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Xu J, Zhou L, Chen Z, Wang Y, Xu F, Kuang Q, Zhang Y, Zheng H. Bacillus coagulans and Clostridium butyricum synergistically alleviate depression in a chronic unpredictable mild stress mouse model through altering gut microbiota and prefrontal cortex gene expression. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1393874. [PMID: 38855745 PMCID: PMC11158626 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1393874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024] Open
Abstract
Introduction: The prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) has gradually increased and has attracted widespread attention. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a probiotic compound consisting of Bacillus coagulans and Clostridium butyricum, on a mouse depression model. Methods: Mice were subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) and then treated with the probiotics at different concentrations. And mice received behavior test such as forced swimming test and tail suspension test. After that, all mice were sacrificed and the samples were collected for analysis. Moreover, prefrontal cortex (PFC) gene expression and the gut microbiota among different groups were also analyzed. Results: Probiotics improved depressive-like behavior in CUMS mice, as indicated by decreased immobility time (p < 0.05) in the forced swimming test and tail suspension test. probiotics intervention also increased the level of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in the prefrontal cortex and decreased the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) level in serum. In addition, by comparing the PFC gene expression among different groups, we found that the genes upregulated by probiotics were enriched in the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway in the prefrontal cortex. Moreover, we found that downregulated genes in prefrontal cortex of CUMS group such as Sfrp5 and Angpt2, which were correlated with depression, were reversed by the probiotics. Furthermore, the probiotics altered the structure of the gut microbiota, and reversed the reduction of cob(II)yrinate a,c-diamide biosynthesis I pathway in CUMS group. Several species like Bacteroides caecimuris and Parabacteroides distasoni, whose abundance was significantly decreased in the CUMS group but reversed after the probiotics intervention, showed significantly positive correlation with depression associated genes such as Tbxas1 and Cldn2. Discussion: These findings suggested that CUMS-induced depression-like behavior can be alleviated by the probiotics, possibly through alterations in the PFC gene expression and gut microbiota.
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- Jingyi Xu
- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Shanghai, China
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- The Academician Workstation, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Jiangsu Limited Company of Suwei Microbiology, Wuxi, China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Shanghai, China
- The Academician Workstation, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Yu Y, Li X, Teng T, He Y, Jiang Y, Liu X, Zhou X, Luo Y, Xie P. Comparative analysis of the nucleus accumbens transcriptional features in multiple depressive animal models. Behav Brain Res 2024; 463:114890. [PMID: 38309372 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2024.114890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Chronic stress is deemed a significant clinical contributor to depression. The use of animal models of chronic stress can fully reveal the complex pathological mechanisms and their changing trends in the pathogenesis of depression, which is crucial for both disease prevention and therapy. It is also unknown how various forms of stress differ in their impact on animal physiology and behavior. The nucleus accumbens (NAc), an essential brain area for the pathophysiology of depression, and its underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we systematically compared transcriptional signatures in the NAc of four chronic stress models in rats: chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS), chronic social defeat stress (CSDS), learned helplessness (LH), chronic restraint stress (CRS). The majority of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were unique to a single depression model, while the rank-rank hypergeometric overlap analysis showed that the CSDS and CRS models had the greatest overlap, and the CRS and CUMS models had the least. Then, we performed pathway analysis of the differential genes and found that the neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction pathway was significantly enriched not only in the LH, CRS and CSDS stress models, but also significantly enriched in stress genes that were also altered in at least two stress models. Finally, we found three hub genes (Dcx, Tnc and Wdfy4) by constructing co-expression networks for stress genes. In summary, our research has the potential to offer fresh insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying depression induced by different types of stress, highlighting both their similarities and differences. It may provide valuable clues for understanding the pathogenesis of depression.
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- Ying Yu
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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Zhang B, Zhang L, Qi P, Pang R, Wang Z, Liu X, Shi Q, Zhang Q. Potential role of LPAR5 gene in prognosis and immunity of thyroid papillary carcinoma and pan-cancer. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5850. [PMID: 37037831 PMCID: PMC10086052 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32733-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023] Open
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Papillary carcinomas account for the largest proportion of thyroid cancers, with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) being prone to early lymph node metastasis. Some studies have confirmed that LPAR5 can promote the progression of PTC, but immune-related analyses of LPAR5 and PTC have not been widely discussed. This study aimed to determine the role of LPAR5 in PTC prognosis and immunity. We will further explore the role of LPAR5 in 33 different tumor types. Regarding PTC, we analyzed the effect of LPAR5 expression on overall survival (OS). Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses were performed. Immune-related analyses of immune checkpoints (ICPs) and immune cell infiltration were also performed. For pan-cancer, R packages were used to analyze prognosis, tumor mutational burden (TMB), microsatellite instability (MSI), and immune cell infiltration. Analysis of tumor microenvironment (TME) and ICPs was performed using Sangerbox ( http://vip.sangerbox.com/home.html ). The TISIDB database ( http://cis.hku.hk/TISIDB/index.php ) was used to identify immune and molecular subtypes. LPAR5 expression is associated with PTC prognosis and immunity as well as various human tumors. LPAR5 may be a potential biomarker for multiple malignancies and may provide a new target for cancer immunotherapy.
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- Ben Zhang
- Thyroid Surgery Department, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130000, Jilin Province, China
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- Thyroid Surgery Department, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130000, Jilin Province, China
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- Thyroid Surgery Department, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130000, Jilin Province, China
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- Thyroid Surgery Department, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130000, Jilin Province, China
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- Thyroid Surgery Department, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130000, Jilin Province, China
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- Thyroid Surgery Department, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130000, Jilin Province, China
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- Thyroid Surgery Department, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130000, Jilin Province, China
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- Thyroid Surgery Department, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130000, Jilin Province, China.
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Petković A, Chaudhury D. Encore: Behavioural animal models of stress, depression and mood disorders. Front Behav Neurosci 2022; 16:931964. [PMID: 36004305 PMCID: PMC9395206 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.931964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Animal studies over the past two decades have led to extensive advances in our understanding of pathogenesis of depressive and mood disorders. Among these, rodent behavioural models proved to be of highest informative value. Here, we present a comprehensive overview of the most popular behavioural models with respect to physiological, circuit, and molecular biological correlates. Behavioural stress paradigms and behavioural tests are assessed in terms of outcomes, strengths, weaknesses, and translational value, especially in the domain of pharmacological studies.
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- Laboratory of Neural Systems and Behaviour, Department of Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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