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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Ochratoxin A (OTA) have made it a serious hazard to food safety worldwide that poses a serious health risk to humans. Our previous research showed that Walnut green husk polysaccharides (WGP) can effectively alleviate intestinal inflammation and intestinal microbiota disturbances caused by OTA. The present study further explored whether WGP can prevents OTA-induced cognitive impairments and elucidate its neuroprotective mechanism. Here, we established fecal microbiota transplantation, Lactobacillus johnsonii (L.john) and Akkermansia muciniphila (AKK) colonization, L.john and AKK-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs), as well as 5-HT and short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) supplementation tests to evaluate the role of the intestinal microbiota and its metabolites in WGP in alleviating OTA-induced cognitive impairment. RESULTS: OTA exposure induced cognitive impairments and inhibition of hippocampal neurogenesis, which was reversed by WGP supplementation. Meanwhile, WGP supplementation significantly reversed OTA-induced gut dysbacteriosis and low abundance of L.john and AKK, high proinflammation factor levels and low neurotransmitter levels in serum, intestine and hippocampus, as well as low SCFA levels in fecal. Antibiotic cocktail treatment eliminates the neuroprotective effect of WGP on OTA-treated mice. In addition, transplantation of the OTA-gut microbiota into normal mice causing similar results to OTA treatment, and these changes were alleviated with the transplantation of OTA+WGP-gut microbiota. Furthermore, colonization with L.john and AKK markedly reversed OTA-induced cognitive impairments and inhibition of hippocampal neurogenesis, as well as increased 5-HT and SCFA levels. EVs derived from L.john and AKK exhibit consistent performance with colonized L.john and AKK, and also have superior abilities in alleviating OTA-induced cognitive impairment and inhibiting hippocampal neurogenesis. Moreover, as a key regulatory factor of microbiota-gut-brain axis, 5-HT and SCFA supplementation significantly alleviated OTA-induced cognitive impairment and inhibition of hippocampal neurogenesis. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, this work provides new evidence for microbiota-gut-brain axis involved in the neuroprotective effects of WGP on OTA-induced cognitive dysfunction. L.john, AKK and its derived EVs mediate the ameliorative effects of WGP on OTA-induced cognitive impairment. A feasible mechanism is that WGP increased the content of L.john, AKK and its derived EVs, which improve 5-HT and SCFA production in colon to ameliorate cognitive impairment and enhance hippocampal neurogenesis.
INSTRUMENT(S): Liquid Chromatography MS - negative - reverse phase, Liquid Chromatography MS - positive - reverse phase
PROVIDER: MTBLS10673 | MetaboLights | 2024-10-10
REPOSITORIES: MetaboLights
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