Caffeine Reverses Cognitive Impairment and Decreases Brain Amyloid-β Levels in Aged Alzheimer's Disease Mice
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's transgenic mice, amyloid-β, caffeine, cognitive impairment, memory, treatment
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2009-1087
Abstract
Abstract: We have recently shown that Alzheimer's disease (AD) transgenic mice given a moderate level of caffeine intake (the human equivalent of 5 cups of coffee per day) are protected from development of otherwise certain cognitive impairment and have decreased hippocampal amyloid-β (Aβ) levels due to suppression of both β-secretase (BACE1) and presenilin 1 (PS1)/γ-secretase expression. To determine if caffeine intake can have beneficial effects in "aged" APPsw mice already demonstrating cognitive impairment, we administered caffeine in the drinking water of 18–19 month old APPsw mice that were impaired in working memory. At 4–5 weeks into caffeine treatment, those impaired transgenic mice given caffeine (Tg/Caff) exhibited vastly superior working memory compared to the continuing impairment of control transgenic mice. In addition, Tg/Caff mice had substantially reduced Aβ deposition in hippocampus (↓ 40% and entorhinal cortex (↓46%), as well as correlated decreases in brain soluble Aβ levels. Mechanistically, evidence is provided that caffeine suppression of BACE1 involves the cRaf-1/NFκB pathway. We also determined that caffeine concentrations within human physiological range effectively reduce active and total glycogen synthase kinase 3 levels in SweAPP N2a cells. Even with pre-existing and substantial Aβ burden, aged APPsw mice exhibited memory restoration and reversal of AD pathology, suggesting a treatment potential of caffeine in cases of established AD.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, v. 17, issue 3, p. 661-680
Scholar Commons Citation
Arendash, Gary W.; Mori, Takashi; Cao, Chuanhai; Mamcarz, Malgorzata; Runfeldt, Melissa; Dickson, Alexander; Rezai-Zadeh, Kavon; Tan, Jun; Citron, Bruce A.; Lin, Xiaoyang; Echeverria, Valentina; and Potter, Huntington, "Caffeine Reverses Cognitive Impairment and Decreases Brain Amyloid-β Levels in Aged Alzheimer's Disease Mice" (2009). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 74.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/74
