Resveratrol as a Potential Therapeutic Candidate for the Treatment and Management of Alzheimer's Disease

Title:Resveratrol as a Potential Therapeutic Candidate for the Treatment and Management of Alzheimer's Disease

Volume: 16 Issue: 17

Author(s): Nady Braidy, Bat-Erdene Jugder, Anne Poljak, Tharusha Jayasena, Hussein Mansour, Seyed Mohammad Nabavi, Perminder Sachdev and Ross Grant

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Keywords: Resveratrol, Alzheimer’s disease, Aβ pathology, Oxidative stress, Antioxidants.

Abstract: Resveratrol (3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene) is a naturally occurring phytochemical present in red wine, grapes, berries, chocolate and peanuts. Clinically, resveratrol has exhibited significant antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and anti-cancer properties. Although resveratrol was first isolated in 1940, it was not until the last decade that it was recognised for its potential therapeutic role in reducing the risk of neurodegeneration, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in particular. AD is the primary cause of progressive dementia. Resveratrol has demonstrated neuroprotective effects in several in vitro and in vivo models of AD. Apart from its potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory roles, evidence suggests that resveratrol also facilitates non-amyloidogenic breakdown of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), and promotes removal of neurotoxic amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides, a critical step in preventing and slowing down AD pathology. Resveratrol also reduces damage to neuronal cells via a variety of additional mechanisms, most notably is the activation of NAD⁺-dependent histone deacetylases enzymes, termed sirtuins. However in spite of the considerable advances in clarifying the mechanism of action of resveratrol, it is unlikely to be effective as monotherapy in AD due to its poor bioavailability, biotransformation, and requisite synergism with other dietary factors. This review summarizes the relevance of resveratrol in the pathophysiology of AD. It also highlights why resveratrol alone may not be an effective single therapy, and how resveratrol coupled to other compounds might yet prove an effective therapy with multiple targets.

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Braidy Nady, Jugder Bat-Erdene, Poljak Anne, Jayasena Tharusha, Mansour Hussein, Mohammad Nabavi Seyed, Sachdev Perminder and Grant Ross, Resveratrol as a Potential Therapeutic Candidate for the Treatment and Management of Alzheimer's Disease, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2016; 16 (17) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026616666160204121431