Espresso Coffee Mitigates the Aggregation and Condensation of Alzheimer′s Associated Tau Protein
Anno:
2023
Tipologia prodotto:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Lingua:
Inglese
Referee:
No
Nome rivista:
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
ISSN Rivista:
0021-8561
N° Volume:
71
Numero o Fascicolo:
30
Intervallo pagine:
11429-11441
Parole chiave:
Alzheimer′s disease; NMR; bioactive molecules; coffee; liquid−liquid phase separation; protein aggregation; tau protein
Breve descrizione dei contenuti:
: Espresso coffee is among the most consumed beverages in the world. Recent studies report a protective activity of the coffee beverage against neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease belongs to a group of disorders, called tauopathies, which are characterized by the intraneuronal accumulation of the microtubule-associated protein tau in fibrillar aggregates. In this work, we characterized by NMR the molecular composition of the espresso coffee extract and identified its main components. We then demonstrated with in vitro and in cell experiments that the whole coffee extract, caffeine, and genistein have biological properties in preventing aggregation, condensation, and seeding activity of the repeat region of tau. We also identified a set of coffee compounds capable of binding to preformed tau fibrils. These results add insights into the neuroprotective potential of espresso coffee and suggest candidate molecular scaffolds for designing therapies targeting monomeric or fibrillized forms of tau.