Natural polyphenol: Their pathogenesis-targeting therapeutic potential in Alzheimer's disease

Department

Internal Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

European journal of medicinal chemistry

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a detrimental neurodegenerative disease affecting the elderly. Clinically, it is characterized by progressive memory decline and subsequent loss of broader cognitive functions. Current drugs provide only symptomatic relief but do not have profound disease-modifying effects. There is an unmet need to identify novel pharmacological agents for AD therapy. Neuropathologically, the characteristic hallmarks of the disease are extracellular senile plaques containing amyloid β-peptides and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles containing hyperphosphorylated microtubule-associated protein tau. Simultaneously, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction in specific brain regions are early events during the process of AD pathologic changes and are associated with Aβ/tau toxicity. Here, we first summarized probable pathogenic mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration and hopefully identify pathways that serve as specific targets to improve therapy for AD. We then reviewed the mechanisms that underlie disease-modifying effects of natural polyphenols, with a focus on nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 activators for AD treatment. Lastly, we discussed challenges in the preclinical to clinical translation of natural polyphenols. In conclusion, there is evidence that natural polyphenols can be therapeutically useful in AD through their multifaceted mechanism of action. However, more clinical studies are needed to confirm these effects.

First Page

116359

DOI

10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116359

Volume

269

Publication Date

4-5-2024

Medical Subject Headings

Humans; Aged; Alzheimer Disease (metabolism); Amyloid beta-Peptides (metabolism); Neurodegenerative Diseases (metabolism); Polyphenols (pharmacology, therapeutic use); Neurofibrillary Tangles (metabolism); tau Proteins (metabolism)

PubMed ID

38537514

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