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TitleTocotrienol-Rich Fraction of Palm Oil Improves Behavioral Impairments and Regulates Metabolic Pathways in AβPP/PS1 Mice.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsDurani, LWati, Hamezah, HShahirah, Ibrahim, NFaeizah, Yanagisawa, D, Nasaruddin, MLuqman, Mori, M, Azizan, KAzlan, Damanhuri, HAhmad, Makpol, S, Ngah, WZurinah Wa, Tooyama, I
JournalJ Alzheimers Dis
Volume64
Issue1
Pagination249-267
Date Published2018
ISSN1875-8908
Abstract

We have recently shown that the tocotrienol-rich fraction (TRF) of palm oil, a mixture of vitamin E analogs, improves amyloid pathology in vitro and in vivo. However, precise mechanisms remain unknown. In this study, we examined the effects of long-term (10 months) TRF treatment on behavioral impairments and brain metabolites in (15 months old) AβPP/PS1 double transgenic (Tg) Alzheimer's disease (AD) mice. The open field test, Morris water maze, and novel object recognition tasks revealed improved exploratory activity, spatial learning, and recognition memory, respectively, in TRF-treated Tg mice. Brain metabolite profiling of wild-type and Tg mice treated with and without TRF was performed using ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled to high-resolution accurate mass (HRAM)-orbitrap tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). Metabolic pathway analysis found perturbed metabolic pathways that linked to AD. TRF treatment partly ameliorated metabolic perturbations in Tg mouse hippocampus. The mechanism of this pre-emptive activity may occur via modulation of metabolic pathways dependent on Aβ interaction or independent of Aβ interaction.

DOI10.3233/JAD-170880
Alternate JournalJ. Alzheimers Dis.
PubMed ID29889072
PubMed Central IDPMC6004929
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