Inhibition of glucocorticoid synthesis alleviates cognitive impairment in high-fat diet-induced obese mice.

ABSTRACT: In addition to cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity is associated with cognitive deficits. In rodents, it has been shown that long-term high-fat diet (HFD) consumption leads to the alteration of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis resulting in increased corticosterone release. However, mechanisms underpinning cognitive impairments induced by long-term HFD intake are unclear. Herein we evaluated the effects of systemic administration of glucocorticoid synthesis inhibitor metyrapone on cognitive performance assessed by novel object recognition test and plasma corticosterone levels evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in HFD-induced obese mice. We found that metyrapone treatment alleviated recognition memory impairments in HFD-induc

SUBMITTER: Janthakhin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9216272 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature