Astaxanthin, a natural compound of Haematococcus pluvialis, possesses antioxidant, antiinflammatory, anti-tumor and immunomodulatory activities. It also represents a potential therapeutic in Alzheimer's disease (AD), that is related to oxidative stress and agglomeration of proteins such as amyloid-beta (A?). A? is a neurotoxic protein and a substrate of tissue transglutaminase (TG2), an ubiquitary protein involved in AD. Herein, the effect of astaxanthin pretreatment on olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) exposed to A?(1-42) or by A?(25-35) or A?(35-25), and on TG2 expression were assessed. Vimentin, GFAP, nestin, cyclin D1 and caspase-3 were evaluated. ROS levels and the percentage of cell viability were also detected. In parallel, delayed luminescence (DL) was used to monitor mitochondrial status. ASTA reduced TG2, GFAP and vimentin overexpression, inhibiting cyclin D1 levels and apoptotic pathway activation which induced an increase in the nestin levels. In addition, significant changes in DL intensities were particularly observed in OECs exposed to A? toxic fragment (25-35), that completely disappear when OECs were pre-incubated in astaxantin. Therefore, we suggest that ASTA pre-treatment might represent an innovative mechanism to contrast TG2 overexpression in AD.

Effect of Astaxanthin on Tissue Transglutaminase and Cytoskeletal Protein Expression in Amyloid-Beta Stressed Olfactory Ensheathing Cells: Molecular and Delayed Luminescence Studies

Michela Spatuzza;
2023

Abstract

Astaxanthin, a natural compound of Haematococcus pluvialis, possesses antioxidant, antiinflammatory, anti-tumor and immunomodulatory activities. It also represents a potential therapeutic in Alzheimer's disease (AD), that is related to oxidative stress and agglomeration of proteins such as amyloid-beta (A?). A? is a neurotoxic protein and a substrate of tissue transglutaminase (TG2), an ubiquitary protein involved in AD. Herein, the effect of astaxanthin pretreatment on olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) exposed to A?(1-42) or by A?(25-35) or A?(35-25), and on TG2 expression were assessed. Vimentin, GFAP, nestin, cyclin D1 and caspase-3 were evaluated. ROS levels and the percentage of cell viability were also detected. In parallel, delayed luminescence (DL) was used to monitor mitochondrial status. ASTA reduced TG2, GFAP and vimentin overexpression, inhibiting cyclin D1 levels and apoptotic pathway activation which induced an increase in the nestin levels. In addition, significant changes in DL intensities were particularly observed in OECs exposed to A? toxic fragment (25-35), that completely disappear when OECs were pre-incubated in astaxantin. Therefore, we suggest that ASTA pre-treatment might represent an innovative mechanism to contrast TG2 overexpression in AD.
2023
Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica -IRIB
astaxanthin; tissue transglutaminase; olfactory ensheathing cells; amyloid-beta; selfrenewal; delayed luminescence
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