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Bacopaside I Ameliorates Cognitive Impairment in APP/PS1 Mice via Immune-Mediated Clearance of β-amyloid

Bacopaside I Ameliorates Cognitive Impairment in APP/PS1 Mice via Immune-Mediated Clearance of β-amyloid

Yuanyuan Li, Xing Yuan, Yunheng Shen, Jing Zhao, Rongcai Yue, Fang Liu, Weiwei He, Rui Wang, Lei Shan, Weidong Zhang

Aging (Albany NY). 2016 Mar;8(3):521-33.

PMID: 26946062

Abstract:

Standardized extracts of Bacopa monniera (BME) have been shown to exert a neuroprotective effect against mental diseases, such as depression, anxiety and Alzheimer's disease (AD), in chronic administration studies. However, its mechanism of action has remained unclear. In this study, we evaluated the therapeutic effect of Bacopaside I (BS-I), a major triterpenoid saponin of BME, on the cognitive impairment and neuropathology in APP/PS1 transgenic mice and explored the possible mechanism from a biological systems perspective. We found that BS-I treatment significantly ameliorated learning deficits, improved long-term spatial memory, and reduced plaque load in APP/PS1 mice. We constructed BS-I's therapeutic effect network by mapping the nodes onto the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network constructed according to their functional categories based on genomic and proteomic data. Because many of the top enrichment categories related to the processes of the immune system and phagocytosis were detected, we proposed that BS-I promotes amyloid clearance via the induction of a suitable degree of innate immune stimulation and phagocytosis. Our research may help to clarify the neuroprotective effect of BME and indicated that natural saponins target the immune system, which may offer new research avenues to discover novel treatments for AD.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP382148472	Bacopaside I		382148-47-2	Price

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