PMID- 37394643 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231020 LR - 20231020 IS - 1347-5215 (Electronic) IS - 0918-6158 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 7 DP - 2023 TI - 3',4'-Dihydroxyflavonol Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Neuroinflammatory Responses of Microglial Cells by Suppressing AKT-mTOR and NF-kappaB Pathways. PG - 914-920 LID - 10.1248/bpb.b23-00033 [doi] AB - Microglia-related neuroinflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of a variety of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. The synthetic flavonoid, 3',4'-dihydroxyflavonol (3,3',4'-trihydroxyflavone), has been shown to protect brain or myocardial ischemia reperfusion-induced cell death and prevent the aggregation of amyloid-beta protein, a process that causes progressive neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Here, we explored the anti-neuroinflammatory ability of 3',4'-dihydroxyflavonol in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated MG6 microglial cells. 3',4'-Dihydroxyflavonol attenuated LPS-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide secretion in MG6 cells. LPS-induced phosphorylation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), and protein kinase B (AKT) (which are all associated with the neuroinflammatory response in microglia) were attenuated by 3',4'-dihydroxyflavonol treatment. Treatment with the mTOR inhibitor, rapamycin, NF-kappaB inhibitor, caffeic acid phenethyl ester, or AKT inhibitor, LY294002, also attenuated LPS-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide secretion in MG6 cells. LY294002 treatment attenuated LPS-induced phosphorylation of mTOR and NF-kappaB in MG6 cells. Hence, our study suggests that 3',4'-dihydroxyflavonol can attenuate the neuroinflammatory response of microglial cells by suppressing the AKT-mTOR and NF-kappaB pathways. FAU - Akaishi, Tatsuhiro AU - Akaishi T AD - Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Musashino University. FAU - Yamamoto, Shohei AU - Yamamoto S AD - Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Musashino University. FAU - Abe, Kazuho AU - Abe K AD - Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Musashino University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Biol Pharm Bull JT - Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin JID - 9311984 RN - R1I1R1C88V (3',4'-dihydroxyflavonol) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM MH - *Alzheimer Disease/metabolism MH - Inflammation/chemically induced/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides MH - Microglia/metabolism MH - *NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Mice OTO - NOTNLM OT - 3',4'-dihydroxyflavonol OT - mammalian target of rapamycin OT - microglia OT - nuclear factor-kappaB OT - protein kinase B EDAT- 2023/07/03 00:41 MHDA- 2023/07/04 06:42 CRDT- 2023/07/02 23:39 PHST- 2023/07/04 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/03 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/02 23:39 [entrez] AID - 10.1248/bpb.b23-00033 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Pharm Bull. 2023;46(7):914-920. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b23-00033.