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Enduring behavioral effects induced by birth by caesarean section in the mouse

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Morais, Livia H., Golubeva, Anna V., Moloney, Gerard M., Moya-Pérez, Angela, Ventura-Silva, Ana Paula, Arboleya, Silvia, Bastiaanssen, Thomaz F.S., O’Sullivan, Orla +20 more·2020·Current Biology

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Birth by Caesarean (C)-section impacts early gut microbiota colonization and is associated with an increased risk of developing immune and metabolic disorders. Moreover, alterations of the microbiome have been shown to affect neurodevelopmental trajectories. However, the long-term effects of C-section on neurobehavioral processes remain unknown. Here, we demonstrated that birth by C-section results in marked but transient changes in microbiome composition in the mouse, in particular, the abundance of Bifidobacterium spp. was depleted in early life. Mice born by C-section had enduring social, cognitive, and anxiety deficits in early life and adulthood. Interestingly, we found that these specific behavioral alterations induced by the mode of birth were also partially corrected by co-housing with vaginally born mice. Finally, we showed that supplementation from birth with a Bifidobacterium breve strain, or with a dietary prebiotic mixture that stimulates the growth of bifidobacteria, reverses selective behavioral alterations in C-section mice. Taken together, our data link the gut microbiota to behavioral alterations in C-section-born mice and suggest the possibility of developing adjunctive microbiota-targeted therapies that may help to avert long-term negative consequences on behavior associated with C-section birth mode.

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  • Microbial alterations associated with C-section delivery could have permanent effects on behavior and cognition.

    “These microbial alterations (e.g., depletion in Bifidobacterium) associated with C-section delivery could have permanent effects on behavior and cognition;”
  • Some microbial and behavioral alterations associated with C-section could be reversed by supplementation with a prebiotic mixture (galactooligosaccharide, fructooligosaccharide), suggesting that microbiota-targeted diet interventions could be used to alleviate some of the negative effects associated with C-section.

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  1. Swift-Gallant, A., Jordan, C.L., and Breedlove, S.M. (2018). Consequences of cesarean delivery for neural development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115, 11664-11666.

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Morais, L. H., Golubeva, A. V., Moloney, G. M., Moya-Pérez, A., Ventura-Silva, A. P., Arboleya, S., Bastiaanssen, T. F. S., O’Sullivan, O., Rea, K., Borre, Y., Scott, K. A., Patterson, E., Cherry, P., Stilling, R., Hoban, A. E., El Aidy, S., Sequeira, A. M., Beers, S., Moloney, R. D., Renes, I. B., Wang, S., Knol, J., Ross, R. P., O’Toole, P. W., Cotter, P. D., Stanton, C., Dinan, T. G., & Cryan, J. F.
Affiliations
  • University College Cork (IE)
  • Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (IE)
  • Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • Nutricia Research (Netherlands) (NL)
Corresponding author
Cryan, John F.
Venue
Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-10
Volume
30
Issue
19
Pages
3761-3774.e6
ISSN
0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3078809481
Cited by
104
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 5
FWCI
5.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • T-Stór (Teagasc) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • T-Stór (Teagasc) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Danone Nutricia Research
  • Science Foundation Ireland
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
Keywords
cesarean section, gut microbiota, Bifidobacterium, Bifidobacterium breve, social behavior, anxiety, cognitive impairment, cohousing, prebiotics, microbiota-targeted therapy, mode of delivery, neurobehavioral development
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Bifidobacterium, Cesarean Section, Disease Models, Animal, Feces, Female, Nervous System Diseases, Pregnancy, Mice

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