Beneficial Effect of the Flavonoid Luteolin on Neuroinflammation

Finally, given these potent anti-inflammatory properties of luteolin, as well as the inverse relationship between flavonoid intake and cognitive decline in older persons and aged animals reported by others, we explored whether dietary supplementation of luteolin can ameliorate age-related deficits in spatial working memory and reduce inflammatory molecules in aged brain. Adult and aged mice were provided control or luteolin supplemented diet for four weeks. Dietary supplementation of luteolin attenuated the age-related spatial working memory deficits along with alleviating hippocampal IL-1beta and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II mRNA expression in aged mice. Collectively, these studies showed that luteolin might be a promising agent for preventing neuroinflammation and neuronal cell death mediated by activated microglia and consequently, attenuating age-associated cognitive decline.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nutritional Sciences

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Jang, Saebyeol

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kelley, Keith W.

• Health Sciences, Immunology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3392078

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84966