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Lactobacillus plantarum PS128 alleviates neurodegenerative progression in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced mouse models of Parkinson’s disease
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Evidence suggests that the Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis is strongly associated with bidirectional pathways in the microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA), and psychobiotics may inhibit PD progression. We previously reported that the novel psychobiotic strain, Lactobacillus plantarum PS128 (PS128), ameliorated abnormal behaviors and modulated neurotransmissions in dopaminergic pathways in rodent models. Here, we report that orally administering PS128 for 4 weeks significantly alleviated the motor deficits, elevation in corticosterone, nigrostriatal dopaminergic neuronal death, and striatal dopamine reduction in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrathydropyridine (MPTP)-induced PD mouse models. PS128 ingestion suppressed glial cell hyperactivation and increased norepinephrine and neurotrophic factors in the striatum of the PD-model mice. PS128 administration also attenuated MPTP-induced oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in the nigrostriatal pathway. Fecal analysis showed that PS128 modulated the gut microbiota. L. plantarum abundance was significantly increased along with methionine biosynthesis-related microbial modules. PS128 also suppressed the increased family Enterobacteriaceae and lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan biosynthesis-related microbial modules caused by MPTP. In conclude, PS128 ingestion alleviated MPTP-induced motor deficits and neurotoxicity.PS128 supplementation inhibited neurodegenerative processes in PD-model mice and may help prevent PD.
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“In a recent randomized controlled trial (RCT), no significant changes in serum serotonin levels were observed following a 3-month adjunctive probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis treatment in PD patients receiving conventional regimen (Benserazide and dopamine agonists).491 Furthermore, the administration of L. plantarum PS128 was ineffective in restoring MPTP-induced serotonin”
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- Liao, J.-F., Cheng, Y.-F., You, S.-T., Kuo, W.-C., Huang, C.-W., Chiou, J.-J., Hsu, C.-C., Hsieh-Li, H.-M., Wang, S., & Tsai, Y.-C.
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- National Yang Ming University (TW)
- National Taiwan Normal University (TW)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Sabrina
- Tsai, Ying-Chieh
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- Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
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- 2020-11
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- Parkinson's disease, psychobiotics, microbiota-gut-brain axis, MPTP-induced neurotoxicity, nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons, motor impairment, neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, gut microbiota, methionine biosynthesis, Enterobacteriaceae, lipopolysaccharide, peptidoglycan, norepinephrine, neurotrophic factors, corticosterone
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Parkinson Disease, Pyrrolidines, 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, Neuroprotective Agents, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, Mice
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