This study aims to investigate the blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability of curcumin analogues with shortened linkers and their ability to protect against amyloid-beta toxicity in a whole organism model.
Four curcumin analogues were synthesized. These analogues and curcumin were evaluated for their BBB permeability in the parallel artificial membrane permeability assay. The transgenic Caenorhabditis elegansGMC101 that expresses human Aβ1–42 was treated with the compounds to evaluate their ability to delay Aβ-induced paralysis. Expression of skn-1mRNA was examined on nematodes treated with selected efficacious compounds. In vitro Aβ aggregation in the presence of the compounds was performed.
The four analogues showed improved BBB permeability vs curcumin in the PAMPA with the hemi-analogue C4 having the highest permeability coefficient. At 100 μm, analogues C1 and C4 as well as curcumin significantly prolonged the survival of the nematodes protecting against Aβ toxicity. However, only curcumin and C4 showed protection at lower concentrations. skn-1mRNA was significantly elevated in nematodes treated with curcumin and C4 indicating SKN-1/Nrf activation as a possible mode of action.
Analogue C4 provides a new lead for the development of a curcumin-based compound for protection against Aβ toxicity with an improved BBB permeability.
本研究旨在调查缩短连接剂的姜黄素类似物对血脑屏障(BBB)的渗透性以及它们在整个生物模型中保护免受淀粉样蛋白β毒性的能力。
合成了四种姜黄素类似物。在平行人工膜渗透性试验中评估了这些类似物和姜黄素的BBB渗透性。用这些化合物处理表达人类Aβ1-42的转基因秀丽隐杆线虫GMC101,以评估它们延迟Aβ诱导的麻痹能力。检查用有效化合物处理的线虫中skn-1mRNA的表达。在化合物存在下进行了体外Aβ聚集实验。
四种类似物在PAMPA中显示出比姜黄素更好的BBB渗透性,其中半类似物C4的渗透系数最高。在100微米下,类似物C1和C4以及姜黄素显著延长了线虫的存活时间,保护免受Aβ毒性。然而,只有姜黄素和C4在较低浓度下表现出保护作用。用姜黄素和C4处理的线虫中skn-1mRNA明显升高,表明SKN-1 / Nrf激活可能是一种可能的作用方式。
类似物C4为开发一种基于姜黄素的化合物,以保护免受Aβ毒性并具有更好BBB渗透性的新线索。