused by the Aβ25-35 injection.
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● Apigenin improves spatial working memory in Wistar rats.
● Apigenin promotes mitochondrial biogenesis by activating peroxisome Proliferator-activated receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α).
● Apigenin prevents neurodegeneration in rat hippocampus.
● The neurodegenerative damages are mediated by mitochondrial biogenesis.
● Apigenin prevents neurodegeneration by inducing PGC-1α.
Plain Language Summary
In this correspondence, a comment to a recent paper by Nikbakht et al., published in the latest issue of this journal is reported. The flavone apigenin can exert both its antioxidant potential via the usual enzymatic reactive oxygen species scavenging system and the mitochondrial biogenesis via the peroxisome Proliferator-activated receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) mitochondrial Transcription Factor A (TFAM) Nuclear Respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1) pathway. The fascinating paper by Nikbakht et al., earns more insightful clues about the activity of apigenin in the prevention of the rat hippocampus neuronal loss caused by the Aβ25-35 injection.
Type of Study:
Letter to Editor |
Subject:
Cellular and molecular Neuroscience Received: 2019/02/19 | Accepted: 2019/04/6 | Published: 2019/11/1