Inhibition of amyloid-β aggregation and caspase-3 activation by the Ginkgo biloba extract EGb761

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - Tập 99 Số 19 - Trang 12197-12202 - 2002
Yuan Luo1, Julie V Smith1, Vijaykumar Paramasivam1, Adam J Burdick1, Kenneth J. Curry1, Justin P. Buford1, Ikhlas A. Khan1, William J. Netzer1, Huaxi Xu1, Peter Butko1
1Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406; National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677; Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021; and School of Life Sciences, Xiaman University, Fujian, China

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Standardized extract from the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree, labeled EGb761, has been used in clinical trials for its beneficial effects on brain functions, particularly in connection with age-related dementias and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Substantial experimental evidence indicates that EGb761 protects against neuronal damage from a variety of insults, but its cellular and molecular mechanisms remain unknown. Using a neuroblastoma cell line stably expressing an AD-associated double mutation, we report that EGb761 inhibits formation of amyloid-β (Aβ) fibrils, which are the diagnostic, and possibly causative, feature of AD. The decreased Aβ fibrillogenesis in the presence of EGb761 was observed both in the conditioned medium of this Aβ-secreting cell line and in solution in vitro . In the cells, EGb761 significantly attenuated mitochondrion-initiated apoptosis and decreased the activity of caspase 3, a key enzyme in the apoptosis cell-signaling cascade. These results suggest that ( i ) neuronal damage in AD might be due to two factors: a direct Aβ toxicity and the apoptosis initiated by the mitochondria; and ( ii ) multiple cellular and molecular neuroprotective mechanisms, including attenuation of apoptosis and direct inhibition of Aβ aggregation, underlie the neuroprotective effects of EGb761.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Tập 99 Số 19

12197-12202

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