Oral Supplements of Aqueous Extract of Tomato Seeds Alleviate Motor Abnormality, Oxidative Impairments and Neurotoxicity Induced by Rotenone in Mice: Relevance to Parkinson’s Disease.

Krishna, Gokul and Dr., Muralidhara (2014) Oral Supplements of Aqueous Extract of Tomato Seeds Alleviate Motor Abnormality, Oxidative Impairments and Neurotoxicity Induced by Rotenone in Mice: Relevance to Parkinson’s Disease. Neurochemical Research, 39:. pp. 1382-1394.

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Abstract

Although tomato seeds (an industrial by-product) are known to contain several bioactive compounds, studies describing their health effects are limited. Previously, we evidenced that aqueous extract of tomato seeds (TSE) markedly attenuated rotenone (ROT)-induced oxidative stress and neurotoxicity in Drosophila system. This study investigated the neuroprotective effect of TSE in a chronic ROT model of neurotoxicity in mice. Initially, we assessed the potential of oral supplements of TSE to modulate the levels of endogenous markers of oxidative stress in brain regions of mice. Subsequently, employing a co-exposure paradigm, the propensity of TSE (100 mg/kg bw, 3 weeks) to attenuate ROT-induced behavioral phenotype (gait abnormalities, anxiety-like state), oxidative dysfunctions and neurotoxicity was examined. We found that mice provided with TSE supplements exhibited progressive improvement in gait pattern and exploratory behavior. TSE markedly offset ROT-induced oxidative impairments, restored reduced glutathione levels, antioxidant defenses (superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase) and protein carbonyls content in brain regions. Specifically, TSE effectively diminished ROT induced elevation in the activity levels of acetylcholinesterase and restored the dopamine levels in striatum. Interestingly, in mitochondria, TSE was able to restore the activity of mitochondrial complexes and redox state. Collectively, our findings in the chronic ROT model demonstrate the ability of TSE to alleviate behavioral phenotype, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and neurotoxicity. Further studies in dopaminergic cell models are necessary to understand the precise molecular mechanism/s by which tomato seed bioactives offer significant neuroprotection.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Tomato Seeds Rotenone Anxiety Motor dysfunction Oxidative stress Parkinson’s disease
Subjects:	600 Technology > 01 Medical sciences > 17 Toxicology 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 23 Vegetables > 03 Tomato
Divisions:	Dept. of Biochemistry
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	12 Aug 2014 07:55
Last Modified:	12 Aug 2014 07:55
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/11625

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