Preventive effect of Ninjin-yoei-to, a Kampo medicine, on amyloid β1-42-induced neurodegeneration via intracellular Zn2+ toxicity in the dentate gyrus

Tamano Haruna, Tokoro Haruna, Murakami Daichi, Furuhata Ryo, Nakajima Satoko, Saeki Nana, Katahira Misa, Shioya Aoi, Tanaka Yukino, Egawa Mako, Takeda Atsushi

doi:10.1538/expanim.21-0044

Ninjin-yoei-to (NYT), a Kampo medicine, has ameliorative effects on cognitive dysfunction via enhancing cholinergic neuron activity. To explore an efficacy of NYT administration for prevention and cure of Alzheimer’s disease, here we examined the effect of NYT on amyloid β_1-42 (Aβ_1-42)-induced neurodegeneration in the dentate gyrus. A diet containing 3% NYT was administered to mice for 2 weeks and human Aβ_1-42 was intracerebroventricularly injected. Neurodegeneration in the dentate granule cell layer of the hippocampus, which was determined 2 weeks after the injection, was rescued by administration of the diet for 4 weeks. Aβ staining (uptake) was not modified in the dentate granule cell layer by pre-administration of the diet for 2 weeks, while Aβ_1-42-induced increase in intracellular Zn²⁺ was reduced, suggesting that pre-administration of NYT prior to Aβ injection is effective for reducing Aβ_1-42-induced Zn²⁺ toxicity in the dentate gyrus. As a matter of fact, Aβ_1-42-induced neurodegeneration in the dentate gyrus was rescued by pre-administration of NYT. Interestingly, the level of metallothioneins, intracellular Zn²⁺-binding proteins, which can capture Zn²⁺ from Zn-Aβ_1-42 complexes, was elevated in the dentate granule cell layer by pre-administration of NYT. The present study suggests that pre-administration of NYT prevents Aβ_1-42-mediated neurodegeneration in the dentate gyurs by induced synthesis of metallothioneins, which reduces intracellular Zn²⁺ toxicity induced by Aβ_1-42.

Preventive effect of Ninjin-yoei-to, a Kampo medicine, on amyloid β<sub>1-42</sub>-induced neurodegeneration via intracellular Zn<sup>2+</sup> toxicity in the dentate gyrus

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