PMID- 26339337 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161214 LR - 20181202 IS - 1936-2625 (Electronic) IS - 1936-2625 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 7 DP - 2015 TI - Protective effect of chronic caffeine intake on gene expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor signaling and the immunoreactivity of glial fibrillary acidic protein and Ki-67 in Alzheimer's disease. PG - 7710-28 AB - Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with progressive degeneration of the hippocampal and cortical neurons. This study was designed to demonstrate the protective effect of caffeine on gene expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptor neural receptor protein-tyrosine kinase-beta (TrkB) as well as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and Ki-67 immunoreactivity in Aluminum chloride (AlCl3) induced animal model of AD. Fifty adult rats included in this study were classified into 5 group (10 rats each); negative and positive control groups (I&II), AD model group (III), group treated with caffeine from the start of AD induction (IV) and group treated with caffeine two weeks before AD induction (V). Hippocampal tissue BDNF and its receptor (TrkB) gene expression by real time RT-PCR in addition to immunohistochemical study of GFAP and Ki67 immunoreactivity were performed for all rats in the study. The results of this study revealed that caffeine has protective effect through improving the histological and immunohistochemical findings induced by AlCl3 as well as BDNF and its receptor gene expression. It could be concluded from the current study, that chronic caffeine consumption in a dose of 1.5 mg/kg body weight daily has a potentially good protective effect against AD. FAU - Ghoneim, Fatma M AU - Ghoneim FM AD - Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Mansoura University Egypt. FAU - Khalaf, Hanaa A AU - Khalaf HA AD - Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Mansoura University Egypt. FAU - Elsamanoudy, Ayman Z AU - Elsamanoudy AZ AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mansoura University Egypt. FAU - Abo El-Khair, Salwa M AU - Abo El-Khair SM AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mansoura University Egypt. FAU - Helaly, Ahmed M N AU - Helaly AM AD - Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Mansoura University Egypt. FAU - Mahmoud, El-Hassanin M AU - Mahmoud el-HM AD - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University Egypt. FAU - Elshafey, Saad H AU - Elshafey SH AD - Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Mansoura University Egypt. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150701 PL - United States TA - Int J Clin Exp Pathol JT - International journal of clinical and experimental pathology JID - 101480565 RN - 0 (Aluminum Compounds) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Chlorides) RN - 0 (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein) RN - 0 (Ki-67 Antigen) RN - 3CYT62D3GA (Aluminum Chloride) RN - 3G6A5W338E (Caffeine) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Aluminum Chloride MH - Aluminum Compounds/adverse effects MH - Alzheimer Disease/chemically induced/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Caffeine/*pharmacology MH - Chlorides/adverse effects MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects MH - Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/genetics/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/pathology MH - Humans MH - Ki-67 Antigen/genetics/metabolism MH - Male MH - Neurons/drug effects/pathology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects PMC - PMC4555665 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - BNDF signaling OT - Caffeine OT - Ki-67 OT - glial fibrillary acidic protein EDAT- 2015/09/05 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2015/07/01 CRDT- 2015/09/05 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/06/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/09/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2015 Jul 1;8(7):7710-28. eCollection 2015.