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Sex differences in the fecal microbiome and hippocampal glial morphology following diet and antibiotic treatment

Rising obesity rates have become a major public health concern within the United States. Understanding the systemic and neural effects of obesity is crucial in designing preventive and therapeutic measures. In previous studies, administration of a high fat diet has induced significant weight gain fo...

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Autores principales: Saxena, Anju, Moran, Roberta R. M., Bullard, Meghan R., Bondy, Emma O., Smith, Matthew Foster, Morris, Lainie, Fogle, Nicaella, Singh, Jagroop, Jarvis, Brendan, Ray, Tammy, Saxena, Juhi, Freeman, Linnea Ruth
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8985946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35385494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265850
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author Saxena, Anju
Moran, Roberta R. M.
Bullard, Meghan R.
Bondy, Emma O.
Smith, Matthew Foster
Morris, Lainie
Fogle, Nicaella
Singh, Jagroop
Jarvis, Brendan
Ray, Tammy
Saxena, Juhi
Freeman, Linnea Ruth
author_facet Saxena, Anju
Moran, Roberta R. M.
Bullard, Meghan R.
Bondy, Emma O.
Smith, Matthew Foster
Morris, Lainie
Fogle, Nicaella
Singh, Jagroop
Jarvis, Brendan
Ray, Tammy
Saxena, Juhi
Freeman, Linnea Ruth
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description Rising obesity rates have become a major public health concern within the United States. Understanding the systemic and neural effects of obesity is crucial in designing preventive and therapeutic measures. In previous studies, administration of a high fat diet has induced significant weight gain for mouse models of obesity. Interestingly, sex differences in high-fat diet-induced weight gain have been observed, with female mice gaining significantly less weight compared to male mice on the same high-fat diet. It has also been observed that consumption of a high-fat diet can increase neurogliosis, but the mechanism by which this occurs is still not fully understood. Recent research has suggested that the gut microbiome may mediate diet-induced glial activation. The current study aimed to (1) analyze changes to the gut microbiome following consumption of a high fat (HF) diet as well as antibiotic treatment, (2) evaluate hippocampal microgliosis and astrogliosis, and (3) identify sex differences within these responses. We administered a low fat (Research Diets D12450 K) or high fat diet (Research Diets D12451) to male and female C57Bl/6 mice for sixteen weeks. Mice received an antibiotic cocktail containing 0.5g/L of vancomycin, 1.0 g/L ampicillin, 1.0 g/L neomycin, and 1.0 g/L metronidazole in their drinking water during the last six weeks of the study and were compared to control mice receiving normal drinking water throughout the study. We observed a significant reduction in gut microbiome diversity for groups that received the antibiotic cocktail, as determined by Illumina next-generation sequencing. Male mice fed the HF diet (± antibiotics) had significantly greater body weights compared to all other groups. And, female mice fed the low fat (LF) diet and administered antibiotics revealed significantly decreased microgliosis and astrogliosis in the hippocampus compared to LF-fed females without antibiotics. Interestingly, male mice fed the LF diet and administered antibiotics revealed significantly increased microgliosis, but decreased astrogliosis, compared to LF-fed males without antibiotics. The observed sex differences in LF-fed mice given antibiotics brings forward questions about sex differences in nutrient metabolism, gut microbiome composition, and response to antibiotics.
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spelling pubmed-89859462022-04-07 Sex differences in the fecal microbiome and hippocampal glial morphology following diet and antibiotic treatment Saxena, Anju Moran, Roberta R. M. Bullard, Meghan R. Bondy, Emma O. Smith, Matthew Foster Morris, Lainie Fogle, Nicaella Singh, Jagroop Jarvis, Brendan Ray, Tammy Saxena, Juhi Freeman, Linnea Ruth PLoS One Research Article Rising obesity rates have become a major public health concern within the United States. Understanding the systemic and neural effects of obesity is crucial in designing preventive and therapeutic measures. In previous studies, administration of a high fat diet has induced significant weight gain for mouse models of obesity. Interestingly, sex differences in high-fat diet-induced weight gain have been observed, with female mice gaining significantly less weight compared to male mice on the same high-fat diet. It has also been observed that consumption of a high-fat diet can increase neurogliosis, but the mechanism by which this occurs is still not fully understood. Recent research has suggested that the gut microbiome may mediate diet-induced glial activation. The current study aimed to (1) analyze changes to the gut microbiome following consumption of a high fat (HF) diet as well as antibiotic treatment, (2) evaluate hippocampal microgliosis and astrogliosis, and (3) identify sex differences within these responses. We administered a low fat (Research Diets D12450 K) or high fat diet (Research Diets D12451) to male and female C57Bl/6 mice for sixteen weeks. Mice received an antibiotic cocktail containing 0.5g/L of vancomycin, 1.0 g/L ampicillin, 1.0 g/L neomycin, and 1.0 g/L metronidazole in their drinking water during the last six weeks of the study and were compared to control mice receiving normal drinking water throughout the study. We observed a significant reduction in gut microbiome diversity for groups that received the antibiotic cocktail, as determined by Illumina next-generation sequencing. Male mice fed the HF diet (± antibiotics) had significantly greater body weights compared to all other groups. And, female mice fed the low fat (LF) diet and administered antibiotics revealed significantly decreased microgliosis and astrogliosis in the hippocampus compared to LF-fed females without antibiotics. Interestingly, male mice fed the LF diet and administered antibiotics revealed significantly increased microgliosis, but decreased astrogliosis, compared to LF-fed males without antibiotics. The observed sex differences in LF-fed mice given antibiotics brings forward questions about sex differences in nutrient metabolism, gut microbiome composition, and response to antibiotics. Public Library of Science 2022-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8985946/ /pubmed/35385494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265850 Text en © 2022 Saxena et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Saxena, Anju
Moran, Roberta R. M.
Bullard, Meghan R.
Bondy, Emma O.
Smith, Matthew Foster
Morris, Lainie
Fogle, Nicaella
Singh, Jagroop
Jarvis, Brendan
Ray, Tammy
Saxena, Juhi
Freeman, Linnea Ruth
Sex differences in the fecal microbiome and hippocampal glial morphology following diet and antibiotic treatment
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title_full Sex differences in the fecal microbiome and hippocampal glial morphology following diet and antibiotic treatment
title_fullStr Sex differences in the fecal microbiome and hippocampal glial morphology following diet and antibiotic treatment
title_full_unstemmed Sex differences in the fecal microbiome and hippocampal glial morphology following diet and antibiotic treatment
title_short Sex differences in the fecal microbiome and hippocampal glial morphology following diet and antibiotic treatment
title_sort sex differences in the fecal microbiome and hippocampal glial morphology following diet and antibiotic treatment
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8985946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35385494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265850
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