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- Title
Effect of the Flavonoid Rutin on the Modulation of the Myenteric Plexuses in an Experimental Model of Parkinson's Disease.
- Authors
de Jesus, Livia Bacelar; Frota, Annyta Fernandes; de Araújo, Fillipe Mendes; Jesus, Rafael Leonne Cruz de; Costa, Maria de Fátima Dias; de Vasconcelos, Darizy Flavia Silva Amorim; Gois, Marcelo Biondaro; Baccan, Gyselle Chrystina; da Silva, Victor Diogenes Amaral; Costa, Silvia Lima
- Abstract
Recent discoveries have shown that enteric glial cells play an important role in different neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease (PD), which is characterized by motor dysfunctions caused by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substance nigra pars compacta and non-motor symptoms including gastrointestinal dysfunction. In this study, we investigated the modulatory effects of the flavonoid rutin on the behavior and myenteric plexuses in a PD animal model and the response of enteric glia. Adult male Wistar rats were submitted to stereotaxic injection with 6-hydroxydopamine or saline, and they were untreated or treated with rutin (10 mg/kg) for 14 days. The ileum was collected to analyze tissue reactivity and immunohistochemistry for neurons (HuC/HuD) and enteric glial cells (S100β) in the myenteric plexuses. Behavioral tests demonstrated that treatment with rutin improved the motor capacity of parkinsonian animals and improved intestinal transit without interfering with the cell population; rutin treatment modulated the reactivity of the ileal musculature through muscarinic activation, reducing relaxation through the signaling pathway of nitric oxide donors, and increased the longitudinal contractility of the colon musculature in parkinsonian animals. Rutin revealed modulatory activities on the myenteric plexus, bringing relevant answers regarding the effect of the flavonoid in this system and the potential application of PD adjuvant treatment.
- Subjects
PARKINSON'S disease; DOPAMINERGIC neurons; FLAVONOIDS; RUTIN; MUSCARINIC receptors; SALINE injections; NEUROGLIA
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 2, p1037
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms25021037