Multimodal beneficial effects of BNN27, a nerve growth factor synthetic mimetic, in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

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Neuropathologically, AD is characterized by the accumulation of Aβ amyloid plaques in the microenvironment of brain cells and neurovascular walls, chronic neuroinflammation, resulting in neuronal and synaptic loss, myelin and axonal failure, as well as significant reduction in adult hippocampal neurogenesis. The hippocampal formation is particularly vulnerable to this degenerative process, due to early dysfunction of the cholinergic circuit. Neurotrophic factors consist major regulatory molecules and their decline in AD is considered as an important cause of disease onset and progression. Novel pharmacological approaches are targeting the downstream pathways controlled by neurotrophins, such as nerve growth factor (NGF) receptors, TrkA and p75NTR, which enhance hippocampal neurogenic capacity and neuroprotective mechanisms, and potentially counteract the neurotoxic effects of amyloid deposition. BNN27 is a non-toxic, newly developed 17-spiro-steroid analog, penetrating the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) and mimicking the neuroprotective effects of NGF, acting as selective activator of its receptors, both TrkA and p75NTR, thus promoting survival of various neuronal cell types. Our present research aims at determining whether and which aspects of the AD-related pathology, BNN27 is able to alleviate, exploring the cellular and molecular AD components and link these changes with improvements in the cognitive performance of an animal AD model, the 5xFAD mice. Our results clearly indicate that BNN27 administration significantly reduced amyloid-β load in whole brain of the animals, enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis, restored cholinergic function and synaptogenesis, reducing inflammatory activation and leading to significant restoration of cognitive functions. 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