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Prebiotic administration normalizes lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced anxiety and cortical 5-HT2A receptor and IL1-β levels in male mice

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Savignac, Helene M., Couch, Yvonne, Stratford, Michael, Bannerman, David M., Tzortzis, George, Anthony, Daniel C., Burnet, Philip W.J.·2016·Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

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The manipulation of the enteric microbiota with specific prebiotics and probiotics, has been shown to reduce the host's inflammatory response, alter brain chemistry, and modulate anxiety behaviour in both rodents and humans. However, the neuro-immune and behavioural effects of prebiotics on sickness behaviour have not been explored. Here, adult male CD1 mice were fed with a specific mix of non-digestible galacto-oligosaccharides (Bimuno®, BGOS) for 3 weeks, before receiving a single injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which induces sickness behaviour and anxiety. Locomotor and marble burying activities were assessed 4h after LPS injection, and after 24h, anxiety in the light-dark box was assessed. Cytokine expression, and key components of the serotonergic (5-Hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) and glutamatergic system were evaluated in the frontal cortex to determine the impact of BGOS administration at a molecular level. BGOS-fed mice were less anxious in the light-dark box compared to controls 24h after the LPS injection. Elevated cortical IL-1β concentrations in control mice 28 h after LPS were not observed in BGOS-fed animals. This significant BGOS×LPS interaction was also observed for 5HT2A receptors, but not for 5HT1A receptors, 5HT, 5HIAA, NMDA receptor subunits, or other cytokines. The intake of BGOS did not influence LPS-mediated reductions in marble burying behaviour, and its effect on locomotor activity was equivocal. Together, our data show that the prebiotic BGOS has an anxiolytic effect, which may be related to the modulation of cortical IL-1β and 5-HT2A receptor expression. Our data suggest a potential role for prebiotics in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders where anxiety and neuroinflammation are prominent clinical features.

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  • B-GOS administration in mice attenuated post-inflammatory anxiety.

    “However, administration of B-GOS® in mice attenuated post-inflammatory anxiety (Savignac et al., 2016).”

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  • B-GOS prevented LPS-mediated increase in cortical IL-1β and 5-HT 2A receptor levels.

    “In addition, B-GOS® prevented a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated increase in cortical 1L-1β and 5-HT 2A receptor levels (Savignac et al., 2016).”

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Savignac, H. M., Couch, Y., Stratford, M., Bannerman, D. M., Tzortzis, G., Anthony, D. C., & Burnet, P. W. J.
Affiliations
University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Burnet, Philip W.J.
Venue
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
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Elsevier BV
Published
2016-02
Volume
52
Pages
120-131
ISSN
0889-1591 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2137216702
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223
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  • Wellcome Trust (087736)
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/I006311/1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Keywords
prebiotics, galactooligosaccharides, lipopolysaccharide, sickness behavior, anxiety, IL-1β, 5-HT2A receptor, serotonin, neuroinflammation, gut-brain axis, frontal cortex, neuropsychiatric disorders
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Anxiety, Disease Models, Animal, Frontal Lobe, Hippocampus, Inflammation, Lipopolysaccharides, Male, Serotonin, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, Cytokines, Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A, Mice, Interleukin-1beta, Illness Behavior, Prebiotics

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