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Anxiogenic effects of a Lactobacillus, inulin and the synbiotic on healthy juvenile rats

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Barrera-Bugueño, Camila, Realini, Ornella, Escobar-Luna, Jorge, Sotomayor-Zárate, Ramón, Gotteland, Martin, Julio-Pieper, Marcela, Bravo, Javier A.·2017·Neuroscience

Abstract

Gut microbiota interventions, including probiotic and prebiotic use can alter behavior in adult animals and healthy volunteers. However, little is known about their effects in younger individuals. To investigate this, male Sprague-Dawley rats (post-natal day 21, PND21) received Lactobacillus casei 54-2-33 (10 4 cfu/ml), inulin as prebiotic (16mg/ml), or both together (synbiotic) via drinking water for 14days. Control rats received water alone. Open field (OF) and elevated plus maze (EPM) behaviors were evaluated at PND34 and 35, respectively. 30min after EPM, brains and trunk blood were collected to evaluate hippocampal 5-HT 1A (mRNA and protein) and plasma corticosterone (CORT). Lactobacillus, inulin and synbiotic-treated rats had fewer entries to the OF's center and spent more time in its periphery than controls. Synbiotic-fed rats explored the EPM's open arms longer than probiotic and inulin-fed rats. Synbiotic, but not Lactobacillus nor inulin-fed rats had lower levels of EPM-evoked CORT than controls. Basal CORT levels, evaluated in a naïve cohort, were higher in Lactobacillus- and inulin-fed rats than controls. In naïve synbiotic-fed rats, 5-HT 1A mRNA levels were higher in dentate gyrus and cornus ammonis 1 layer (CA1), than in all other naïve groups, while hippocampal 5-HT 1A protein levels were lower in bacteria-fed rats than controls. 5-HT 1A mRNA changes suggest complex effects of gut microbes on hippocampal gene expression machinery, probably involving endogenous/…

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  • In a combined pre/pro-biotic study, L. casei and inulin fed rats enhanced 5-HT 1A mRNA levels in the DG and CA1 areas of the hippocampus in healthy juvenile rats.

    “In a combined pre/pro-biotic study, L. casei and inulin fed rats enhanced 5-HT 1A mRNA levels in the DG and CA1 areas of the hippocampus in healthy juvenile rats, indicating an early behavioral change as a direct result of synbiotic administration (Barrera-Bugueno et al., 2017).”

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Authors
Barrera-Bugueño, C., Realini, O., Escobar-Luna, J., Sotomayor-Zárate, R., Gotteland, M., Julio-Pieper, M., & Bravo, J. A.
Affiliations
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (CL)
Corresponding author
Bravo, Javier A.
Venue
Neuroscience
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-09
Volume
359
Pages
18-29
ISSN
0306-4522 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2726455676
Cited by
38
References
60
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FWCI
4.00
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Universidad de Chile (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
FONDECYT
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
Keywords
Lactobacillus casei, inulin, synbiotics, probiotics, prebiotics, gut microbiota, anxiety-like behavior, young rats, corticosterone, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, stress response, dentate gyrus, CA1, open field behavior, elevated plus maze
MeSH terms
Animals, Anxiety, Behavior, Animal, Corticosterone, Hippocampus, Inulin, Lacticaseibacillus casei, Male, RNA, Messenger, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A, Synbiotics

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