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Recently, studies conducted with astrocyte cells have drawn attention to neurodegeneration pathologies caused by aluminum exposure. In particular, investigating the potential of herbal therapeutic agents to prevent this effect of aluminum has gained importance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic and preventive effects of piperine, curcumin, and the combination of these compounds on reactive primary astrocyte cells. In order to examine the preventive effect, certain concentrations of compounds were applied to the cells before the aluminum application, and to be able to determine the therapeutic effect, the compounds were examined after the aluminum application. The efficacy of the compounds was analyzed in terms of cell viability, apoptosis, necrosis, and cytokine release. In conclusion, the results of the study showed that the use of different concentrations of piperine, curcumin, and their combination had significantly higher % cell viability on aluminum-induced damage in astrocyte cells compared to the damaged control group. In addition, a decrease in the number of apoptotic and necrotic cells was observed in the same groups, which indicated that piperine increased curcumin activity. The decrease in the amount of IL-6 and TGF-β cytokines also supported that piperine increased the effectiveness of curcumin. Considering all these results, it can be said that in terms of aluminum damage in astrocyte cells, the bioavailability-enhancing property of piperine on curcumin was shown for the first time in the literature. In line with these results, it is inevitable to carry out further studies.
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This study was summarized from Şebnem Erfen’s master’s thesis. We would like to thank Ilgın Özdemir for helping in the design of the article figures.
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Erfen, Ş., Akbay Çetin, E. Therapeutic and Preventive Effects of Piperine and its Combination with Curcumin as a Bioenhancer Against Aluminum-Induced Damage in the Astrocyte Cells. Neurotox Res 40, 2027–2045 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12640-022-00600-9
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