PMID- 38122814 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240124 LR - 20240131 IS - 1743-1328 (Electronic) IS - 0161-6412 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 3 DP - 2024 Mar TI - Minocycline mitigates tau pathology via modulating the TLR-4/NF-small ka, Cyrillicbeta signalling pathway in the hippocampus of neuroinflammation rat model. PG - 261-271 LID - 10.1080/01616412.2023.2296754 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: The neuroinflammatory response was seen to impact the formation of phosphorylated tau protein in Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study aims to investigate the molecular mechanism of minocycline in reducing phosphorylated tau protein formation in the hippocampus of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced rats. METHODS: Fifty adult male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly allocated to 1 of 5 groups: control, LPS (5 mg/kg), LPS + minocycline (25 mg/kg), LPS + minocycline (50 mg/kg) and LPS + memantine (10 mg/kg). Minocycline and memantine were administered intraperitoneally (i.p) for two weeks, and LPS was injected i.p. once on day 5. ELISA was used to determine the level of phosphorylated tau protein in SD rats' hippocampal tissue. The density and expression of Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4), nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-small ka, Cyrillicbeta), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 were determined using Western blot and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Minocycline, like memantine, prevented LPS-induced increasein phosphorylated tau protein level suggested via reduced density and expression of TLR-4, NF-small ka, Cyrillicbeta, TNF-alphaand COX-2 proteins in rat hippocampal tissue. Interestingly, higher doses were shown to be more neuroprotective than lower doses. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that minocycline suppresses the neuroinflammation signalling pathway and decreased phosphorylated tau protein formation induced by LPS in a dose-dependent manner. Minocycline can be used as a preventative and therapeutic drug for neuroinflammatory diseases such as AD. FAU - Abdo Qaid, Entesar Yaseen AU - Abdo Qaid EY AD - School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. AD - Histology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen. FAU - Abdullah, Zuraidah AU - Abdullah Z AD - School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. FAU - Zakaria, Rahimah AU - Zakaria R AD - Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. FAU - Long, Idris AU - Long I AD - School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240122 PL - England TA - Neurol Res JT - Neurological research JID - 7905298 RN - FYY3R43WGO (Minocycline) RN - 0 (tau Proteins) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - W8O17SJF3T (Memantine) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) SB - IM MH - Rats MH - Animals MH - Male MH - *Minocycline/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - tau Proteins/metabolism MH - Neuroinflammatory Diseases MH - Lipopolysaccharides MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Memantine/pharmacology/metabolism MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism MH - *Alzheimer Disease/drug therapy/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Lipopolysaccharide OT - hippocampus OT - memantine OT - minocycline OT - neuroinflammation EDAT- 2023/12/21 00:41 MHDA- 2024/01/24 06:43 CRDT- 2023/12/20 19:12 PHST- 2024/01/24 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/21 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/20 19:12 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/01616412.2023.2296754 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurol Res. 2024 Mar;46(3):261-271. doi: 10.1080/01616412.2023.2296754. Epub 2024 Jan 22.