Epicatechin isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii extract reduces tau-GFP-induced neurotoxicity in zebrafish embryo through the activation of Nrf2.

Abstract:

:Tau plays important roles in the assembly and stabilization of the microtubule structure to facilitate axonal transport in mammalian brain. The intracellular tau aggregates to form paired helical filaments leading to neurodegenerative disorders, collectively called tauopathies. In our previous report, we established a zebrafish model to express tau-GFP to induce neuronal death, which could be directly traced in vivo. Recently, we used this model to screen 400 herbal extracts and found 45 of them to be effective on reducing tau-GFP-induced neuronal death. One of the effective herbal extracts is the Tripterygium wilfordii stem extract. HPLC analysis and functional assay demonstrated that epicatechin (EC) is the major compound of Tripterygium wilfordii stem extract to decrease the neurotoxicity induced by tau-GFP. Using a luciferase reporter assay in the zebrafish, we confirmed that EC could activate Nrf2-dependent antioxidant responses to significantly increase the ARE-controlled expression of luciferase reporter gene. These data suggest that EC from the Tripterygium wilfordii stem extract could diminish tau-GFP-induced neuronal death through the activation of Nrf2.

authors

Wu BK,Yuan RY,Chang YP,Lien HW,Chen TS,Chien HC,Tong TS,Tsai HP,Fang CL,Liao YF,Chang CC,Chen RP,Huang CJ

doi

10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.06.058

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-08-19 00:00:00

pages

283-9

issue

2

eissn

0006-291X

issn

1090-2104

pii

S0006-291X(16)30976-7

journal_volume

477

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