Effect of folic acid on the expression of Flotillin-1 and β-amyloid protein in the brain of mice with Alzheimer’ s disease inflammation
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1. Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.2. Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Major Diseases in the Population, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300070.3. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition and Public Health, Tianjin 300070

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    Objective To observe the effects of folic acid ( FA) supplementation on the expression of Flotillin-1 and β-amyloid protein ( Aβ) -metabolism-related proteins in the brains of inflammation-stimulated Alzheimer’ s disease (AD) mice. Methods Twenty-seven 6-month-old male APP / PS1 mice were randomly divided into AD, AD+LPS, and AD+LPS+FA groups, with nine mice in each group. Nine C57BL / 6J male mice born within the same month were used as the Control group. The AD + LPS + FA group was given folic-acid-supplemented feed ( 8 mg / kg ) for 3 months of intervention, while the other three groups were fed normal feed. Lipopolysaccharide solution ( LPS, 250 μg / ( kg·d) ) was injected intraperitoneally into mice in the AD+LPS and AD+LPS+FA groups 1 week before the end of the experiment, and saline was injected into the remaining two groups. The serum inflammatory factors TNF-α and IL-6 levels and brain tissue Aβ1- 40 and Aβ1- 42 levels of mice in each group were detected by ELISA. Flotillin-1 protein expression in brain tissue was detected using Western blot, and the co-expression of Flotillin-1 and Aβ1- 42 / APP / PS1 / BACE1 in the cortical region of the brain was detected via immunofluorescence double-labeling. Results After ANOVA analysis, we found mice in the AD group had elevated serum TNF-α and IL-6 levels ( P<0. 05) , elevated levels of Aβ1- 40 and Aβ1- 42 ( P<0. 05) , increased expression of Flotillin-1 protein (P<0. 05) , and increased co-expression of Flotillin-1 and Aβ1- 42 / APP / PS1 / BACE1 in the cortical brain tissue (P<0. 05) compared with the Control group. Compared with mice in the AD group, those in the AD+LPS group had further increases in serum inflammatory factors and Aβ levels in the brain ( P<0. 05) and increased coexpression of Flotillin-1 and Aβ1- 42/ APP / BACE1 double-labeled proteins in their cortical brain tissue ( P<0. 05 ) .Compared with mice in the AD+LPS group, those in the AD+LPS+FA group had lower in vivo inflammation levels and Aβcontent in the brain ( P<0. 05) , lower brain tissue Flotillin-1 protein expression ( P<0. 05) , and lower Flotillin-1 and Aβ1- 42 / APP / PS1 / BACE1 protein co-expression in cortical brain tissue ( P<0. 05 ) . Conclusions Folic acid supplementation may reduce Flotillin-1 protein expression and Aβ deposition in the brain of AD inflammatory mice.

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  • Received:February 29,2024
  • Online: October 15,2024
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