Montelukast Ameliorates Scopolamine-induced Alzheimer's Disease : Role on Cholinergic Neurotransmission, Antioxidant Defence System, Neuroinflammation and Expression of BDNF

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BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an overwhelming neurodegenerative disease with progressive loss of memory. AD is characterized by the deposition of the senile plaques mainly composed of β-amyloid (Aβ) fragment, BDNF decline, Cholinergic system overactivity and neuroinflammation. Montelukast (MTK), a leukotriene receptor antagonist, showed astounding neuroprotective effects in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders.

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the ameliorative effects of Montelukast in the scopolamineinduced Alzheimer's disease (AD) model in rats and evaluate its activity against neuroinflammation.

METHODS: Thirty rats were split into five groups: Control group (1 mL/kg normal saline, i.p.), Montelukast perse (10 mg/kg, i.p.), Disease group treated with Scopolamine (3 mg/kg, i.p.), Donepezil group (3 mg/kg, i.p.), Montelukast treatment group (10 mg/kg, i.p.) and behavioural and biochemical tests were carried out to assess the neuro protective effect.

RESULTS: Scopolamine treatment led to a significant reduction in learning and memory and an elevation in cholinesterase levels when compared with the control group (p < 0.01). Additionally, elevated oxidative stress and Amyloid-β levels were associated with enhanced neuroinflammation (p < 0.05, p < 0.01). Furthermore, the decline in neurotrophic factor BDNF is also observed when compared with the normal control group (p < 0.01). Montelukast pre-treatment significantly attenuated learning and memory impairment and cholinesterase levels. Besides, Montelukast and standard drug donepezil administration significantly suppressed the oxidative stress markers (p < 0.01), Amyloid-β levels, neuroinflammatory mediators (p < 0.05) and caused a significant increase in BDNF levels (p < 0.05) Conclusion: Montelukast bestowed ameliorative effects in scopolamine-induced AD animal models as per the previous studies via attenuation of memory impairment, cholinesterase neurotransmission, oxidative stress, Amyloid-β levels, neuroinflammatory mediators and enhanced BDNF levels.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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CNS & neurological disorders drug targets - (2023) vom: 27. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yerraguravagari, Bhavana [VerfasserIn]
Penchikala, Naga Pavani [VerfasserIn]
Kolusu, Aravinda Sai [VerfasserIn]
Sandeep Ganesh, Grandhi [VerfasserIn]
Konduri, Prasad [VerfasserIn]
Nemmani, Kumar V S [VerfasserIn]
Samudrala, Pavan Kumar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BDNF expression
Cognitive impairment
Journal Article
Montelukast
Neuroinflammation.
Oxidative stress
Scopolamine

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Date Revised 02.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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10.2174/0118715273258337230925040049

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NLM362752486