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Effects of Huanglian-Jie-Du-Tang and its modified formula on the modulation of amyloid-? precursor protein processing in Alzheimer's disease models.


ABSTRACT: Huanglian-Jie-Du-Tang (HLJDT) is a famous traditional Chinese herbal formula that has been widely used clinically to treat cerebral ischemia. Recently, we found that berberine, a major alkaloid compound in HLJDT, reduced amyloid-? (A?) accumulation in an Alzheimer's disease (AD) mouse model. In this study, we compared the effects of HLJDT, four single component herbs of HLJDT (Rhizoma coptidis (RC), Radix scutellariae (RS), Cortex phellodendri (CP) and Fructus gardenia (FG)) and the modified formula of HLJDT (HLJDT-M, which is free of RS) on the regulatory processing of amyloid-? precursor protein (APP) in an in vitro model of AD. Here we show that treatment with HLJDT-M and its components RC, CP, and the main compound berberine on N2a mouse neuroblastoma cells stably expressing human APP with the Swedish mutation (N2a-SwedAPP) significantly decreased the levels of full-length APP, phosphorylated APP at threonine 668, C-terminal fragments of APP, soluble APP (sAPP)-? and sAPP?-Swedish and reduced the generation of A? peptide in the cell lysates of N2a-SwedAPP. HLJDT-M showed more significant APP- and A?- reducing effects than berberine, RC or CP treatment alone. In contrast, HLJDT, its component RS and the main active compound of RS, baicalein, strongly increased the levels of all the metabolic products of APP in the cell lysates. The extract from FG, however, did not influence APP modulation. Interestingly, regular treatment of TgCRND8 APP transgenic mice with baicalein exacerbated the amyloid plaque burden, APP metabolism and A? production. Taken together, these data provide convincing evidence that HLJDT and baicalein treatment can increase the amyloidogenic metabolism of APP which is at least partly responsible for the baicalein-mediated A? plaque increase in the brains of TgCRND8 mice. On the other hand, HLJDT-M significantly decreased all the APP metabolic products including A?. Further study of HLJDT-M for therapeutic use in treating AD is warranted.

SUBMITTER: Durairajan SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3966845 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effects of Huanglian-Jie-Du-Tang and its modified formula on the modulation of amyloid-β precursor protein processing in Alzheimer's disease models.

Durairajan Siva Sundara Kumar SS   Huang Ying-Yu YY   Yuen Pui-Yee PY   Chen Lei-Lei LL   Kwok Ka-Yan KY   Liu Liang-Feng LF   Song Ju-Xian JX   Han Quan-Bin QB   Xue Lei L   Chung Sookja K SK   Huang Jian-Dong JD   Baum Larry L   Senapati Sanjib S   Li Min M  

PloS one 20140326 3


Huanglian-Jie-Du-Tang (HLJDT) is a famous traditional Chinese herbal formula that has been widely used clinically to treat cerebral ischemia. Recently, we found that berberine, a major alkaloid compound in HLJDT, reduced amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation in an Alzheimer's disease (AD) mouse model. In this study, we compared the effects of HLJDT, four single component herbs of HLJDT (Rhizoma coptidis (RC), Radix scutellariae (RS), Cortex phellodendri (CP) and Fructus gardenia (FG)) and the modified for  ...[more]

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